To avoid getting lost while reporting a story, reporters and editors need to take dedicated steps to plan their investigations, from the hypothesis to the publishing stage.
How can journalists use data without reducing the murder of women to crime statistics, and produce a narrative that humanizes without sensationalizing?
The global boom in audio streaming offers an opportunity for investigative journalists to reach wider audiences by developing multilingual translations of their podcasts.
The best of modern data journalism tells powerful stories that test assumptions. At GIJC23, two experts discussed strong recent investigations and what makes them stand out.
Investigative journalists often face the challenge of reviewing and combining large documents or data in text forms. This can be very exhausting and labor intensive.
A curated list of 10 notable GIJN articles from this past year — a mix of our most popular stories, great reads, data journalism best practices, and game-changing reporting tips.
The use of hacked data is an ethical challenge for investigative journalists. But responsible use of this information can lead to public interest revelations that would otherwise stay hidden.
Many reporters rely on FOIA requests and RTI legislation for their investigations. But how do you take these requests to the next level?
How journalists can identify whether they’ve been hit with a SLAPP suit — and resources for helping journalists fight back.
Social Network Analysis (SNA) enables investigative journalists to connect the dots that can lead to groundbreaking revelations and expose deep-seated wrongdoing.
What do you do when you don’t get the dataset you need from authorities, or it doesn’t exist? Two experts provided tips at GIJC23.
At GIJC23, GIJN sponsored more than 100 fellows from dozens of developing and transitioning countries.
Global internet advertising revenue is forecast to reach $723.6 billion in 2026. Who makes this money and how they go about it is fertile ground for investigative journalists.
Journalists share stories and tips from their investigations into environmental crimes, from deforestation in the Congo to the Beirut port blast.
Media outlets are now more than ever looking for innovative digital strategies to reach and engage audiences as well as remain sustainable.
Great investigative editors make stories stronger, protect and motivate reporters, and make investigations more efficient.
Knowing where to look for data — and accessing it via scraping data from websites — can be a powerful force multiplier for investigative journalists.
Working as a journalist in Afghanistan has never been harder, but it’s a chance to resist the Taliban’s oppression of women’s rights, says the founder of Zan Times.
When reporters know how to follow the money, hidden wealth can often be uncovered in real estate, planes, yachts, artwork, and even racehorses.
Two reporters whose investigative work has exposed systemic land grabbing and illegal mining in the Amazon share their tips.
Historians have always used archival documents to study what happened years, decades, or even centuries ago. But sometimes journalists are the ones digging into the past and uncovering truths that are big enough to “rewrite history.”
Veteran journalists explained how an industry of enablers is supporting a growing group of kleptocracies and mafia states around the world, and that following the money is a great way to track them.
Communities are often considered merely our audience in journalism. But local communities can be engaged to help report impactful stories, provide tips and resources, and even boost the finances of watchdog media around the world.
Water depletion in Tunisia, illegal shark fishing in Asia, global seed monopolies: three environmental journalists shared lessons at GIJC23 from their investigations into food production and supply chains.
Collaboration has emerged as the killer app for investigative journalism in the past decade, and a panel of editors at GIJC23 shared key insights into how watchdog partnerships can thrive.
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.
The influence of extremist groups on mainstream politics is on the rise, and journalists need tools to face this threat to healthy democracies.
German investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer – who was leaked the Panama Papers documents – explains the art of finding, using, and safeguarding sources.
