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Elections Reporting Tools & Tips
Resources for Journalists Covering the 2024 US Election
A collection of the tipsheets, research roundups, and explainers published this past year to help reporters cover the 2024 US election.
Data Journalism Top 10
Shifts in US Immigration Trends, Europe’s Shrinking Military Defenses, Food Prices in Gaza, and the US Election Home Stretch
Also: mapping crimes in Buenos Aires neighborhoods, Nigeria’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions, and tracking organ donation in Germany.
10 Questions
Investigating ‘Chapter Two’ Stories and Under-the-Radar Harms
Investigative reporter Annie Hylton on her journey from law to journalism, overlooked stories, and advice for interviewing sources living with trauma.
Reporting Tools & Tips Teaching & Training
Latin American Journalists Share Best Practices on Migration Reporting
Collaborative journalism, feminist perspectives, diverse newsrooms, and support from local journalists can lead to better coverage of migration.
Getting the Story Out Sustainability
The Good and Bad of Financing Your Own Global Investigation
Fariba Nawa, host of the On Spec podcast, discusses how she and her team have used donations and collaborations to build their project.
Press Freedom
The Increasing Threats Against Lawyers Protecting Journalists
At Trust Conference 2024, a panel of experts discussed the growing risks to lawyers who defend watchdog reporters, and what this could mean for the future of our democracies.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
NASA’s Worldview Site Expands Data and Environmental Reporter’s Toolbox
NASA’s Worldview database is a valuable tool that journalists can use to find data and free graphics on a range of topics, like wildfires, floods, deforestation, and many more.
Inside GIJN News & Analysis
2024 Candidates for GIJN’s Board of Directors
This October and November, GIJN member representatives will vote to elect three regional representatives and four at-large directors for the 15-person Board of Directors.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
Q & A with Roman Anin on Holding Putin to Account, Even in Exile
The founder of IStories talks about moving his entire newsroom abroad for security reasons and the challenges of reporting on Putin’s regime from outside the country.
Data Journalism Top 10
Illegal Fentanyl’s Global Smuggling Pipeline, One Year of Destruction in Gaza, and US Migration Trends Confront Natural Disasters
Also featuring a look at climate change’s impact on Japanese cuisine, an investigation into US parts used in Russian missiles, and a final progress report on Mexico’s outgoing president.
Climate Reporting Tools & Tips
Fossil Fuel Investigations: How to Find Stories Using Oil and Gas Supply Chains
The oil and gas industry is complex and notoriously opaque. But with new tools, it’s become easier for investigators to dig into this field.
How They Did It News & Analysis
How Two Reporters Found 63 Political Candidates Wanted by Brazilian Courts
A data investigation looked into the lack of transparency in Brazilian elections that allows candidates wanted for crimes to run for office without public knowledge.
Distribution & Promotion News & Analysis
Lessons Learned About Creative Formats for Disseminating Investigative Journalism
An overview of the many creative or unconventional formats for telling investigative stories — and how to leverage curiosity to overcome news avoidance.
GIJC25
Deadline Extended: Send Us Your Panel and Workshop Ideas for GIJC25!
In the spirit of creating the best conference for investigative journalists, GIJC25 is now looking for great ideas for its sessions. Send us your proposals!
Databases Reporting Tools & Tips
New Open Source Tools and Tips to Investigate Bombing of Civilians
An innovative new database, the Open Source Munitions Portal (OSMP), identifies and shows remnants of explosive devices in conflict zones.
Data Journalism My Favorite Tools
My Favorite Tools: Sigma Award-Winning Data Journalist Leonardo Nicoletti
The data visualization expert and former academic stresses the importance of having an ‘interdisciplinary mindset’ when approaching data-driven stories.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Struggling to Find the Right Open Source Tool? Try Bellingcat’s New Online Investigations Toolkit
The toolkit helps reporters discover tools in categories like satellite imagery, maps, and social media, and is designed to help researchers learn how to use each tool with in-depth descriptions.
Tipsheet Reporting Tools & Tips
Tipsheet for Reporters: How to Get the Best from OCCRP’s Aleph
In investigative journalism, connecting data points is often key to uncovering the truth. Aleph helps reporters search, organize, and analyze data, to better trace hidden connections.
Fundraising Sustainability
6 Things Journalism Funders Want Grant Applicants to Know
At the 2024 iMEdD International Journalism Forum, journalism funders and funding seekers discussed how to demystify the process of fundraising.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
Challenges of Journalism in Exile: Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba
The exiled Nicaraguan journalist and editor Carlos F. Chamorro explains the critical need to promote and support journalists who are forced to leave their homelands because of their reporting.
Data Journalism Top 10
Tracking Hurricane Helene’s Devastation, Conflict Escalation in the Middle East, and the High Energy Costs of AI Chatbots
Also featured: the 51 men on trial for a case of shocking sexual violence in France, the wildfires raging in the Arctic, and gaming out a winning campaign for the US presidency.
Methodology News & Analysis
How to Bring Investigative Journalism into Food Lifestyle Media
Three investigations into food systems show how investigative journalists can capitalize on the huge interest in food — and food-related content — to make their reporting more impactful.
Methodology Research
How We Uncovered the True Story of 40 Acres and a Mule
Behind-the-scenes of an investigation into a program that gave formerly enslaved people in the US land titles after the Civil War — and then revoked them.
News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
How Journalism Groups in Africa Are Building AI Tools to Aid Investigations and Fact-Checking
These organizations are developing AI tools and resources that can be used to tackle misinformation, improve data reporting, and help with the storytelling process.
Climate Research
Investigating How Conflict and War Contribute to Methane Emissions
New remote sensing techniques are enabling researchers to monitor how armed conflict can be a driver of greenhouse gas emissions like methane.
GIJC25 Member Profiles
Building an Independent Newsroom That’s a ‘Pain in the Neck’ to the Powerful, Brick by Brick
Launching as a digital outlet 25 years ago gave Malaysiakini’s founders the freedom to report on stories that others feared to cover.
Inside GIJN News & Analysis
GIJN Welcomes 12 New Members, from Cameroon to Azerbaijan
New members include organizations doing crucial watchdog work in areas from deforestation to African data journalism capacity to the exploitation of child migrants.