Tech & AI
What We Learned Building a Chatbot for La Silla Vacía’s Newsroom Archive
We spent 12 months building an AI tool for our independent news site in Colombia. Here’s what it taught us about running a newsroom in the age of AI.
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Fiquem Sabendo: ‘An Engine for Brazilian Journalism in the Search for Information’
Journalist Léo Arcoverde started a blog in 2015 publishing one story a day based on information obtained through Brazil’s new access-to-information law. The initiative eventually became Fiquem Sabendo.
How They Did It
How We Investigated the Hidden Costs of the World’s Farmed Seafood
Over the past five years, an international team of journalists at The Outlaw Ocean Project has examined the largely overlooked $313-billion food-for-feed aquaculture industry.
Data Journalism Top 10
Israeli Checkpoints in the West Bank, Arctic Global Warming, Brazil’s Women Legislators, Inventing a Migrant Crisis in Ukraine
Also highlighting how pro-Russian channels fabricated a mass migration threat in Ukraine, charting South Africa’s micro schools, and how beliefs in an afterlife vary around the world.
News & Analysis
Journalism in Exile: How Newsrooms Can Balance Verification, Source Protection, and Credibility
Operating a newsroom hundreds or thousands of miles away from a country presents a challenge: how do journalists deliver accurate, reliable news to audiences when reporters can’t safely be on the ground?
GIJC27
Apply Now for a Fellowship to the 2027 Global Investigative Journalism Conference
More than 100 journalists from across the Global South received financial aid to attend our last global conference, apply now for the opportunity to attend GIJC27 on a fellowship.
Climate
Behind the Scenes: How Four Journalism Teams Pulled Off Their Blockbuster Climate Investigations
These exposés from Europe, South America, the Philippines, and the United States combined innovative data analysis with on-the-ground reporting to uncover critical environmental issues.
Reporter’s Notebook: How to Track Down People Who Don’t Want to Be Found
OCCRP’s research director offers up a series of tips and techniques to help reporters safely and effectively build a profile of whoever they are looking for.
GIJC27
Call for Ideas: Send Us Your Panel and Workshop Recommendations for GIJC27
To create the most inclusive and impactful global conference for investigative journalists, we are now soliciting great ideas for sessions for GIJC27. Send us your proposals!
10 Questions
‘To Convince Someone to Speak, Explain How Their Responses Will Improve the World’: Investigating Power and Influence from Moldova
Award-winning journalist Vladimir Thorik discusses reporting in an oft-overlooked part of Europe and how he approaches exposing the long reach of Russia on his native country and its neighbors.
Press Freedom
Nicaragua: Reinventing Journalism in Exile
In this World News Day op-ed, the Latin American journalist and editor discusses the challenges of holding an authoritarian government to account after being forced to leave the country.
Press Freedom
The Things I Learned from My Daughters, a Central Bank Investigation, and a Box of Watermelon Gum
Alia Ibrahim, the co-founder and CEO of Daraj, discusses the impact of her organization’s investigative journalism — and how expanding its audience is critical for the future of news.
Data Journalism Top 10
Peruvians Fighting for Russia, Israel’s Illegal Settlements, Mali’s Drone War, and the Data Center Heat Effect
Also highlighting social media attacks against Brazil’s female political candidates and investigating Myanmar’s jade trade.
News & Analysis
The Diplomat, the Chameleon, the Bloodhound: Understanding Newsroom Personalities
Despite sharing certain instincts, investigative journalists have different strengths, weaknesses and characteristics. Some prefer to be left alone, others do their most powerful work when part of a team.
GIJC27
GIJC27: Website Launched and Dates Confirmed for 15th Global Investigative Journalism Conference
The next Global Investigative Journalism Conference will be held in Rotterdam, and will feature the latest reporting tools and techniques, cutting-edge workshops, and extensive networking.
Two Years Ago, Meta Killed CrowdTangle. Can a New AI Tool Fill the Void?
A new crop of AI-powered tools is trying to fill the void left by CrowdTangle, which let journalists tack how content spread across Facebook and Instagram. Arbiter is one of the projects leading the way.
Data Journalism
Journalists in Africa and South America Are Mapping the Mines Devouring the World’s Rainforests
Two journalism and technology projects are sharing tools and methods across continents to map where mining is devastating the Amazon and Congo basins.
Russian War Recruitment in Africa, Hidden West Bank Settlement Funding, Scams in Southeast Asia, and More: 2026 DIG Awards Shortlist
The screening of 25 new investigative films — chosen from 300 entries — will be evaluated by an international jury across five video categories for the annual DIG Awards.
News & Analysis
‘Once Someone Opens the Door, I Have a Shot’: Colombia’s Ricardo Calderón on His Career Conducting High-Risk Investigations
The reporter spent more than 20 years investigating armed conflict, corruption, and spy scandals in print, always trying to avoid the limelight. He had to forgo privacy to take on a new role on national television.
Investigating Threats to Democracy and the Rise in Authoritarianism: IJ WEEK Sessions Focus
For International Day of Democracy, GIJN looks at several panels of its upcoming IJ WEEK online event that address how our community can address threats to democracy and the rise of authoritarianism.
Data Journalism Top 10
German Far Right’s TikTok Reach, Iran War’s Impact on Cooking Gas, Mapping the Nepal Floods, and ‘Strongest’ Country Passports
Also highlighting coverage of Nvidia’s role in financing AI companies, how US adults engage with AI chatbots, and a story investigating children’s care homes in the UK.
News & Analysis
‘Praise Colleagues, Delegate, and Know That Mistakes are Inevitable’: Tips for Managers in Investigative Journalism
Managing teams in journalism is not easy. You can master what you do, but guiding people is quite a different thing and it requires another set of skills.
IJ WEEK
IJ WEEK Full Program Now Released — More than 130 Speakers and 50-Plus Panels
Journalists, data gurus, and subject matter experts from 65 countries will take part in IJ WEEK, which will feature panels, workshops, and networking sessions across 13 thematic areas.
Press Freedom
‘Denies Her the Justice She Deserves’: A Shocking Verdict in the Trial Over Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Murder
Nine years after her assassinaton, the businessman who was charged with conspiring in Daphne Caruana Galizia’s killing has been acquitted after a lengthy trial.
News & Analysis
Under Pressure, but Undeterred: How the Investigative Press Corps Perseveres in Argentina
In Argentina, investigative reporters are grappling with personal attacks, deteriorating press freedom, and roadblocks when trying to access information, but they refuse to bend or stop their coverage.
Investigating Inside Conflict Zones and Areas Controlled by Armed Groups: Lessons from Africa
In this second installment of our series on reporting inside conflict zones, we look at how African reporters navigate security threats and build rapport with at-risk sources.
How They Did It
‘Moving Just One Block in Port-Au-Prince Was Equivalent to Traveling Nearly 1,000km Elsewhere in the World’: The Challenges of Ethnographic Journalism in Haiti
Juan José Martínez D’Aubuisson has reported on crime in different parts of the Americas. His most recent project took him to Haiti where local communities are struggling in the face of widespread gang violence.
Data Journalism Top 10
Israel’s Occupation of Southern Lebanon, The US$1 Trillion Pentagon Budget, How Amazon’s AI Eats Rare Books, Tracing Britain’s DNA History
Also highlighting the education levels of Peru’s election candidates, tracking a Russian sanctioned vessel’s journey around west Africa, and why Premier League soccer clubs are releasing more jerseys.