GIJN’s board is now made up of Anton Harber (South Africa), Oleg Khomenok (Ukraine), Syed Nazakat (India), Bruce Shapiro (US), Khadija Sharife (South Africa), Margo Smit (Netherlands), and Nina Selbo Torset (Norway).
After 20 years of existence, it was time for GIJN to revamp both is website and visual identity. Welcome to our new website and new look.
This August and September, member representatives of GIJN will vote to elect 7 members of its 15-member Board of Directors. Here is a list of candidates who have submitted their names for GIJN’s Board of Directors.
GIJN member El Surtidor is a Paraguayan news organization created in 2015 that prioritizes innovation and multi-platform, visual journalism.
GIJN is scheduling new elections for its board of directors. There are openings for seven seats on the 15-member board. Each of GIJN’s 244 member organizations is entitled to one vote, which is cast by its designated representative. Those interested in running for the board have until August 7 to apply to be candidates.
Here’s an early look at the schedule for the 2023 Global Investigative Journalism Conference, where we expect a record 2,000 journalists from more than 110 countries to join us in Gothenburg, Sweden. The conference takes place Sept. 19-22.
Hey, everyone… It’s GIJN’s anniversary! Twenty years ago, a band of nonprofits came together to form a network to support investigative and data journalism around the world. This was at the second Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Copenhagen, back in 2003. Since then — thanks to you — our growth has surprised even us.
Award-winning journalist Emilia Díaz-Struck has been named the incoming executive director of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, an association of more than 240 investigative journalism nonprofits throughout the world. Díaz-Struck will join GIJN as editor-at-large in mid-August, and then become executive director in September at the biennial conference of the network in Gothenburg, Sweden, September 19- 22.
Read about the six finalists for the 2023 Global Shining Light Award — the prize that honors watchdog journalism in developing or transitioning countries carried out under threat, or in perilous conditions — in the Small and Medium Outlets category.
Six outstanding investigative projects from Large Outlets have been selected as finalists for the 2023 Global Shining Light Awards (GSLA) — the prize honoring watchdog journalism in developing or transitioning countries that was carried out under threat, or in perilous conditions.
