From Russia to Central Asia, the climate for investigative journalism is deteriorating. But watchdog reporters have not given up, even if many now have to report from overseas.
Despite the challenges of reporting in wartime, Ukrainian journalists continue to uncover corruption — even while under attack from disinformation campaigns.
Our annual round-up of compelling investigative audio stories, as reviewed by GIJN’s global team. Featuring stories from the US, Germany, Switzerland, El Salvador, Turkey, and Russia.
Also featuring stories on dubious pension payments, sinking cities, and deforestation, here are our favorite stories from the Lusophone world this year.
Also featuring revelations about misuse of college scholarships in Ghana, a televangelist’s troubling empire in Nigeria, and a dive into a US charity’s spending in Malawi.
Investigative journalism in Turkey faces many challenges and obstacles, but there are remarkable reporters digging into untold stories.
This year’s picks emphasize the region’s increasingly sophisticated cross-border crimes, but also how investigative journalists consistently expose them.
Also featuring reporting on an elaborate con on a Chinese dissident, an academic credentials scandal, and trekking with Chinese migrants to the US border.
Featuring stories from France to the Ivory Coast, Switzerland to Senegal, here are eight of the best investigations published in French this year.
Highlights from a year of data journalism columns, from elections to the Olympics and the evolution of the love song.
Also featuring investigations into UN peacekeepers, population data fudging, and the inadequate academic qualifications of a powerful police chief.
A tour of the year’s best investigations from across Latin America and Spain, where journalists are uncovering stories that impact their communities.
Plus a deep dive into a powerful figure behind a vital border crossing, an investigation into mercenaries in Yemen, and exposing real estate ownership in Dubai.
GIJN’s top reporting guides and tipsheets from 2024, including an introduction to investigative journalism and guides on project management, fundraising, and extreme heat.
Also featured on our list, a #MeToo case in higher education, secret funding of ‘race science,’ and the state of Swiss prisons.
Our annual best-of list features stories on Pakistan’s sanitary workers, links between politicians and sugar mills, and the endless construction of a Balochistan road.
Also featuring a look at algorithmic bias in dispensing food aid, corruption in the country’s largest civil service exam, and a tragic construction accident.
In 2024, new and innovative digital tools provided leads and evidence for accountability stories on every continent.
Featuring a showcase of game-changing reporting methods based on insider tips from real-world investigations and conference presentations.
Reporters in Ukraine face constant physical danger, but the war hasn’t prevented them from uncovering corruption and other misdeeds.
Journalists in Russia and elsewhere in the region continue to expose wrongdoing via innovative investigative tools and traditional reporting methods.
Tenacious journalists in the MENA region press on, collaborating across borders and reporting on environmental pollution, corruption, and human rights abuses.
Journalists and media organizations from sub-Saharan Africa produced globally recognized, award-winning work in 2023.
The level of information censorship and manipulation by the Chinese authorities made the selection for this year’s editor’s picks particularly difficult.
Featuring stories on the risks of online propaganda and political disinformation to social media-based blackmail attacks against women.
Also featuring stories exposing political disinformation, human rights violations by police, online abuse of women, and exploitation of agriculture workers.
Featuring stories covering natural resources theft, forever pollution, corrupt business practices, and child sexual exploitation.
Ranging from the toxic legacy of asbestos after the earthquake to exploring meth addiction.
