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Reporting Tools & Tips

Lessons from the Pandemic: COVID-19 and Health-Pharma Investigations

by Laura Oliver • November 10, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists worldwide were suddenly thrown into the public health beat, trying to make sense of competing claims, and a science that seemed to change by the day. A session at the GIJC21 walked reporters through the COVID-19 pandemic, offering tips on covering the drug development and approval processes, evaluating scientific studies, unearthing conflicts of interest, and exposing fraud and malpractice.

Editor’s Pick: 2020’s Best Investigative Stories from Bangladesh

by Miraj Ahmed Chowdhury • December 21, 2020

In this year’s GIJN’s Editor’s Pick series, Bangla editor Miraj Chowdhury writes that, despite many free speech and coronavirus-related challenges, there are numerous examples of important journalistic investigations taking place in the region. Here are some of the stories that mattered the most in 2020 for the 215 million Bangla speakers around the world.

Case Studies

Editor’s Pick: Best Investigative Stories from Mainland China in 2018

by Ying Chan, Siran Liang and Lizzy Huang • January 16, 2019

Chinese journalists have broken stories this year on medical abuses, #MeToo and the environment, leading to government prosecution, consumer uproar and boycott, and disciplinary actions. Here are some of the best investigative journalism work in China in 2018, nominated by practicing Chinese journalists and media professionals, and selected by the GIJN Chinese team.

Member Profiles

Meet the Watchdog Scientists Battling Dubious Scientific Research

by John Power • May 2, 2018

Fraudulent, plagiarized or otherwise shoddy research is an increasing problem across all scientific disciplines — particularly in China — and can catch like wildfire. Australian Professor Jennifer Byrne and her French colleague Cyril Labbé, as well as projects like Retraction Watch, are fighting back.

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