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2024 Double Exposure Festival: Digging into Undercovered Topics, Overlooked Injustices
Investigative documentaries on AI, political polarization, social injustice, private armies, and the tragic fallout of climate change in Africa.
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COLPIN 2024: Celebrating Latin America’s Investigative Journalism in Madrid
The 2024 Latin American Conference of Investigative Journalism (COLPIN) brought together journalists from Latin America, Europe, and Africa.
Inside GIJN News & Analysis
2024 Candidates for GIJN’s Board of Directors
This October and November, GIJN member representatives will vote to elect three regional representatives and four at-large directors for the 15-person Board of Directors.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
Q & A with Roman Anin on Holding Putin to Account, Even in Exile
The founder of IStories talks about moving his entire newsroom abroad for security reasons and the challenges of reporting on Putin’s regime from outside the country.
How They Did It News & Analysis
How Two Reporters Found 63 Political Candidates Wanted by Brazilian Courts
A data investigation looked into the lack of transparency in Brazilian elections that allows candidates wanted for crimes to run for office without public knowledge.
Distribution & Promotion News & Analysis
Lessons Learned About Creative Formats for Disseminating Investigative Journalism
An overview of the many creative or unconventional formats for telling investigative stories — and how to leverage curiosity to overcome news avoidance.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
Challenges of Journalism in Exile: Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba
The exiled Nicaraguan journalist and editor Carlos F. Chamorro explains the critical need to promote and support journalists who are forced to leave their homelands because of their reporting.
Methodology News & Analysis
How to Bring Investigative Journalism into Food Lifestyle Media
Three investigations into food systems show how investigative journalists can capitalize on the huge interest in food — and food-related content — to make their reporting more impactful.
News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
How Journalism Groups in Africa Are Building AI Tools to Aid Investigations and Fact-Checking
These organizations are developing AI tools and resources that can be used to tackle misinformation, improve data reporting, and help with the storytelling process.
Inside GIJN News & Analysis
GIJN Welcomes 12 New Members, from Cameroon to Azerbaijan
New members include organizations doing crucial watchdog work in areas from deforestation to African data journalism capacity to the exploitation of child migrants.
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Tips for Handling the Mental Load of International Watchdog Reporting
Most reporters still rely on individual coping strategies, leaving them to face systemic challenges alone, says writer and researcher Belle de Jong.
Inside GIJN News & Analysis
GIJN Schedules 2024 Board Election
Nominations are open for three regional representatives, and for four at-large director positions on the board.
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From Investigating Syrian Drugs to Scandals Involving Children: The 2024 DIG Festival Awards Shortlist
Celebrating filmmakers who use original sources and investigative techniques to tell hidden stories, here are the shortlisted documentaries for the DIG Awards this year.
Climate News & Analysis
Investigation Reveals Global Fisheries Are Worse Off — and Many Have Already Collapsed
In this story, an academic researcher recounts his team’s investigation, published in the journal Science, that looked into the accuracy of models measuring the health of fisheries.
How They Did It News & Analysis
How One Investigation Exposed an Alarming Threat to the US Election — And Why Others Should Dig Deeper
A blockbuster Rolling Stone investigation discovered the extent of key official posts in swing state local election systems that have been filled by conspiracy theorists.
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships News & Analysis
10 Investigations Named to 2024 IJ4EU Impact Award Shortlist
The annual IJ4EU Impact Award honors the best in cross-border investigative journalism in Europe. This shortlist for 2024 recognizes 10 outstanding works of collaborative reporting.
Legal Defense & Emergency Aid News & Analysis
How Reporters Shield Is Protecting Newsrooms from SLAPP Attacks Around the World
Clothilde Redfern, executive director of Reporters Shield, details the group’s efforts to help investigative outlets combat SLAPPs and legal harassment.
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From Mexico to South Africa, Brazil to the Philippines: GIJN’s Investigative Bookshelf
Featuring titles that address historic wrongdoing, unpack corporate secrets, and reveal misconduct that the powerful would rather remain hidden.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
The Perils Facing Investigative Journalism in Ethiopia: Media Capture, Deep Polarization, and Government Oppression
Investigative journalism in Ethiopia — Africa’s second most populous country — currently faces a series of severe challenges.
10 Questions News & Analysis
10 Questions with Mohamad Abu Shahma: Working — And Living — Inside Gaza as an Investigative Journalist
GIJN spoke with the northern Gaza-based journalist about how he has managed to survive and work as a watchdog reporter under harrowing, life-threatening conditions.
Distribution & Promotion News & Analysis Sustainability
How Rappler Is Building Its Own Communities to Counter AI and Big Tech
Nobel Prize laureate and Rappler co-founder Maria Ressa on her site’s new Communities venture and making bold moves in countering Big Tech.
News & Analysis Teaching & Training
Young and Inexperienced, Talented and Empathetic: How to Train New Reporters for Collaborative Investigations
GIJN spoke to Jordy Meléndez of the Latam Network for Young Journalists about how his organization trains reporters to work on collaborative investigative projects.
LATAM Focus News & Analysis
Tracking Organized Crime’s Dirty Money and Illicit Operations: Tips From Latin American Journalists
A panel of journalists shared methods, tools, and security protocols with reporters from across the globe who want to track organized crime’s finances and operations.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
New Documentary Shows Mexican Journalists Have Nowhere to Turn
The Mexican filmmaker Santiago Maza has a new documentary called “State of Silence,” which explores the perilous situation facing investigative journalists in his home country.
Data Journalism LATAM Focus News & Analysis
‘Shining a Light Where There Are Shadows’: Latin American Outlets Innovating With Data
Data journalism is helping outlets across the region carry out innovative projects that reveal the stories hidden in large volumes of data.
Getting the Story Out LATAM Focus News & Analysis
Investigating in Audio: Nine Standout Podcasts from Latin America
Investigative podcasts from the region have successfully managed to mix traditional reporting with one of the continent’s oldest genres: narrative journalism.
10 Questions LATAM Focus News & Analysis
When the Investigative Journalist Becomes a Target: Lessons From Brazil
When the award-winning Folha de São Paulo journalist did an investigation into election disinformation, she became a target herself.
How They Did It LATAM Focus News & Analysis
After Pablo and El Chapo: How Investigative Outlets Are Covering Organized Crime in Latin America
As organized crime in the region metastasizes, investigative journalism is rising to the challenge, using innovative ways to cover ever-changing threats.