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How to Verify Bystander Video
From the Minneapolis shootings to the Guthrie kidnapping, visual investigation skills are now mandatory. Here’s how to do it.
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Data Journalism
How the Hindu Is Embedding AI Into Its Data Journalism
LLMs are quietly reshaping data journalism workflows at The Hindu, helping reporters process vast document sets, write scripts and build interactive tools.
News & Analysis
Inside an East African Investigative Newsroom That Has Defied a Decade of Pressure
Africa Uncensored has survived legal threats, intimidation, and politically motivated attacks on its funders to become a prominent force in Kenya’s investigative journalism landscape.
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‘True Justice is Years in the Making’: 10 Years on from the Panama Papers
A look back at a decade of changes after the Pulitzer-Prize winning exposé sent shockwaves through the offshore world, spawning criminal probes and bringing down governments.
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‘The Most Important Thing Journalism Can Do in a Dictatorship Is to Tell the Truth’: Q&A with El Faro’s Carlos Dada
Carlos Dada delivered the 2026 Reuters Memorial Lecture. As the leader of El Faro, he has edited and published dozens of investigations exposing corruption of governments of all colors.
The Threat of a Broad Legal Assault by Government Against a News Organization — What Newsroom Leaders Need to Know
A former risk officer from Reuters offers guidance on how newsrooms can prepare for a broad, concerted assault by the government’s legal, regulatory, prosecutorial powers.
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How the Refugee System Fails the Whistleblowers It Should Protect
For refugee journalists who expose criminal networks, cross-border crimes, and sensitive failures within the camp system — safety and security protocols are poorly funded and inconsistent.
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Watchdog Journalism’s Future in US May Depend on Independent Reporters
Investigations by independent journalists like Pablo Torre are a clear example of the growing need for bottom-up, citizen journalism — particularly given US media industry trends.
Data Journalism
How Non-Coding Journalists Can Build Web Scrapers With AI — Examples and Prompts Included
With basic web knowledge, guidance, and examples, even non-coding journalists can build a scraper with large language models.
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Uncovering Schemes Worth Billions: Inside the Belarusian Investigative Center
Since 2020, the exiled outlet’s investigations have led to approximately 90 sanction actions, proving how journalism can make a real impact on authoritarian regimes.