Investigative journalists work tirelessly to get the truth and ensure that the public is informed on topics that are of public interest. Jamlab interviewed nine African investigative journalists to talk about their experiences of reporting in their respective countries.
Conditions for journalists in authoritarian countries are challenging and often dangerous. In light of these challenges, journalists and donors need to widen their understanding of the less traditional ways journalism generates impact.
Private air charter companies used to transport collegiate and professional sports teams are also part of a vast network of US deportation flights tied to possible human rights abuses.
This tipsheet helps journalists avoid some of the most common errors related to statistcal significance in academic studies, which even trained researchers sometimes make.
The Miami Herald’s award-winning House of Cards investigation of the Champlain Towers South collapse used a dynamic, multimedia scrollytelling format to take readers inside the causes of a deadly construction tragedy.
Amid Ukraine’s whole-of-society wartime reorganization, experts and activists are using their skills to track the impact of the conflict on the country’s national parks and biospheres and to document possible environmental war crimes.
Megha Rajagopalan has reported from over 23 countries in Asia and the Middle East, on stories ranging from the North Korean nuclear crisis to the peace process in Afghanistan. Her team’s investigation into prison camps in Xinjiang, China won a Pulitzer Prize. In this podcast, she discusses how she got into investigative journalism and gives her tips for speaking to vulnerable sources.
Andras Petho, co-founder of the investigative news outlet Direkt36, offers lessons learned from witnessing first-hand the press crackdown of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
How Greenpeace’s investigative site, Unearthed, used satellite imagery and database mapping to reveal hundreds of fires on environmentally protected land in the English moors – including dozens that could be illegal.
Reporters at the OCCRP are used to cataloging shell companies and trawling through bank records in search of assets. But when they received a tip-off about show jumping horses linked to the oligarchs, they decided to dig into the subject as part of the Russian Asset Tracker project.
