News & Analysis
GIJN Bookshelf: 9 Investigative Titles to Better Understand Latin America
This latest installment of the GIJN Bookshelf offers a compilation of recommended investigative books from reporters across Latin America.
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Venezuela
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Methodology
How Armando.info Uncovered Hundreds of Venezuelan Officials’ Secret Assets in Florida
When a team at Armando.info set out to find individuals linked to the Venezuelan government who might have secret investments — and even residency permits — in the United States, they never imagined the scale of what they would find once they started following the money.
Case Studies News & Analysis
Journalism Under Siege: Five Survival Tips from Editors in India and Hungary
Two editors from India and Hungary, respectively, Ritu Kapur and Peter Erdelyi, offer survival tips based on how their outlets have managed to stay afloat in the face of press freedom challenges in backsliding democracies.
GIJC23
2023 Global Shining Light Award Finalists: Large Outlet Category
Six outstanding investigative projects from Large Outlets have been selected as finalists for the 2023 Global Shining Light Awards (GSLA) — the prize honoring watchdog journalism in developing or transitioning countries that was carried out under threat, or in perilous conditions.
Data Journalism Data Journalism Top 10
Data Journalism Top 10: How COVID-19 Changed the US, Race for the North Pole, and Visualizing Coronation in the UK
This week GIJN’s Top 10 in Data Journalism features the Wall Street Journal’s dive into how COVID-19 changed the daily lives of Americans, the Straits Times on Singapore’s gold medal history at the Southeast Asian Games, and how data journalists visualized the coronation of King Charles III.
News & Analysis
5 Questions for Venezuelan Journalist Ronna Rísquez on Overcoming Fear, Covering Organized Crime, and Working as a Woman Journalist
Venezuelan journalist Ronna Rísquez has covered violence and organized crime in South America for more than 20 years. In conversation with LatAm Journalism Review, Rísquez talks about the challenges she has faced practicing journalism as a woman and about the threats she received before publishing her first solo book.
How They Did It Methodology
How They Did It: Uncovering a Vast Network of Illegal Mining in Venezuela
A behind-the-scenes look at a reporting collaboration that uncovers the vast scale of illegal mining and illicit smuggling in Venezuela’s Amazon region.
Case Studies Sustainability
‘Illuminate the Darkness’: Creating an Independent News Site in Crisis-Hit Venezuela
The “dream” of Efecto Cocuyo began mid-2014, initially a discussion in cafes with colleagues and friends Laura Weffer and Josefina Ruggiero, as well as three young journalists. An incubator programme helped the team design an operational and business model and in January 2015 Efecto Cocuyo was born, launching first on Twitter and gaining 18,000 followers in its first week. At the time of writing, it had more than 724,000.
News & Analysis
Latin America’s Best Investigative Journalism Featured at COLPIN 2021
COLPIN is the most prestigious investigative journalism gathering in Latin America, and is organized by the Institute for Press and Society. On December 4 the winners of the Javier Valdez Latin American Prize for Investigative Journalism, named in honor of the Mexican journalist killed in 2017, were announced.
Case Studies News & Analysis
Editor’s Pick: 2021’s Best Investigative Stories from Latin America
Despite a backlash against the media in Latin America, investigative journalists have refused to stay silent. Here we highlight eight of the best investigative stories published in Spanish in the region this year, selecting those that prioritized collaboration, used innovative investigative methods and tools, and those that reached new audiences.