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.
Concluding the data track of GIJC23, here’s a discussion on the tools that are coming to the forefront for doing data stories and predictions for what is ahead.
In this introductory session, you’ll learn how to use Google Sheets to do basic analysis — and leave with the ability to do quick data work for daily stories or longer-term projects.
Pinpoint is a powerful tool for converting unstructured data (text and other forms of messy data) into datasets that can be analyzed and used for stories.
Cross-border investigative reporting has come far since its early attempts in the 1980s and ’90s by a handful of nonprofits. Today’s projects are multinational efforts involving mainstream media, hundreds of journalists, and tech-savvy data analysis and security systems.
Hundreds of journalists are forced into exile around the world by despots, autocrats, and crime cartels. Exiled editors and émigré media are an old story. But amid the modern backlash against independent media, journalists are taking advantage of a new era in tools and technology. These digital toolkits are proving a game-changer, enabling journalists to better report on their homelands, and their audiences to better access that reporting.
More than $550 billion was spent on digital ads last year — on everything from banners and video ads to sponsored tweets and pop-ups of every sort. What’s behind this mega-business? The systems used to buy and sell digital ads are vast, complicated, poorly understood, and rife with fraud and deception.
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.
In this session, you’ll learn strategies and tools available to help you find donors with the financial capacity and interest to support your work.
Lightning rounds are among the most popular sessions at our global conferences. Here are our speakers’ favourite tools and techniques from GIJC23.
Crafting an effective proposal starts well before the actual writing process begins. Here, we share how to create a plan, tips on grant writing – and pitfalls to avoid.
In this workshop, a crypto expert will offer tips and tools on how to dig into the emerging threats posed by virtual assets-based money laundering and other crypto-enabled crimes.
Criminal activity tends to thrive where state oversight is weakest. So it’s no wonder that cryptocurrencies are the financial tool of choice for criminals around the world, which makes insightful coverage of them increasingly important for investigative journalists.
For this panel, we bring together educators and trainers from diverse environments around the world for a look at the best practices in teaching data journalism.
This panel will delve into how to navigate this sometimes fraught relationship and offer best practices on how to tap into what can be a shady underworld.
In this panel session, attendees heard about the latest visual investigations techniques from three members of The New York Times and Washington Post teams.
Backgrounding an individual’s holdings is essential, but ferreting out front companies, tax dodges, and hidden assets can be a tough undertaking.
The numerous ways to track ships and planes open a whole new range of stories for journalists to investigate.
It’s no secret that great investigative editors are hard to find. What makes a terrific editor for watchdog journalism? How do they keep their reporters sane, focused, and motivated?
Here, Indigenous journalists from around the world share how they’re using investigative skills to expose issues ranging from land theft to cultural repression.
Our expert panelists discuss possible opportunities for using satellite images, where to find them, and how they can enrich investigations.
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. ———————– The Global Investigative Journalism Network is an international association of journalism organizations that support the […]
The recent rise of nakedly autocratic regimes has ballooned the number of independent newsrooms forced to report from exile. These watchdogs-in-exile have shown enterprise and innovation in providing critical news to the homeland. But good journalism is not enough. It’s hard enough to succeed in the media back home, but how do exiled media survive […]
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. Swedish journalists Emma Johansson and Jessica Ziegerer bring years of experience in investigative projects, both as reporters and editors. They work at the regional newspapers Helsingborgs Dagblad and Sydsvenskan, […]
Did you know that most start-ups fail? That includes well-meaning non-profit news outlets. What’s often missing is a business strategy. Developing a viable and effective business plan is essential for media organizations, a necessary foundation for sustainability and growth — indeed, for an organization’s very survival. Join this workshop to hear how to do it […]
