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My Favorite Tools: El Salvador’s Jimmy Alvarado on Exposing Corruption
El Faro investigative journalist Jimmy Alvarado offers his favorite tools and techniques for exposing corruption.
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Peru’s Investigative Journalists Carry On Amidst Disinformation, Attacks, and Political Crisis
Amidst disinformation and numerous attacks on press freedom, investigative reporting has all but disappeared from Peru’s major news outlets, leaving a handful of small nonprofit digital outlets to carry the mantle of accountability reporting.
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GIJN Marks Its 20th Anniversary
Hey, everyone… It’s GIJN’s anniversary! Twenty years ago, a band of nonprofits came together to form a network to support investigative and data journalism around the world. This was at the second Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Copenhagen, back in 2003. Since then — thanks to you — our growth has surprised even us.
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Data Journalism Top 10: AI Bias, Targeted Ad Labeling, Remote Work Trends, and Korea’s Space Industry
In this week’s Top 10 in Data Journalism, GIJN features a look at racial and gender bias in generative AI, how targeted advertising labels consumers, remote work trends post-pandemic, and the nascent Korean space industry.
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How a BBC Investigation Exposed the Impact of Gas Flaring on Iraqi Communities
In “Under Poisoned Skies,” an award-winning investigation from BBC News Arabic, reporters headed to southern Iraq to explore the impact of gas flaring on the environment and public health.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
Prison Journalist Shows the Need For a Free Press — Even Behind Bars
Jason Walker has been continuously incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice since 2008, shuffled from unit to unit as the threat to his safety grows. He’s made quite a name for himself inside as a muckraker.
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New GIJN Translation Project Expands to Eastern Europe, Caucasus
As part of this project, GIJN will work with seven media groups to regionalize GIJN’s global guides and tipsheets, and to compile and add case studies drawn from the included countries.
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Tips for Gamifying Your Next Investigation
Gaming and the news have a history, for decades they have been used to increase engagement and reach younger audiences. Here are some tips for getting started with gamification in your next investigation.
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Questions and Tips to Guide Website Investigations
At a panel at NICAR 2023, two digital experts discussed tips and techniques for conducting investigations into suspicious websites and their owners.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Dodgy Climate Finance Deals, Tracking Dark Fleets, and the Rise and Fall of Argentine Kidnappings
In this week’s Top 10 in Data Journalism, GIJN features a look at dodgy climate finance deals, a hidden fleet of ships moving Russian oil, and the historical rise and fall of ransom kidnappings in Argentina.
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GIJN Names Emilia Díaz-Struck as New Executive Director
Award-winning journalist Emilia Díaz-Struck has been named the incoming executive director of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, an association of more than 240 investigative journalism nonprofits throughout the world. Díaz-Struck will join GIJN as editor-at-large in mid-August, and then become executive director in September at the biennial conference of the network in Gothenburg, Sweden, September 19- 22.
Data Journalism
How a Global Team Used Data to Interrogate Green Claims for Deforestation Inc.
The latest cross-border investigation by the ICIJ — Deforestation Inc. — used thousands of pages of documents, court records, green certificates databases, trade data, and audit reports to expose how a lightly regulated sustainability industry overlooks forest destruction and human rights violations.
Safety & Security
How Investigative Journalists Can Fight Back Against New, Enhanced Surveillance Threats
A panel about the “brave new world” of surveillance at the 2023 IPI World Media Congress in Vienna discusses success stories around the world of journalists and activists pushing back against new and enhanced surveillance methods.
Case Studies Member Profiles
The Environmental Investigative Forum Taking Cross-Border Collaboration to the Next Level
The group has built an international network of more than 100 trained investigative journalists and environmental experts probing the activities impacting the natural world.
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From Fact-Checker to Editor-in-Chief: How One Woman Rose to the Top at OCCRP
Miranda Patrucic built her career investigating crime and corruption in Central Asia and Azerbaijan. Hear her tips on avoiding burnout, difficult interviews, and in believing in your ability to uncover the truth.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Everest’s Deadly Legacy, Paris Metro Pollution, Migrant Worker Struggles in Singapore
This week, GIJN’s Top 10 in Data Journalism examines why the world’s tallest mountain has become increasingly deadly for those trying to climb it, pollution in Paris metro stations, US laws expanding gun access one year after the Uvalde mass shooting, and migrant worker struggles in Singapore.
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Questions Every Journalist Should Ask When Covering Cryptocurrencies
Even for journalists who feel they have a good grasp on crypto technology and economics, covering the beat has been undeniably difficult. With over a decade of articles, videos, and podcasts in the rear-view mirror, now is a great time to reflect on some of the hard-learnt lessons of covering the industry.
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Uncovering Karachi: Using Maps and Data to Investigate Problems in a Modern Metropolis
Karachi is Pakistan’s largest city and financial capital, but it is also a place with the dubious reputation of being one of the most unlivable cities in the world. These challenges provide fertile ground for investigative reporting and some of the country’s best stories.
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Experts Discuss Investigating Social Media Companies Like Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok
Investigative journalists intending to cover social media and its societial effects must understand the intricacies of the companies that drive them, and think critically about novel angles of coverage.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Bats and the Next Pandemic, China’s Electric Battery Dominance, and Brazil’s Healthcare ‘Holes’
GIJN’s weekly, curated look at the Top 10 in Data Journalism highlights bats and predicting the location of the next pandemic, China’s electric battery dominance, and mapping out Brazil’s healthcare “holes.”
News & Analysis
Ester Blenda: Sweden’s Trailblazing Undercover Investigative Reporter
Swedish reporter Ester Blenda Nordström went undercover to expose working conditions on rural farms, the difficult journeys of migrants traveling to the United States, and to explore the life of the country’s Indigenous Sami community. In this book excerpt, read about the woman dubbed the country’s first investigative reporter.
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How to Reach Hard-to-Access Stories — and Audiences — with Audio
At the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, veteran journalists from Africa and the Middle East discussed the power and intimacy of audio and podcast reporting and how it can enable reporters to better access hard-to-cover stories.
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Case Studies: Investigating Where Garbage Goes Around the World
GIJN looks at three different reports from Europe and Latin America that track where our garbage goes around the world and investigate the implications for people and the environment that waste can present.
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Data Journalism Top Ten: Turkey’s Toxic Rubble, Eurovision History, and a Rare Climate Victory
This week’s Top 10 Data Journalism stories curated by GIJN includes projects on Turkey’s toxic earthquake rubble, Eurovision song metrics, US migration from coastal cities, and world leaders’ heights.
Methodology Reporting Tools & Tips
7 Tips for Reporting on the Local Impacts of International Trade
Clark Merrefield, from The Journalist’s Resource, shares seven tips on how local journalists can better investigate global trade and its impact on their communities.
Methodology Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips for Investigating Suspicious Real Estate Deals in France — and Around the World
The vast majority of people who own properties are not engaged in any misconduct or possible criminal behavior. But land deals or real estate purchases made with inexplicable funding sources can be a telltale sign of corruption.
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2023 Global Shining Light Award Finalists: Small and Medium Outlet Category
Read about the six finalists for the 2023 Global Shining Light Award — the prize that honors watchdog journalism in developing or transitioning countries carried out under threat, or in perilous conditions — in the Small and Medium Outlets category.
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2023 Global Shining Light Award Finalists: Large Outlet Category
Six outstanding investigative projects from Large Outlets have been selected as finalists for the 2023 Global Shining Light Awards (GSLA) — the prize honoring watchdog journalism in developing or transitioning countries that was carried out under threat, or in perilous conditions.