News & Analysis Sustainability
How Journalists — and Newsrooms — Can Improve Project Management
“Good project management is hard to find in newsrooms,” says the WSJ’s Robin Kwong, the author of a recent guide full of tips for editorial leadership.
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10 Questions
Lessons Learned from Puerto Rican Journalist and Media Entrepreneur Omaya Sosa
As part of our ongoing “10 Questions” interview series, GIJN’s Spanish editor Andrea Arzaba speaks with Omaya Sosa, founding co-director of Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism.
David Kaplan to Bid Farewell at Global Conference in September
After more than a decade of leadership of the Global Investigative Journalism Network, Executive Director David Kaplan has announced he will retire from his position in September 2023 at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. Kaplan was among those representing 30 member organizations that founded the Network in 2003 and became its first full-time executive director in February 2012.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Video Resources for Health, Women, Podcasts, & Indigenous Issues
To share best practices and other lessons learned from our most recent global conference, GIJC21, we are releasing a series of videos from the event’s many seminars, panels, and workshops. This latest installment focuses on key issues like health and medicine, women’s leadership, investigative podcasts, and Indigenous reporting.
Reporting Tools & Tips
People Problems in a Small Media Organization (Part 2)
In People Problems Part 1, we talked about two common kinds of complaints that you as a manager might hear. “I don’t think Karl is showing enough commitment to his work.” “The technical staff is being rude to our salespeople.” Here is a method for developing your colleague’s problem-solving skills, followed by how to apply it in these two cases. If you focus on developing your people, your organization will develop far more rapidly than if you focus on just the num.
Reporting Tools & Tips
People Problems in a Small Media Organization (Part 1)
If you are leading a team in a small media organization, you need to get the best out of your people. Everyone has to be a contributor. This is not just a selfish thing. You get the best out of people by helping them develop their own talents, overcome obstacles and reach their own professional goals.