Also highlighting how neglected rural land is driving wildfires in Europe, China’s naval expansion, and unusual causes of death in Mexico.
The DX Festival, which takes places in Washington, DC, focuses this year on “what happens to a democracy when the record itself is under assault.”
Anyone who has been following news in the Middle East in recent years has heard of Timour Azhari, whose award-winning investigations helped uncover what was happening in Syria after the fall of the old regime.
The Dutch-Flemish Association of Investigative Journalists (VVOJ) is a small but mighty force for accountability reporting in Europe, training journalists and recognizing the best in the craft at its annual conference.
A team of reporters worked with survivors of youth residential treatment centers to create a toolkit to help others find records about themselves and pursue accountability for abuses.
The next Global Investigative Journalism Conference will be brought to you by GIJN and VVOJ, together with their regional partners Journalismfund Europe and Free Press Unlimited.
In this second part of our series on impact, GIJN talked with six reporters who have used our training and resources to produce high-quality accountability reporting and further train others in their region.
GIJN followed up on the detailed testimonies of five reporters who have come to past conferences to better understand and hear, in their own words, how these events have furthered their journalism.
The inaugural Global Investigative Journalism Conference 25 years ago came from a radical idea: gather reporters from around the world to share techniques and inspire each other. It changed everything.
Also highlighting police response to demonstrations in India, where European Nobel laureates do their research, and shrinking food budgets in Indonesia.
This award honors investigative journalism in a developing or transitioning country, done under threat, duress, or in the direst of conditions. Deadline to apply is February 28, 2027.
Since August 2025, this former Washington Post reporter, now working freelance, has written dozens of stories mapping the Trump administration’s massive, third-country deportation apparatus.
Citra Dyah Prastuti reflects on her 24 years with KBR, Indonesia’s public radio broadcaster, and on centering public service, joy, and rigorous journalism in every story.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Also highlighting social media attacks against Brazil’s female political candidates and investigating Myanmar’s jade trade.
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.
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.
In 2001 GIJN was born, as investigative journalists from around the globe met for the very first time to share ideas, tips, and best practices to strengthen their reporting in a world where journalism was increasingly under threat.
Today the threat has multiplied, and at GIJN we find ourselves under the same pressures as our member organizations. Most urgently: available funding for investigative journalism has been impacted as some longtime funders who supported journalism in the past are no longer doing so or have closed. Yet our work continues, more important than ever before.
GIJN serves as the global hub for the world’s investigative reporters. Our core mission is to support and strengthen investigative journalism—with special attention to those from repressive regimes and marginalized communities.
We are embarking on our first-ever campaign initiative to help us expand our revenue by the end of the year through individual donors. If you have ever joined one of our free webinars, used one of our free resources, learned a new skill thanks to a GIJN training, or simply believe that press freedom is essential to civil society, we ask you to show your support for GIJN’s work with a donation of your choosing. Called “Friends of GIJN,” this campaign includes a more personalized experience, starting in 2027, for individuals who answer the call to join with us during this unprecedented time.
Truth and democracy are under attack around the world. You can fight back by helping GIJN support investigative journalists with free access to the latest tools and techniques — so they can foster justice and hold accountable those who abuse the public trust.
With a staff based in 24 countries, GIJN works in a dozen languages each day, linking together the world’s most enterprising journalists, offering state-of-the-art training, webinars, tip sheets, and a Help Desk that responds to 2,000+ requests for assistance each year. More than 84% of GIJN’s operating budget goes directly to our program work.
Please make a gift today to support journalists on the front lines of the fight for accountability and human rights.
