How Tos for Investigative Journalists, Part 1: From Plane Spotting to PDF Extraction

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What tools do you need to master as you head into your next investigation? We’ve rounded up some of GIJN’s most popular how tos from our story archives — as well as select items from our growing Resource Center — to offer up solid tutorials on a range of tools that could help you in your investigations, whether you need to track planes, extract data from PDFs, or build a GIF using satellite image imagery.

See part 2 of GIJN’s how tos on reporting and storytelling techniques, from podcasts to data teams.

https://gijn.org/2019/06/03/how-to-track-aircraft-around-the-world-a-new-gijn-reporting-guide/

https://gijn.org/2019/11/15/all-you-need-to-know-to-search-like-a-pro-on-instagram/

https://gijn.org/2019/06/19/how-to-use-tweetdeck-for-open-source-investigations/

https://gijn.org/2017/07/17/beginners-guide-to-extracting-data-from-pdfs/

https://gijn.org/2019/08/07/how-to-build-a-gif-of-satellite-imagery-in-r/

https://gijn.org/six-fake-news-techniques-and-simple-tools-to-vet-them/

https://gijn.org/2019/03/05/the-daily-quiz-that-teaches-journalists-how-to-geolocate-images/