cyber investigations
Investigating Digital Threats: Digital Infrastructure
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The second installment of the GIJN cyber reporting guide to digital threats covers digital infrastructure and offers tools and resources for investigating online.
cyber investigations
Investigating Digital Threats: Disinformation
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The first chapter of the GIJN cyber investigations reporting guide to digital threats covers misinformation and disinformation and tools to counter them, as well as case studies.
Tools & Techniques
New Investigative Tools for Monitoring Social Media Platforms
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Social media platforms are among the most difficult sites to scrape for data across the internet. A recent session at NICAR23 unveiled several dynamic new tools — including Junkipedia, a possible CrowdTangle replacement — that can perform a wealth of social media monitoring tasks, from tracking down who is behind harmful ads to identifying conspiracy groups or influencers spreading disinformation.
Resources
GIJN’s Updated Guide to Planespotting and Flight Tracking
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Investigative journalists have long used information about airplanes to uncover corruption, follow wars, track government officials, and point out the levels of greenhouse gases emitted. GIJN has now revised and updated its reporting guide to planespotting and tracking flights around the world.
Data Journalism
What Data Journalists Need to Know About Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
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What is an application programming interface (API) and how can it help reporters gather information online? Data journalist Paul Bradshaw explains how to use this tool in your next investigation.
Editor's Pick
A Curated List of GIJN’s Top Stories from 2022
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In 2022, many of GIJN’s original stories focused on reporting techniques relevant to global threats that grew or emerged this year — including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, democratic decline, growth of far-right populism, the challenge of accountability journalism in the Arabian Gulf, abuse of migrants and minorities, and the exiling, assault, and legal harassment of independent media.
Tools & Techniques
How Journalists Can Investigate on Telegram
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Telegram is an invaluable research tool, helping journalists mine for information, investigate groups of people whose content is otherwise banned or limited on social media, and track protests and political movements in authoritarian countries. Here’s how to get started using it.
GIJC21
Video Resources for Mapping, Satellites, Storytelling, Testing, Tracking, and Disinformation
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To share best practices 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 investigative tips and tools for using satellite imagery, flight tracking, and exposing disinformation.
Tools & Techniques
10 Lessons from Bellingcat’s Logan Williams on Digital Forensic Techniques
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Bellingcat’s Logan Williams, who presented a panel on digital forensic reporting labs at the 2022 International Journalism Festival 2022 in Perugia, Italy, gives his top tips for journalists interested in open source digital investigations.
Elections Guide
Elections Guide for Investigative Reporters: Chapter 4 — Investigating Political Messaging and Disinformation
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With consequential elections scheduled in many countries around the world in 2022 and 2023, this final installment in GIJN’s new guide to investigating elections focuses on how to investigate online disinformation and the sources behind it.