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GIJN Launches GIJC25 Website, Announces Dates for Next Global Investigative Journalism Conference
The next Global Investigative Journalism Conference will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The next Global Investigative Journalism Conference will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC25) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the fourth quarter of next year, in partnership with co-host Malaysiakini.
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.”
Karachi is Pakistan’s largest city and financial capital, but it is also a place with the dubious reputation of being one of the most unlivable cities in the world. These challenges provide fertile ground for investigative reporting and some of the country’s best stories.
Winners of the prestigious 2022 Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards were recently announced in Hong Kong, in a gala event that recognized innovative data and investigative journalism as well as the courage of reporters working in Asia’s rising climate of censorship and media repression.
To share best practices and other lessons learned from our most recent global conference, we are releasing a series of videos from the event’s many seminars, panels, and workshops. This latest installment focuses on reporting tips and collaborations in the Asia-Pacific region and insights for reporting in China.
In a GIJC21 session that focused on stories across the Asia/Pacific region, investigative journalists discussed best reporting best practices and how telling great investigative stories requires a range of skills and determination to uncover the truth.
A panel of Asia experts at GIJC21 unanimously agreed that press freedom in the region faces a bleak future, as governments increasingly use digital platforms to manipulate communities and increase hostility towards journalists.
Watchdog journalists, despite being some of the world’s most determined and enterprising reporters, face multiple challenges, especially those working in repressive environments. They need support. So we’re pleased to launch GIJN Advisory Services for easier access to our expanding services, including a raft of new tools and resources to strengthen and spread in-depth watchdog journalism.
Following a seismic year for accountability journalism in 2020, GIJN asked prominent investigative journalists around the world to share topics that their teams will be looking at in 2021. Feedback from editors in 14 countries indicates an unusual amount of subject overlap for watchdog reporters this year, centered around vaccines, technology, and autocracy.