GIJC25 Member Profiles
Building an Independent Newsroom That’s a ‘Pain in the Neck’ to the Powerful, Brick by Brick
Launching as a digital outlet 25 years ago gave Malaysiakini’s founders the freedom to report on stories that others feared to cover.
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Press Freedom
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Distribution & Promotion Getting the Story Out
How Mobile Investigative Newsrooms Can Restore Citizens’ Faith in Journalism
Two members of the OCCRP — North Macedonia’s Investigative Reporting Lab and Latvia’s Re:Baltica — have set up mobile reporting outposts.
Legal Defense & Emergency Aid News & Analysis
How Reporters Shield Is Protecting Newsrooms from SLAPP Attacks Around the World
Clothilde Redfern, executive director of Reporters Shield, details the group’s efforts to help investigative outlets combat SLAPPs and legal harassment.
Investigative Techniques Press Freedom
Mining Social Media and Visiting Morgues to Document Police Violence in Bangladesh
“Our priority was to reveal what the government was trying to hide,” says Zyma Islam about the work of her team in the weeks that changed her country.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
The Perils Facing Investigative Journalism in Ethiopia: Media Capture, Deep Polarization, and Government Oppression
Investigative journalism in Ethiopia — Africa’s second most populous country — currently faces a series of severe challenges.
Member Profiles Sustainability
How Serbia’s CINS Pushes Investigative Journalism Outside the State Media ‘Bubble’
Facing attacks and threats from politicians and partisan media, the outlet has turned to innovative reporting formats to increase audience engagement and public interest in watchdog journalism.
Getting the Story Out Press Freedom
How Georgia Is Following a Russian Legal Blueprint to Suppress Independent Journalism
A proposed “foreign agents” bill in Georgia is viewed by many journalists in the country as part of a coordinated campaign to suppress investigative and independent media.
News & Analysis
When Your Country’s Leaders Are Hostile to the Press: Survival Tips from Argentine Investigative Journalist Hugo Alconada Mon
The investigations editor of La Nación explores how to get the story out when faced with state-sanctioned opposition to the press and a president who doesn’t return your calls.
Document of the Day Press Freedom
2024 World Press Freedom Index: Political Pressure Threatens Journalism in a Key Election Year
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warns that state oppression and political pressure are increasingly threatening journalism around the globe in its 2024 World Press Freedom Index.
Getting the Story Out Member Profiles
How a Group of Paris-Based Journalists Are Saving Investigations from Oblivion
The goal of Forbidden Stories is to send a strong signal to those who oppose press freedom and want to act with impunity that killing a journalist won’t kill the story.