Taiwan’s recent experience during its 2024 election cycle offers useful lessons for journalists and democracy defenders elsewhere — as well as some much-needed hope.
The level of information censorship and manipulation by the Chinese authorities made the selection for this year’s editor’s picks particularly difficult.
From investigating prisons to stolen sand and child brides, three award-winning journalists share their experiences reporting from a region experiencing a press freedom “crisis.”
GIJN presents our editor’s picks for the best investigative journalism stories from China and Taiwan during 2022.
Our weekly NodeXL and human curation of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter features The Financial Times’ 10 charts visualizing developments in the United Kingdom during Elizabeth’s reign, The Marshall Project’s look at how government Covid-19 relief funds were used, and Taiwan Data Stories’ scrollytelling project about Taiwan’s iconic street food.
This was a tough year for Chinese journalists, who continue to work in a repressive press landscape. Yet several outstanding investigations were produced by courageous newsrooms in 2021. In this curated roundup, we list eight fine examples from China and Taiwan.
The Reporter is known in Taiwan for its in-depth investigative stories. The team behind it recently launched a podcast, which surged into the charts soon after it was launched. Here host Jason Liu and producer Lan Wanchen tell GIJN about their experience in making podcasts related to investigative journalism and their tips for making a program that audiences want to listen to.
With trust and interest in journalism declining among millennials around the globe, Taiwan’s Reporter is taking a gamble. Its mission: to re-engage the younger generation with in-depth journalism. Will it work?
