After being wrongfully convicted of murder, Rowe taught himself watchdog reporting while in prison, and eventually worked his way onto the BBC’s prestigious Today and Panorama programs.
Collaboration has emerged as the killer app for investigative journalism in the past decade, and a panel of editors at GIJC23 shared key insights into how watchdog partnerships can thrive.
Featuring the New York Times’ mapping of the recent events in the Israel-Hamas war, ProPublica’s investigation into defects of a company’s breathing machines, and El País’ gender analysis of Nobel Prize winners.
From cold-pitching to collaborating, and from promoting your work to getting top commissions, being a freelancer brings a whole series of challenges, especially for investigative journalists.
The influence of extremist groups on mainstream politics is on the rise, and journalists need tools to face this threat to healthy democracies.
German investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer – who was leaked the Panama Papers documents – explains the art of finding, using, and safeguarding sources.
Criminal activity tends to thrive where state oversight is weakest. So it’s no wonder that cryptocurrencies are the financial tool of choice for criminals around the world, which makes insightful coverage of them increasingly important for investigative journalists.
Hands-on tips for scaling your sports investigations from three award-winning journalists who have covered doping, sexual abuse, sportswashing, and more.
In the fast-evolving landscape of investigative journalism, knowledge of the latest tools and cutting edge techniques can help newsrooms and reporters stay ahead of the curve and tell impactful stories.
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.
Finding victim-survivors to talk about human trafficking is difficult. Three journalists at GIJC23, who cover human trafficking and irregular migration, shared tips on how to find and protect sources.
Tracking ships and planes is essential for investigative journalists covering a wide range of stories around the world, from smuggling to sanctions evasion to environmental crimes.
A well-designed, properly distributed survey can build a powerful dataset for an investigation. Here are top tips on planning, designing, and executing them from the team at CORRECTIV.
“In some parts of the world it is harder to be a female investigative reporter than in others,” GIJN’s Gabriela Manuli said at a GIJC23 panel discussing the challenges facing women reporters and editors around the globe.
This week, GITOC released its second worldwide assessment, the 2023 Global Organized Crime Index, a eight-chapter report that found economic crises and political realignment have fueled global organized crime, which preys on the resulting civic instability, financial vulnerability, and shortage of food, fuel, and other commodities.
When reporting on children’s issues, it’s essential to treat them as individuals in their own right and give them agency over the telling of their stories.
Forensic visual investigation has rapidly become a critical method of journalistic inquiry, thanks to new technologies, innovative skills, and the global ubiquity of social media imagery.
How did three reporters investigate complex financial stories featuring Nigerian billionaires, Eurasian oligarchs, and the head of Lebanon’s central bank?
As GIJC23 wraps up in Gothenburg, Sweden, it’s clear that investigative journalism has grown stronger and more intelligent, and reporters have become more collaborative and united than ever before.
From investigating prisons to stolen sand and child brides, three award-winning journalists share their experiences reporting from a region experiencing a press freedom “crisis.”
Reporting on war crimes is essential in building the proof that opens the door to accountability, but it also goes further, by preserving and protecting a society’s memory and dignity.
The GSLA honors watchdog journalism in developing or transitioning countries, carried out under threat or in perilous conditions — and the 2023 competition attracted applications from 84 countries.
An all-star team of five journalism experts shared their approaches to investigating the ever-evolving world of organized crime.
Four editors — and veterans of the global push-back against autocracy — discussed effective methods for holding the enemies of democracy accountable.
Certain stories require access or information that interviews, open source documents, or data analysis can’t provide.
As climate change impacts communities across the globe in the form of wildfires, record heat, deadly flooding, and devastating droughts, there is a growing urgency in investigating the causes and impacts.
As the world’s health risks continue to evolve, dedicated health journalists have never been more important.
Three reporters from across the globe discussed the numerous looming threats to democracy — and shared tips for exposing the bad actors behind election disinformation and authoritarian attacks.
