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Do You Have ‘the OSINT Mindset’?: Try Our Quiz for Those Who Like ‘a Little Light Online Sleuthing’
The most important thing to learn if you wish to integrate elements of OSINT into your investigative practice is the overall mindset behind the approach.
Member Profiles
Building an Engaged Community through Collaboration and In-Depth Investigations, All While Maintaining a Sense of Humor
This small Lithuanian outlet Siena punches above its weight by publishing agenda-setting stories — but the founders say they also never want to take themselves too seriously.
Databases Reporting Tools & Tips
Aleph Pro Tutorial: How to Get the Most from OCCRP’s Updated Investigative Data Platform
A step-by-step guide to using Aleph Pro, the latest iteration of OCCRP’s data platform, offering access to a massive trove of property and financial documents, as well as other records.
How They Did It News & Analysis
‘I Didn’t Really Sleep’: Inside the Investigation That Helped End Viktor Orbán’s Rule
Investigative outlet Direkt36’s high-risk exposé of the Fidesz party’s secret operation to bring down the opposition party helped unseat Orbán after 16 years of illiberal rule and media capture.
Data Journalism Top 10
Global Data Center Energy Use, US Strike on Iran School, Russia’s Security Service Leaks, Portugal’s Ancient Trees
This latest Top 10 in Data Journalism column also highlights rising drug-related deaths in Berlin, heatwave fatalities in Europe, and Hong Kong’s rapidly aging population.
Distribution & Promotion
How to Make Investigations Matter More: A Q&A with the Authors of ‘The Guide to Impact Journalism’
In investigative journalism, many newsrooms have begun implementing an “impact strategy.” How can they do better and what is the goal?
Reporting Tools & Tips
The Power of ‘Positive Deviant’ Data Investigations: How Good Outliers Can Expose Systemic Misconduct or Policy Failure
One often overlooked approach for accountability reporting involves side-by-side comparisons between successful and failing institutions with near-identical resources.
Data Journalism
How a WhatsApp Community Is Bringing India’s Data Storytellers Together
Recently, more than 400 people gathered in the Indian city of Bengaluru for VizChitra 2026, a conference on data visualization and storytelling — but that is only a small part of the story.
News & Analysis
How StreetPress Became France’s Far-Right Investigations Engine
Launched with just a €5,000 loan in 2010 by three journalists in their twenties, this scrappy investigative outlet now plays an outsized role in setting the national news agenda.
World Cup 2026: Investigations, Data Dives, and Podcasts Covering the Global Football Tournament
How investigative and data journalists covered the world’s most popular sports event, from FIFA to footwear.
10 Questions
Curiosity and the Long Road to the Truth: Lessons from an Award-Winning Portuguese Reporter
The journalist explains how he has built a career around long-form investigations, and delves into the process behind his recent book exposing the far-right in Portugal.
Data Journalism Top 10
Late World Cup Goals, Foreigners Fueling Sudan’s War, Venezuela’s Deadly Double Earthquake, and Fatal SUV Blindspots
Also highlighting the civilian casualties of the first 40 days of the US-Iran war, why carbon capture won’t solve climate change, and the 370,000-plus prisoners still awaiting trial in India.
Getting the Story Out
Expert Tips for Editing Investigative Podcasts
In a session on editing investigative podcasts at IRE26, veteran audio journalists offered several key lessons for producers and reporters new to investigative podcasts.
Member Profiles
The Black Sea: How Investigative Journalism Endures in Turkey
The investigative outlet focusing on the Black Sea region and Turkey is not quite exiled media, not quite traditional newsroom, but a collaborative group focused on abuses of power.
Investigative Techniques Reporting Tools & Tips
Listen Up: Podcasts for Investigative Journalists
We have rounded up the podcasts that go behind the scenes of major exposés, in which reporters dive into how they did their investigations or offer tips for journalists in similar fields.
Climate Data Journalism
Turning the Threat to a Distant Glacier into a Local Story Through Data Visualization
New York Times climate and environmental graphics reporter Mira Rojanasakul discusses how her team visualized the sea level rise threat from the melting Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Exiled Journalists’ Tips for Source Protection and Avoiding ‘Propaganda Creep’
Veteran exiled journalists from Iran, Venezuela, and Tibet discuss source protection best practices and publishing survival strategies when reporting on your home country from afar.
News & Analysis
Women and LGBTQ+ People in Investigative Journalism: Challenges, Strategies, and What’s Next?
At a 2026 Netzwerk Recherche conference panel, participants discussed their struggles and successes working as women and LGBTQ individuals in investigative journalism.
Data Journalism
One Name at a Time: How Die Zeit Built a Searchable Database of Nazi Party Members
An online tool set up by the German newspaper Die Zeit, in cooperation with archives in Germany and in the United States, allows people to search several million Nazi Party membership cards.
How They Did It News & Analysis
Building a Multi-Agent AI System To Sift Through Thousands of Russian Social Media Posts
The system built by BBC Eye allowed a team of open source specialists and reporters to accelerate their investigation of Russian ultra nationalists and their political impact.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips to Investigate Links Between Pesticide and Cancer
At the 2026 IRE conference, veteran reporters shared tips on how to get around the problems of causation and toxicology jargon in data-driven investigations about pesticide exposure.
GIJN Co-Hosts International Journalists at IRE26 Luncheon
GIJN co-hosted journalists from nearly two-dozen countries and territories at an International Luncheon at the 2026 IRE Conference outside Washington, DC.
Data Journalism Top 10
Visualizing a Trillion Dollars, India’s Warming Cities, Russian Mercenaries at Sea, and World Cup Player Physiques
Also highlighting how films portray Ukrainians, increasing tree cover in Spain, and how couples meet.
GIJN Toolbox
New Tools for Tracking US Migrant Detention Centers and Illicit Dual-Use Exports for Russian War Effort
We profile two new, free-access databases made for investigative journalists that provide hard-to-find accountability evidence on pressing harms.
Case Studies
‘Life or Death’: Inside ICIJ’s Cancer Calculus Investigation
A recent cross-border investigation examines how aggressive drug pricing and patent strategies drive up costs and limit patient access to a life-saving cancer treatment worldwide.
Data Journalism
How The Washington Post Combined Data and Human Stories to Cover Hurricane Helene’s Aftermath
From Storybench, Washington Post climate reporter Brady Dennis is interviewed about his immersive story on Hurricane Helene and the importance of combining data and human experience.