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Investigating Clandestine Gold Mines, Deforestation, and Corporate Misconduct: The Reporter Who Made the Amazon His Beat
Brazilian freelance reporter Hyury Potter recently won the Pulitzer Center’s Breakthrough Journalism Award.
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Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Telltale Data Signs of Bogus Scientific Papers and Fraudulent Academic Research
Two scientists and an editor spent six months investigating so-called paper mills, which churn out bogus scientific papers that impede actual research on lifesaving breakthroughs.
Member Profiles
Fighting a War with Data Journalism: Ukraine’s Texty and the Battle for Truth
The team at the award-winning data journalism outlet suspected that Russia would invade — they could see clues in the data. We profile the team and their work combating false conflict narratives.
Reporting Tools & Tips Research
How Planespotter and Other Transportation Enthusiast Sites Can Unlock Investigations
At NICAR25, data reporters detailed how amateur transportation enthusiasts are a valuable, media-friendly, and underused source of critical tips and information for investigations.
How They Did It
Exposing Extremism Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa Using Open Source Tools
As extremism spreads across sub-Saharan Africa, journalists are turning to open source tools to track the networks and physical movement of these often violent groups.
Data Journalism Top 10
Europe’s Paths to Future Population, Germany’s Election Results, US Tariff War Woes, and Chinese State Real Estate
Our column also features stories on the history of African borders, Spain’s prisoner release algorithm, and the global impact of USAID funding cuts.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
From NICAR25, Four Free Cutting Edge and Time-Saving Investigative Data Tools
GIJN shares some of the no-cost, easy-to-use data tools that NICAR25 conference panelists described as surprisingly useful but unknown by investigative reporters.
News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
Veteran Environmental Journalists Offer Tips on Covering the Second Trump Administration
Covering Trump 2.0 poses stark challenges for news outlets, but many environmental journalists who reported on Trump between 2016 and 2020 can offer perspective.
How They Did It
How TBIJ Teamed up with UK Members of Parliament to Uncover ‘Silenced Stories’
TBIJ journalists explain how they got around SLAPP suits by having UK Members of Parliament — shielded by legal privilege — read in the House of Commons previously silenced stories.
News & Analysis Sustainability
Donor Interest vs. Editorial Independence: How to Defend Your News Integrity During a Global Funding Crisis
The current funding challenges facing nonprofit media make it more important than ever for newsrooms to “walk the talk” on transparency and to maximize their independence.
Data Journalism News & Analysis
‘A Quest for Evidence’: What Drew Leading Women Data Journalists to the Field
For International Women’s Day we spoke to data journalists from Argentina, Kenya, Sweden, and Turkey to find out why they chose this path and what challenges still remain.
Methodology News & Analysis
Why This Colombian Investigative Reporter Had to Wait Over a Decade to Tell a Story
Ginna Morelo put part of her investigation into Colombian paramilitaries on hold for 13 years to protect her family and sources. She tells how she decided it was finally time to publish.
Databases News & Analysis
A New Digital Archive to Preserve an Investigative Legacy in Central America
The Central American Independent Media Archive (CAIMA) seeks to preserve reporting from threatened or shuttered accountability media sites across the region.
Getting the Story Out
Forbidden Stories Goes to the Theater
For one night, the French nonprofit media site brought its staff and projects to a Paris theater to share its investigations into journalists who have been killed or silenced.
Databases Research
Here’s a List of Non-Governmental Data Alternatives and Archives
To help data journalists with their reporting, here is a curated list of non-government websites and archives that preserve or maintain public health data.
How They Did It News & Analysis
How This Oscar-Nominated Director Turned the Lens on Herself to Investigate the Man Who Sexually Assaulted Her
Journalist Shiori Ito directed the Oscar-nominated documentary ‘Black Box Diaries,’ spending years reporting on her attacker and helping to spark the #MeToo movement in Japan.
How They Did It Methodology
‘Border of Tears’: Interviewing Victims of China’s Xinjiang Prison Camps
This award-winning investigation into Xinjiang internment camp survivors was nearly silenced. Here are some lessons learned about keeping vulnerable sources safe and telling their stories.
Data Journalism How They Did It
Using WhatsApp to Crowdsource Data on Ride Hailing Companies’ Labor Lockouts
We used WhatsApp to crowdsource information from Uber and Lyft drivers in NYC about company lockouts during a local, minimum wage dispute.
Data Journalism Top 10
Returning to Gaza, German Election ‘Vote-O-Mat’, and the Superpower Race to the Arctic
Also featuring: a comparison of German political parties, the secret fleet transporting sanctioned Russian oil, and an analysis of homes that survived the Los Angeles fires.
Methodology
What Our Sources Taught Us About Reporting Responsibly on Homelessness
Homelessness is at a record high, and there are many investigative stories to tell. ProPublica has compiled tips and lessons learned from its sources while pursuing its coverage.
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Exposing Industrial Pollution and Creating the ‘Forever Chemicals’ Beat
In a career spanning more than 20 years, Le Monde reporter Stéphane Horel has brought a creative and, at times, humorous approach to groundbreaking environmental investigations.
Member Profiles News & Analysis
The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation: Continuing the Legacy of a Trailblazing Journalist
In the aftermath of a car bombing that killed one of Malta’s leading investigative reporters, her family set up an organization to fight for justice and ensure her legacy lives on.
News & Analysis Sustainability
The USAID Crisis and Funding the Future of Independent Media
Across the investigative journalism community, GIJN has heard uniform voices of solidarity, and numerous creative strategies for surviving this fundraising crisis.
Sustainability
GIJN Urges Restoration of USAID Funds
GIJN calls upon elected officials in the US to reverse the catastrophic action of withholding USAID funds from independent investigative newsrooms around the world.
Data Journalism Databases
The Secret Sauce of NINA, El CLIP’s Data Community Tool for Latin America
CLIP developed a collaborative database that empowers journalists to access public documents, contracts, and datasets across Latin America.
How They Did It Methodology
Uncovering the Deforestation, Mismanagement, and Funders Behind a Malaysian Oil Palm Plantation
After a tip-off about unsustainable logging, Low Choon Chyuan conducted a year-long investigation combining on-the-ground environmental reporting with QGIS and satellite imagery.
Member Profiles News & Analysis
‘Dogged and Systematic:’ How the Investigative Reporting Lab Covers Corruption and Governance in North Macedonia
The nonprofit newsroom — whose founders and senior leadership are all women — has taken a innovative, youth-focused approach to covering corruption.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Why Any Reporter Can Now Source Free, Quality Satellite Images of Almost Anywhere on Earth
At a recent GIJN webinar, three experts explained how reporters can get regular, free access to high-quality satellite images covering almost anywhere on Earth.