If a hypothesis is the starting point of an investigation — the provisional answer to the question “what do we think happened?” — a timeline and a source map determine the path to verify the answer.
Two veteran journalists and educators share their experiences running a program to teach aspiring reporters how to collaborate across borders.
Through her two-plus decades of mentoring young journalists, Joke Kujenya has left a legacy of fostering and strengthening investigative reporting in a difficult press climate.
The UN process for evaluating national human rights records is long and complex, but offers valuable material for journalists.
For budding reporters or those looking to break into in the profession, GIJN has compiled a list of academic and training scholarships for investigative and data journalism.
Digital security may seem a little daunting at first, but increased security will help investigative journalists build trust with — and protect — current and future sources.
Fact-checking takes apart the reporting to ensure it is solid, accurate, and fair, a critical task for newsrooms.
Featuring advice on fact checking, digital security tips, interview techniques, and guidelines for editors.
Following the money is a complex set of techniques that allow reporters to track the flow of money across the world.
This chapter looks at various types of interviews, approaches, and techniques for getting the most out of contact with sources, both friendly and antagonistic.
Investigations have underlying principles, elements, and rigorous requirements for evidence, accuracy, and fairness. They also require strong and detailed planning.
Sourcing starts with thinking about our goals for a story. This chapter shares a step-by-step guide for finding sources for investigations.
The rewards of collaborating can be huge for investigative journalists: greater visibility of your story, increased potential for impact and in some cases better protection.
This chapter guides you through advanced research techniques, including the use of open source intelligence tools and verification methods.
As the use of the internet spread and increasing amounts of data emerged, the term “data journalism” arose to describe reporting powered by data and analysis.
Featuring the advice of university professors and leading investigative reporters who also teach, here are ten tips on how to excel in the field of watchdog reporting.
From cold-pitching to collaborating, and from promoting your work to getting top commissions, being a freelancer brings a whole series of challenges, especially for investigative journalists.
At a time of unprecedented attacks on the press, it is critical to understand what impact means, why it matters, and how journalists can increase it.
More than half of the world’s countries have laws that require officials to supply public documents on request, offering valuable windows for reporters.
The numerous ways to track ships and planes open a whole new range of stories for journalists to investigate.
Freelancing is a tough job; investigative freelancing is even harder. But it also brings independence and the ability to pick your projects. Here are tips from journalists from four countries with decades of experience in working on their own.
In this presentation, we will methodically guide you through the investigative process and show how to succeed with your project without getting lost along the way.
One of the great spin-offs of the digital age is that journalists can tap into crowds and communities in ways unimaginable only a few years ago.
This hands-on class will deepen your reporting skills by using QGIS, a free, popular mapping program.
The best historians and investigative journalists share a great deal: they go after primary sources, they follow the trails of money and accountability, and they put events in a broader context that the public can understand. Often those events look shockingly different just 20 or 30 years later, based on documents, data, and interviews.
This workshop might just emerge as the one that changes your life as a watchdog journalist. Misinformation and disinformation on “closed” social media networks — such as WhatsApp and Telegram – have already had devastating consequences for democratic processes in places like India, Nigeria, Russia, and Brazil.
Think there’s no data in your story? Create your own. Journalists can use polls, physical surveys, documents, or even monitoring devices to create their own data. We’ll give you examples of how these techniques are used and some best practices for doing it yourself. ———————– The Global Investigative Journalism Network is an international association of […]
This session will address how to convert unstructured data (documents) into structured data that can be filtered, summarized, and visualized.
