Editor's Picks
GIJN’s 10 Must-Read Stories of 2025
GIJN’s top stories from the past year, including cutting-edge reporting tools and techniques, in-person conference presentations, and analysis of the state of the IJ community.
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Data Journalism Top 10 Editor's Picks
Editor’s Pick: Best of Data Journalism from 2025
Our roundup of standout data journalism from the past year highlights projects that delve into conflicts in the Middle East, Ukraine, and Africa, that explore the rise of AI, and interrogate global trade wars.
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships
Recognizing John Bones: Norway’s Groundbreaking Data Journalist Who Trained Generations of Global Reporters
At GIJC25 in Malaysia, GIJN posthumously honored pioneering data journalist John Bones with the GIJN Award for Extraordinary Service to International Investigative Journalism.
Data Journalism
2026 Sigma Awards for Data Journalism Open for Entries
The Sigma Awards celebrate the best data journalism from around the world. Submissions are now open for data projects published in 2025.
GIJC25
‘Doing this Job Means Always Weighing the Risks’: A Kenyan Data Reporter on the Jump from Academia to Journalism
GIJC25 speaker Purity Mukami, who trained as a statistician, is one of the pioneering women reporters helping to build data journalism in East Africa.
Guide Resource
Open Source Guide to Investigating Chinese Companies
This guide introduces journalists to valuable information sources for China-focused investigations and demonstrates practical methods for accessing and utilizing key reporting tools.
Asia Focus
Data Journalism in Asia: Rethinking the Relationships Between Newsrooms, Communities, and Evidence
Data storytelling newsrooms have found innovative approaches to navigate closed data regimes, political pressures, and resource gaps.
How They Did It
Connecting Brazil’s Financial Market to Environmental Violations: The Hidden Impacts of Agribusiness on Indigenous Lands
Investment funds issued to finance Brazil’s agribusiness sector bundle various bonds — some of them labeled “green” — but are tied to socio-environmental violations or potential land grabbing.
Data Journalism Top 10
Extreme Heat in US Prisons, Tremors and Tsunamis, DRC’s Illegal Timber Trade, Shark Meat in Brazilian Schools
Our round-up of the best in recent data journalism also features stories from Southeast Asia and Gaza.
Reporting Tools & Tips
5 Tips for Slashing FOIA Costs (Including How One Reporter Lowered a Records Request Fee from $2,800 to Just $29)
With a little research and negotiation, reporters can slash the cost of obtaining records bundles and speed up the government’s response in the process.