News & Analysis
GIJN Bookshelf: 9 Investigative Titles to Better Understand Latin America
This latest installment of the GIJN Bookshelf offers a compilation of recommended investigative books from reporters across Latin America.
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Case Studies
How Membership Saved Chile’s Investigative Newsroom CIPER
In a GIJC21 session on business models for investigative journalism, panelist Claudia Urquieta from Chile’s CIPER shared how the investigative outlet started a membership program from scratch, what it takes to make this model work, and how its partners saved CIPER from an uncertain future.
News & Analysis
Insider Access to Chinese Vaccines: A Case Study in Pandemic Corruption from Peru
In a scandal known as ‘Vacunagate,’ 487 influential people in Peru, including its president, were secretly inoculated against COVID-19 months before vaccines were approved for the public. Two investigative newsrooms in Peru found that Chinese drug makers had secretly sent thousands of ‘courtesy’ vaccine doses to several countries in South America in addition to the doses needed for clinical trials there. Editors from both told GIJN how reporters can tackle this new form of corruption.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Here’s How to Turn Students into Sleuths in 15 Weeks
Rookies can become top-notch investigative reporters in a matter of months. Megan Clement rounded up tips for GIJN on how one professor in Chile gets it done.