Donate

Accessibility Settings

reset all

text size

decrease increase

color options

monochrome muted color dark

reading tools

isolation ruler

other

no motion large cursor

Tag

safety

21 posts

Reporting Tools & Tips

Seeking Comment for Your Investigation: Tips for the ‘No Surprises’ Letter

by Rowan Philp • July 7, 2021

For many investigations — especially those involving corporations, or institutions in the West — the final step is to send a letter that sets out your findings and urges a response. Here, several investigative reporters share their tips on how to deal with obstructive subjects and ensure fairness — including fairness for dangerous governments that cannot be alerted to your findings before publication.

News & Analysis

Document of the Day: A Look at Pfizer’s Vaccine Press Release

by Rowan Philp • December 1, 2020

A November 18 press release, claiming a safe vaccine that protects 95% of people against COVID-19, by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech was greeted with excited headlines. In this article, two leading health reporters shared tips on how to read such releases and balanced cautious optimism with the provision that the release relied on interim results from a trial in an accelerated setting.

Fast Tools for the Election, from #gijnElectionWatchdog

by Rowan Philp • October 30, 2020

For the past seven weeks, a special GIJN project, #gijnElectionWatchdog, has provided US reporters with tools to tackle the toughest election stories in daily tweets and weekly roundups. Here, with just a few days remaining til a hugely consequential election, we share quick-reference tools that matter in this period for time-pressed journalists.

GIJN Webinar — Staying Safe: How to Report a Pandemic

by GIJN Staff • April 20, 2020

In a global crisis like this, journalists play a critical role: they inform the public and they monitor and report abuses of power by officials. But how can they do this when they’re dealing with psychological stress and threats to their own health and safety? In this webinar “Staying Safe: How to Report a Pandemic,” two experts will focus on how to best manage the multiple threats faced by journalists when reporting on COVID-19.

Reporting Tools & Tips

Tips for Journalists Covering COVID-19

by Miraj Ahmed Chowdhury • March 10, 2020

It is difficult to fathom how far the novel virus might spread, and what the ultimate consequences will be. With all the uncertainties, journalists around the world are faced with the many challenges of covering the epidemic — including combating misinformation and health risks to reporters in the field — while not fueling panic.

Reporting Tools & Tips

6 Tips for Responding to Online Attacks Against Journalists

by Megan Clement • November 4, 2019

Any journalist who has been trolled, harassed, or otherwise attacked online knows how frightening the experience can be, and how isolated one can feel as a result. But newsrooms around the world are increasingly waking up to the fact that their staff need dedicated support to deal with the growing online abuse. Megan Clement rounded up tips from experts for GIJN.

© Copyright 2023, Global Investigative Journalism Network
Site by Rectangle