Also featuring stories on the world’s riskiest maritime shipping routes, sub-par cancer drugs exported across the globe, and uncovering “pig butchering” online scams in Myanmar.
This year’s survey finds an accelerating shift towards social media and video platforms, further diminishing the influence of ‘institutional journalism.’
Journalists and editors from this Balkan nation warn that if the recently passed law survives a legal challenge, it would stifle independent reporting.
Luis Assardo, a digital security trainer and investigative data journalist, gives tips on how journalists can keep their information and devices secure.
At an IRE conference panel, experts discussed several powerful tools and innovative techniques for uncovering harmful practices by the global alternative energy industry.
With hundreds of the country’s reporters in exile, the press is under pressure like never before. But this outlet is continuing to report despite all its staff now being based overseas.
An award-winning project exposed how a US-governor’s pig farming company polluted groundwater, revealing issues of political influence and regulatory neglect.
A panel of experts investigating and documenting crimes committed by the old regime share their experiences of working in the “new Syria.”
To resurrect civil rights era cold cases, two reporters uncovered new sources and accessed forgotten government documents to reconsider the historical record.
Also featuring the data behind Russia’s efforts in Ukraine, why it’s so hard to ditch coal as an energy source, and a literary map of Rio de Janeiro.
The Director General of Norway’s public broadcaster shares valuable lessons learnt from what she called “the most harrowing experience of my professional life.”
New members include organizations probing cross-border abuses or promoting civic engagement, as well as digging into environmental and human rights violations.
Tips on persistence from a permanently exiled reporter whose multi-year investigation was turned into an Emmy-nominated documentary.
Sixty journalists from more than two-dozen countries and territories attended the International Luncheon at the 2025 Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference.
The chief data reporter for the Financial Times discusses how he considers the use of text, color, and annotation to aid visual storytelling through charts and graphics.
Azmat Khan is known for her rigorous reporting on civilian casualties from US airstrikes, and for exposing systemic failures in military and government accountability.
A Dataharvest session with podcast veterans from Poland and Portugal offered advice for journalists considering audio storytelling — from narrative tricks to business models.
Our data journalism column also features medical research funding at risk in the US, a report on Antarctica, and an interactive that lets you ‘drive’ the Monaco Grand Prix circuit.
From covering drug cartels to investigating how corruption links to tragedy, the award-winning reporter has made chronicling modern day Mexico his beat.
In a recent Reuters Institute webinar, experts discussed the latest research into the impact of climate reporting on journalists’ mental health.
A new book by Ron Deibert, Citizen Lab’s founder and director, details how his small investigative team is fighting back against a rapidly growing commercial espionage industry.
An exposé supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network found loans earmarked for green projects were routinely used by fossil fuel and mining companies.
For veteran journalist Wahyu Dhyatmika, Indonesia’s intensely challenging press climate is a wake-up call for the media to retool its business model and refocus on serving the public.
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, a GIJN founding member, has grown from a one-room news startup 36 years ago to a seminal force for watchdog reporting.
After five years and 2,875 project entries from more than 100 countries, the Sigma Awards have become a catalyst for innovation and forever changed the face of data journalism.
This seven-part Reuters series revealed how easily chemicals used to create fentanyl can be acquired — and the network of suppliers that make the illicit drug trade possible.
We also highlight an analysis of whether flying has become less safe, an investigation into a Philippine reforestation program, and the numbers behind the Eurovision song contest.
Whether it’s extracting names from footage, decoding social media posts, or reading distorted text in documents, Henk van Ess explains how free digital tools can take on these investigative tasks.
