GIJN’s latest round-up of the best in data journalism also features stories on Xi Jinping’s military purge, workplace harassment in Mexico’s hospitals, and climate change-fueled flooding in Pakistan.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee offer insights into sources and techniques for investigating water usage by major tech companies’ data centers.
In this latest test, Bellingcat researcher Foeke Postma runs a set of geolocation challenges using two dozen of previous and most current versions of popular AI platforms, with varying results.
French investigative reporter and data journalist Raphaëlle Aubert shares the methods and the data behind her team’s major investigation into Europe’s polluted groundwater crisis.
Our round-up of the best in recent data journalism also features stories from Japan, Nigeria, Gaza, and Namibia.
GIJN sat down with newsroom leaders from the Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI) to discuss the group’s history, its current business model, and where it plans to go next.
The program lineup of more than 300 speakers will include the best in the business: award winners, data gurus, innovative editors, and experts on urgent investigative topics.
The changes represent a methodological overhaul of the initiative, which launched in 2018 and now brings together 42 media outlets from different parts of Brazil that work collaboratively.
Blanshe Musinguzi’s award-winning investigation focused on timber smuggling in East Africa. He talks with GIJN about his career so far, and what he’s learned along the way.
The organization has one guiding principle: “Let the data speak.” But sometimes getting hold of the information they need is an uphill battle.
The 13th edition of the Gabo Festival highlighted some of the most urgent challenges facing journalism today, particularly in Latin America.
As oligarchs and populist governments ratchet back the gathering and dissemination of climate-related information, journalists can use these techniques to find relevant sources and track impact.
A behind the scenes look at how reporters investigated how thousands of people have been unjustly excluded from Peru’s pension program due to flaws in the poverty classification system.
A dedicated mental health helpline for journalists facing anxiety, stress, and burnout was a long time coming. Can it survive?
Our round-up of the best in recent data journalism also features stories from Southeast Asia and Gaza.
From the Philippines to the UK, a number of major newsrooms have created their own AI chatbots designed to respond using only that site’s trusted reporting archive and vetted databases as source material.
GIJN speaks to a Nigerian journalist about how she uncovered how banned pesticides are still exported and sold in Africa.
With a little research and negotiation, reporters can slash the cost of obtaining records bundles and speed up the government’s response in the process.
Using artificial intelligence and synthetic aperture satellite technology, investigators can better identify and document illicit activity at sea.
GIJN speaks to the veteran reporter who covered the Pacific region from the small island nation of Palau for more than 20 years.
Featuring books spanning four continents, these recommended reads provide a global perspective on data journalism.
The German Bundestag’s new lobby register is a trove of data for investigative journalists reporting on influence and money in federal politics.
Our round-up of the best in recent data journalism also looks at the Argentinian president’s travels, drowning deaths in a Swiss river, and pro-Russian bot propaganda in Ukraine’s occupied territories.
Despite starting out as an online newsletter with no office and no team, Joshi Herrmann’s Mill Media has grown into a case study on how to make big-impact local investigative journalism work.
Co-founded by two journalists, InfoNile has grown into a sprawling ecosystem of cross-border investigations, multimedia storytelling, and data-driven reporting.
For almost 30 years, the Media Foundation for West Africa has supported watchdog journalism and press freedom in both democratic and authoritarian states across the region.
Tips from four reporters who took part in a seven month-long collaborative investigation into the growing use of cargo trucks to transport migrants and asylum seekers through Mexico.
At the 2025 Netzwerk Recherche conference, radio journalists shared how they used data and AI tools to investigate Germany’s cultural sector and the influence of the country’s far right.
