GIJC25
Pivoting to Podcasts? How Print Journalists Can Become Audio Storytellers
Narrative podcasts have become a transformative tool for investigative reporting. At GIJC, editors and producers unpacked how journalists can tap into its power.
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Document of the Day
2025 Reuters Institute Digital News Report: Eroding Public Trust, Growing Misinformation Threats, and Investigative Journalism’s Appeal
This year’s survey finds an accelerating shift towards social media and video platforms, further diminishing the influence of ‘institutional journalism.’
Getting the Story Out GIJC23
Going Multilingual — The New Frontier of Podcasting?
The global boom in audio streaming offers an opportunity for investigative journalists to reach wider audiences by developing multilingual translations of their podcasts.
Resource Video
GIJC23 – Podcasts: Producing the Investigative Podcast
Podcast listening in Brazil and Indonesia, two of the world’s top markets, has followed a global surge in listeners turning to the intimacy of podcasting and streaming audio, when and where they want. Come meet three journalists and producers who have both led the way in their countries, and collaborated in true GIJN fashion. Join […]
News & Analysis
‘Don’t Give Up’: DIG Festival Announces 2023 Awards Shortlist for Investigative Documentaries and Podcasts
Each year the jury for the DIG Festival scours hundreds of submissions to find the best investigative films and podcasts from around the world.
News & Analysis
Podcasting Goes Visual: How Video Can Help Investigative Storytelling Reach New Audiences
Podcasts are quintessentially an audio medium, but to reach newer and younger audiences, many shows are now beginning to add video elements to the traditional format.
News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
How to Reach Hard-to-Access Stories — and Audiences — with Audio
At the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, veteran journalists from Africa and the Middle East discussed the power and intimacy of audio and podcast reporting and how it can enable reporters to better access hard-to-cover stories.
News & Analysis
A Global Tour of Investigative Podcasts: The 2022 Edition
GIJN’s global team has reviewed some of our favorite investigative podcasts from 2022. Some dig into scandals and allegations of sexual assault. Others take a deep dive into the backgrounds of leading political figures or explore national scandals. There are tragedies, public interest stories, politics, crime, and corruption, with stories drawn from around the world.
News & Analysis
How We Turned Years of Reporting on the High Seas into a Podcast: Tips from Ian Urbina
The Outlaw Ocean Project — a nonprofit journalism organization that reports on the “watery two-thirds” of our planet — used material from several years of investigations on the high seas to create a new, seven-part podcast.
Methodology Reporting Tools & Tips
Megha Rajagopalan: What I’ve Learned About Investigative Journalism
Megha Rajagopalan has reported from over 23 countries in Asia and the Middle East, on stories ranging from the North Korean nuclear crisis to the peace process in Afghanistan. Her team’s investigation into prison camps in Xinjiang, China won a Pulitzer Prize. In this podcast, she discusses how she got into investigative journalism and gives her tips for speaking to vulnerable sources.