The latest edition of our Top 10 in Data Journalism column also highlights the risks of nuclear war, drought in the Amazon, and a guide to the upcoming Year of the Snake.
Media organizations should focus on serving specific communities with shared interests and values rather than trying to reach “everyone.”
This investigation sought to answer key questions that no government could answer: What happens when someone goes missing at Europe’s borders? And how many burial sites are there across Europe?
The UK’s Post Office scandal saw hundreds of people wrongly prosecuted. For over a decade, investigative journalists from small outlets plugged away to uncover the truth.
GIJN spoke to the author of a 2024 Gabo Award-winning investigation into the case of 700 horses found abandoned in a field outside Buenos Aires.
Filipino journalist Jaemark Tordecilla explains how he made and refined a custom AI tool that makes it easier to report on public spending from budgets published online.
Investigative journalist and filmmaker Anu Adelakun discusses her investigation into the forces behind water scarcity and pollution in Africa’s most populous democracy.
In El Salvador, the government has increasingly failed to honor public access to Information laws, forcing journalists to obtain data through other channels to hold power to account.
Would a group of reporters who knew – for sure – that they were being followed be able to identify the operatives sent to track them?
Our fortnightly column also highlights attacks on the LGBT community in Russia, fentanyl production in Mexico, and a NYT analysis of its own past travel recommendations.
The press in the US faces daunting challenges with the return of President Donald Trump, but holding his administration accountable makes environmental journalism that much more vital.
The managing editor of HumAngle, which covers the human costs of conflict and terrorism, discusses the challenges of investigative coverage in Nigeria.
GIJN member Mongabay is leading the way in environmental journalism with a innovative global-plus-local approach to watchdog reporting.
From Russia to Central Asia, the climate for investigative journalism is deteriorating. But watchdog reporters have not given up, even if many now have to report from overseas.
For an investigation into misinformation on TikTok, the Documented team developed helpful methodologies for using AI to transcribe and analyze large amounts of downloaded videos.
Despite the challenges of reporting in wartime, Ukrainian journalists continue to uncover corruption — even while under attack from disinformation campaigns.
Files discovered at Syria’s intelligence directorate after the fall of the Assad regime detail an operation to surveil and investigate SIRAJ, a Syrian journalist collective.
Our annual round-up of compelling investigative audio stories, as reviewed by GIJN’s global team. Featuring stories from the US, Germany, Switzerland, El Salvador, Turkey, and Russia.
Also featuring stories on dubious pension payments, sinking cities, and deforestation, here are our favorite stories from the Lusophone world this year.
How the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism looked into the opaque algorithm used by the ride-hailing company Grab.
Also featuring revelations about misuse of college scholarships in Ghana, a televangelist’s troubling empire in Nigeria, and a dive into a US charity’s spending in Malawi.
Investigative journalism in Turkey faces many challenges and obstacles, but there are remarkable reporters digging into untold stories.
This year’s picks emphasize the region’s increasingly sophisticated cross-border crimes, but also how investigative journalists consistently expose them.
Also featuring reporting on an elaborate con on a Chinese dissident, an academic credentials scandal, and trekking with Chinese migrants to the US border.
Reporters from around the world will learn how to investigate the digital environment in order to understand and expose disinformation, online attacks, and manipulation.
Featuring stories from France to the Ivory Coast, Switzerland to Senegal, here are eight of the best investigations published in French this year.
Highlights from a year of data journalism columns, from elections to the Olympics and the evolution of the love song.
Also featuring investigations into UN peacekeepers, population data fudging, and the inadequate academic qualifications of a powerful police chief.
