There are myriad number of reasons why reporters decide launch their own news sites, but these enterprising journalists often face a series of new, daunting challenges.
During a panel at ISOJ, fact-checkers discussed platform-enabled mis/disinformation in an era struggling with news avoidance, distrust, and limited access to information.
The current funding challenges facing nonprofit media make it more important than ever for newsrooms to “walk the talk” on transparency and to maximize their independence.
Across the investigative journalism community, GIJN has heard uniform voices of solidarity, and numerous creative strategies for surviving this fundraising crisis.
GIJN calls upon elected officials in the US to reverse the catastrophic action of withholding USAID funds from independent investigative newsrooms around the world.
Fariba Nawa, host of the On Spec podcast, discusses how she and her team have used donations and collaborations to build their project.
At the 2024 iMEdD International Journalism Forum, journalism funders and funding seekers discussed how to demystify the process of fundraising.
Latin American journalists have ventured into nonprofit journalism. But finding a sustainable financing model has eluded most outlets.
Nobel Prize laureate and Rappler co-founder Maria Ressa on her site’s new Communities venture and making bold moves in countering Big Tech.
Facing attacks and threats from politicians and partisan media, the outlet has turned to innovative reporting formats to increase audience engagement and public interest in watchdog journalism.
Experts discuss their experiences with diversifying revenue along with their successes, failures, and how they have balanced revenue and independence.
The founders of GIJN member Recorder, from Romania, share lessons for making investigations visually memorable, attracting new audiences, and generating more revenue.
In a world where the pillars of democracy face unprecedented challenges, the relationship between philanthropy and independent journalism is mutually beneficial.
Recent research suggests that the effects of investigative and collaborative reporting are more far-reaching on the journalism community than we had imagined.
Collaborating with Vienna’s Volkstheater, Austrian investigative outlet Dossier is bringing its reporting to the stage.
Diana Salinas is committed to uncovering wrongdoing and empowering more women to follow in her footsteps.
GIJN spoke with three newsrooms pioneering models for raising funds directly from their audiences.
“Good project management is hard to find in newsrooms,” says the WSJ’s Robin Kwong, the author of a recent guide full of tips for editorial leadership.
Media outlets are now more than ever looking for innovative digital strategies to reach and engage audiences as well as remain sustainable.
Communities are often considered merely our audience in journalism. But local communities can be engaged to help report impactful stories, provide tips and resources, and even boost the finances of watchdog media around the world.
Autocratic regimes and threats to press freedom have forced independent journalists and newsrooms into exile with alarming frequency in recent years. Founders and editors from three newsrooms in exile from Bangladesh, Russia, and Venezuela shared their tactics for survival.
GIJN’s French editor Alcyone Wemaëre spoke with Timothy Large from IPI’s IJ4EU cross-border investigation project to learn an insider’s tips for writing a successful investigative journalism grant proposal.
Daraj co-founder Diana Moukalled discusses the outlet’s origins in Lebanon, its impact, its funding, and reporting on women’s rights and corruption across the Middle East.
Mother Jones is a US outlet known for “smart, fearless journalism.” Monika Bauerlein, its CEO, believes that the kind of investigative journalism they do cannot be funded by traditional commercial means. That’s why it operates as a nonprofit with a heavy focus on reader donations as a revenue stream.
GIJN social media editor Holly Pate looked into best practices for increasing impact and audience engagement of investigative stories, gathering real-life examples from journalism sites around the world.
Because of growing threats to democracy, and a recent series of ever more extreme societal and planetary crises, funders now see more clearly the pivotal, central role that independent public interest media play in keeping our societies and economies open. And what’s even more encouraging is to see this positive talk backed up with concrete measures and actions.
With democracy and press freedom under assault worldwide, Nepali Times publisher Kunda Dixit calls for greater investment in watchdog sites like the Centre for Investigative Journalism – Nepal.
Veteran Mexican journalist Alejandra Xanic shares the lessons she learned in setting up an investigative nonprofit, from how to move beyond prioritizing survival to the importance of administrative support.
