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Reporting Tips from an Investigative Journalist of 50 Years
UK veteran investigative journalist Martin Tomkinson shared stories from London’s Fleet Street newspaper heyday and tips for up-and-coming investigative reporters.
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Investigative Techniques Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips for Using ChatGPT as a Quick Search Tool in Investigations
At IRE24, investigative reporter Jeremy Jojola shared his practical advice on how to use ChatGPT for contact searches and quick document analysis.
Organized Crime Reporting Tools & Tips
Latest Money Laundering Trends Journalists Should Watch For
A recent IRE conference panel focused on new money laundering strategies that make hiding illicit assets increasingly difficult to track.
News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
The Art of the Interview: Tips from BBC Veteran Kirsty Young
The longtime host of the BBC’s beloved interview show, Desert Island Discs, reveals how she disarms poets and politicians alike.
Methodology Reporting Tools & Tips
Common Mistakes in Cross-Border Investigations — And How to Fix Them
At a Dataharvest 2024 panel, three well-established investigative reporters spoke about their past mistakes, failures, and other errors that almost cost them a story.
Tipsheet Investigative Techniques Reporting Tools & Tips
Reporter’s Tipsheet for Acquiring Free Satellite Images
There is a treasure trove of compelling visual evidence out there that is going unused by many watchdog journalists. Here’s how to find it.
Tipsheet Reporting Tools & Tips Research
Toolkit: How to Investigate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
A Pulitzer Center toolkit for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, which impacts marine ecosystems, coastal communities, food security, and human rights.
Conference Resources Reporting Tools & Tips
How Investigative Journalists Can Fight Back Against Health Misinformation
A new wave of investigative health journalism is exposing deadly misinformation, turning complex data into accessible truths that can save millions of lives.
Investigative Techniques Reporting Tools & Tips
Dissecting Propaganda: Using AI to Cut Through North Korean TV Spin
Accessing information from isolated nations like North Korea is difficult. Cutting-edge AI tools now enable efficient analysis of foreign language video broadcasts.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips for Using Data in a Small Newsroom
Small newsrooms need to focus on the importance of data use more than ever — but they often face numerous hurdles, including a lack of funding and limited human resources.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Harnessing the Power of Global Forest Watch for Data-Driven Reporting on Land Cover Change
A Mongabay senior editor shares tips for unlocking the full capabilities of Global Forest Watch, a free-to-use online platform that she says has been instrumental in her reporting.
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships Reporting Tools & Tips
Investigating ‘Cattle Laundering’ and Deforestation in the Amazon: Interview with the 2024 Goldman Prize Winner
The 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize went to a multi-year exposé tracing the connection between meat sold in Western supermarkets and illegal deforestation in Brazil.
Reporting Tools & Tips Teaching & Training
Greatest Hits from a ‘Journalism in the Movies’ Course
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.
Elections Reporting Tools & Tips
How South Africa’s Largest Digital News Outlet Plans to Cover a Chaotic 2024 Election
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.
Methodology Reporting Tools & Tips
Going Undercover in Africa: Tips from Recent Investigations
Investigative journalists who have gone undercover in Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon, and Kenya share advice and practical tips.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Step-By-Step Guide for Journalists on the Basics of Google Sheets
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.
News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
How Generative AI Is Helping Fact-Checkers Flag Election Disinformation, But Is Less Useful in the Global South
AI is revolutionizing the spread of falsehoods. But can this technology also be used to help debunk disinformation campaigns?
Reporting Tools & Tips
New AI and Large Language Model Tools for Journalists: What to Know
At the 2024 NICAR conference, data experts grappled with the broader question of when and how AI is appropriate to use in newsrooms.
Climate News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
Climate Reporters Share Tips for Investigating the Fossil Fuel Industry
Environmental reporters share tips for unraveling the mysteries behind carbon credit projects and government ties to the fossil fuel industry.
Reporting Tools & Tips Teaching & Training
Best Practices for Election Coverage Using YouTube
Tips from a workshop on how journalists and media outlets can better use YouTube in their election coverage.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Lessons from Taiwan’s Resistance to an Election Disinformation Wave
Taiwan’s recent experience during its 2024 election cycle offers useful lessons for journalists and democracy defenders elsewhere — as well as some much-needed hope.
Case Studies News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
Goldsmith Prize Finalist: How One Collaboration Revealed Alleged Sex Abuse, Torture by Sheriff’s Deputies
Four reporters share how they investigated extreme abuses of power at Mississippi sheriff’s offices and offer tips to help other journalists do similar work.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Spill-Tracking Data Sources to Help Cover Hazmat Events and Environmental Disasters
Environmental journalists should check out the new database tool Spill Tracker, but should also bookmark these other resources for reporting on hazmat events.
Investigative Techniques Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips for Linking Shell Companies to their Secret Owners
At a recent panel at the 2024 NICAR conference, Karrie Kehoe, deputy head of data and research at ICIJ, offered a series of tips for investigating the true owners of shell companies.
Tipsheet Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Tipsheet for Using Ocean Data in Your Investigations
Investigations into what happens on, under, and around the ocean can often be answered thanks to the vast amount of data available online.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Best Practices for Working With Mass Shootings Data
There can be confusion among journalists about “mass shootings” data, which leads to wildly different numbers and deeper confusion among audiences.
Reporting Tools & Tips
GIJN Toolbox: Cutting-Edge — and Free — Online Investigative Tools You Can Try Right Now
GIJN highlights some new, free investigative tools on fact checking, topic briefing, and journalist privacy that were the subject of significant interest in the hallways at the 2024 NICAR conference.
News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips From — And For — Women Investigative Journalists Reporting on 2024 Elections
GIJN’s global team spoke with women investigative journalists about their election coverage best practices.