Experts discuss their experiences with diversifying revenue along with their successes, failures, and how they have balanced revenue and independence.
The portrayal of journalists on film over the years has helped instil an understanding of what journalism is and what reporters do. Here are some of our favourites from around the world.
From a guide to covering the extractive industries to a resource setting out awards for investigative journalism, here’s a rundown of GIJN’s latest guides and tipsheets.
Also featuring threats to European groundwater, the impact of Soviet engineering on Ukraine’s Dnieper River, and workplace risks to South Korean food delivery drivers.
The Pulitzer Center discusses how it has developed different methodologies to uncover environmental wrongdoing, adapted to the region, jurisdiction, and industry.
An interview with Rest of World about their 2024 AI Elections Tracker, which looks at media manipulation in voting campaigns across the Global South.
While democratic nations around Africa are watching South Africa’s general election, local journalists are gearing up for a potentially chaotic two weeks after the polls close.
The founders of GIJN member Recorder, from Romania, share lessons for making investigations visually memorable, attracting new audiences, and generating more revenue.
This project aims to help local journalists publish data stories when they wouldn’t otherwise have the time or money to do it.
At the 2024 Journalism Practitioners Forum conference (J-Forum) in Japan, watchdog reporters came together to discuss their successful stories and share skills.
Investigative journalists who have gone undercover in Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon, and Kenya share advice and practical tips.
Knowing how to use spreadsheets is a crucial skill, as it allows you to find potential stories in large amounts of data and to think critically about how to use it.
A proposed “foreign agents” bill in Georgia is viewed by many journalists in the country as part of a coordinated campaign to suppress investigative and independent media.
Also features an investigation into deforestation in the Bolivian Amazon; greenwashing in the Netherlands; and a look at Madonna’s popularity in Brazil.
The investigations editor of La Nación explores how to get the story out when faced with state-sanctioned opposition to the press and a president who doesn’t return your calls.
AI is revolutionizing the spread of falsehoods. But can this technology also be used to help debunk disinformation campaigns?
At the 2024 NICAR conference, data experts grappled with the broader question of when and how AI is appropriate to use in newsrooms.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warns that state oppression and political pressure are increasingly threatening journalism around the globe in its 2024 World Press Freedom Index.
The goal of Forbidden Stories is to send a strong signal to those who oppose press freedom and want to act with impunity that killing a journalist won’t kill the story.
Environmental reporters share tips for unraveling the mysteries behind carbon credit projects and government ties to the fossil fuel industry.
An interview with two journalists who investigated the world of child influencers and the highly sexualized nature of some of their most ardent fans.
As a member of The New York Times Visual Investigations team, Muyi Xiao reports on her native China using a combination of remote tools and interviews.
The burden of telling the story from Gaza has fallen only on the shoulders of local reporters and the regional news outlets working closely with those on the ground.
In this edition, we also highlight the export destinations of smuggled Peruvian gold, the worker shortage hampering the Russian defense industry, and the political divide in the US.
How ProPublica reporters revealed behind-the-scenes connections between billionaires and US Supreme Court justices.
GIJN asked speakers and attendees in the NICAR conference hallways for the data journalism gaps they see and for under-covered topic areas newsrooms can address.
Tips from a workshop on how journalists and media outlets can better use YouTube in their election coverage.
Anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny proved that anyone, after investigative training and practice, can expose rights abuse at the highest levels of government.
