Data Journalism Top 10 Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Editor’s Pick: Top 10 Data Journalism Projects of 2024
Highlights from a year of data journalism columns, from elections to the Olympics and the evolution of the love song.
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Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Deadly Protests, Rising Seas, and Investigating Corruption: 2024’s Best Investigations from Bangladesh
Also featuring investigations into UN peacekeepers, population data fudging, and the inadequate academic qualifications of a powerful police chief.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Tracking the Exploitation of Illegal Gold, Human Trafficking, and Government Corruption: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories in Spanish
A tour of the year’s best investigations from across Latin America and Spain, where journalists are uncovering stories that impact their communities.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Investigating Yemen’s War, Uncovering Famine in Sudan, and Telling the Story of Gaza: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories from the Middle East
Plus a deep dive into a powerful figure behind a vital border crossing, an investigation into mercenaries in Yemen, and exposing real estate ownership in Dubai.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
GIJN Resource Center’s Top Guides and Tipsheets from 2024
GIJN’s top reporting guides and tipsheets from 2024, including an introduction to investigative journalism and guides on project management, fundraising, and extreme heat.
Africa Focus Methodology
Tips from African Journalists on Cross-Border Investigations
African journalists who have worked on impactful cross-border investigations share lessons on uncovering illegal fishing, timber trafficking, and illicit money flows.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Government Coalition Collapse, Green-Washing Natural Gas, Europe’s Opioid Crisis: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories in German
Also featured on our list, a #MeToo case in higher education, secret funding of ‘race science,’ and the state of Swiss prisons.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
The Blasphemy Business, Real Estate Land Grabs, Instagram Misinformation: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories in Pakistan
Our annual best-of list features stories on Pakistan’s sanitary workers, links between politicians and sugar mills, and the endless construction of a Balochistan road.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
Tracking Election Donations, Illicit Gold Markets, Parliamentary Stonewalling: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories in India
Also featuring a look at algorithmic bias in dispensing food aid, corruption in the country’s largest civil service exam, and a tragic construction accident.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
GIJN’s Top Investigative Tools of 2024
In 2024, new and innovative digital tools provided leads and evidence for accountability stories on every continent.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
GIJN’s 10 Must-Read Stories of 2024
Featuring a showcase of game-changing reporting methods based on insider tips from real-world investigations and conference presentations.
Africa Focus Data Journalism
How Data Journalism Is Changing the Face of Africa
Data journalism in Africa has made a powerful impact, from holding leaders accountable to refuting myths around domestic violence. But the field faces formidable challenges.
Africa Focus Member Profiles
‘Sowing the Seed:’ The Museba Project’s Ambitious Investigative Journalism in Central Africa
Since its inception, the Cameroon-based journalism collective has had a double mission: first to train journalists, and then to encourage them to work together.
GIJC25
GIJC25 Registration Is Now Open
GIJN and Malaysiakini are excited to announce that registration for the Global Investigative Journalism Conference (#GIJC25) from Nov. 20-24, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur is now open.
10 Questions Africa Focus
Fighting a ‘Scourge of Secrecy’ and Uncovering Corruption in Malawi
GIJN’s Benon Herbert Oluka talks to Golden Matonga, investigations director at the Platform for Investigative Journalism – Malawi, about his career uncovering corruption.
Inside GIJN
GIJN 2024 Board Election Results: Four Incumbents Re-Elected, Three New Members
In all, 13 candidates vied for seven seats on the 15-member board. Board members serve for two years.
Africa Focus Case Studies
Secrets, Leaks, Rivers: How Cross-Border Investigative Journalism Is Covering Africa
Cross-border investigations are trending all over the world. GIJN talked to organizations promoting reporting partnerships in Africa about their experiences and challenges.
Africa Focus News & Analysis
Resilience, Courage, Defiance: African Investigative Journalism Is Meeting the Moment
GIJN talks to our African member organizations about their challenges and successes — and the state of Investigative journalism on the continent.
Data Journalism Top 10
US Election Post-Mortem, Spanish Flooding Destruction, Brazilian Polluters’ Campaign Influence, Attacks on Sudan Health Facilities
Also: the shifting frontlines in the Russia-Ukraine War, quantifying the worldwide funding gap to fight climate change, and mapping Central Asia’s disappearing Aral Sea basin.
How They Did It Research
How We Did It: Amnesty International’s Investigation of Algorithms in Denmark’s Welfare System
Amnesty Tech’s Algorithmic Accountability Lab led a sweeping probe into possible algorithmic bias and mass surveillance by Denmark’s welfare agency.
Data Journalism News & Analysis
Trust Issues: Using Data to Dig Into Who Profits from US Tribal Lands
A recent investigation by Grist, a nonprofit independent media outlet, dug into federal datasets to uncover the extent of state trust lands on Indigenous reservations across the US.
News & Analysis Safety & Security
Reporting Stories of War in the Face of Loss: Interview with the Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainska Pravda
Sevgil Musaieva on the challenges of reporting during war and the dilemma facing journalists who want to fight for their country.
How They Did It Teaching & Training
How an Investigative Hub Trained a Generation of Reporters in the US-Mexico Border Region
The Mexico Border Investigative Reporting Hub helped new muckrakers shine a light on corruption and human rights issues.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Look Inside the Open Source ‘Information Laundromat’ Tool for Examining Website Content and Metadata
The Information Laundromat is one of the newest open source website analysis tools, developed by the Alliance For Securing Democracy.
News & Analysis
2024 Double Exposure Festival: Digging into Undercovered Topics, Overlooked Injustices
Investigative documentaries on AI, political polarization, social injustice, private armies, and the tragic fallout of climate change in Africa.
News & Analysis
COLPIN 2024: Celebrating Latin America’s Investigative Journalism in Madrid
The 2024 Latin American Conference of Investigative Journalism (COLPIN) brought together journalists from Latin America, Europe, and Africa.
GIJC25
GIJC25 Global Shining Light Award Submissions Now Open
The Global Shining Light Award honors investigative journalism in a developing country or under threat or dire conditions.
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.