A dilemma haunts modern newsrooms. LLMs and related AI technologies are rapidly becoming key tools for journalists — and ironically their targets are frequently the very companies producing and profiting off of this technology.
Editors who have led major cross-border collaborations share best practices — and common mistakes — for leading complex investigative reporting projects.
Transnational collaborative investigations are vital for confronting corruption and state abuse that transcends borders, while also strengthening verification and distributing the risk.
At this GIJC25 session, journalists shared how they combine open source research, on-the-ground reporting, and even self-built databases to investigate migration.
At GIJC25, reporters explained how remote sensing, open source verification, and visual forensics are now central to covering conflicts that are inaccessible or dangerous for journalists.
Expert follow-the-money journalists have documented how criminal networks now operate, via fluid, decentralized systems that are often indistinguishable from legitimate global commerce.
Journalists have used local reporting, open source analysis, and forensic reconstruction to verify events happening on the ground in Gaza, allowing them to challenge official narratives and preserve evidence for future accountability.
Speakers at this GIJC25 session dismantled the myth that offshore finance is inaccessible or unknowable and argued that the real barrier is not secrecy alone, but confidence, skill, and persistence.
This GIJC25 panel discussion surfaced a set of unresolved questions about what investigative journalism can sustainably support — and what it may need to leave behind.
Workers in East Africa and South Asia are now paid low wages to perform behind-the-scenes data tasks are used to power AI-driven facial recognition systems around the world.
Reporters exposing exploitation in the high seas use a combination of open source satellite imagery to track ships and documents to establish vessel ownership.
Archives are a powerful way to expose historical abuses — from war crimes to broken government promises — by preserving fragile evidence and turning it into a verifiable, searchable record.
At this GIJC25 session, veteran environmental reporters offered strategies for unmasking the hidden owners, banks, politicians, and regulators quietly fueling climate change.
An expert panel at GIJC25 described the multi-layered criminal infrastructures behind online gambling, and offered practical tactics to help reporters expose those networks.
Rising political backlash and harmful policies threaten queer lives. Covering systemic failures that affect LGBTQ+ people requires rigorous, sensitive reporting.
At GIJC25, veteran journalists from Indonesia, Norway, and Colombia shared practical, replicable strategies for uncovering illegal fishing and maritime wildlife trafficking at sea.
From combining investigative stories with theater events to livestreaming editorial meetings, these newsrooms have adapted to dwindling revenue streams in novel ways.
Scams now function as sprawling transnational criminal enterprises. But journalists can expose these networks by following inconsistencies, mapping operations, and collaborating across borders.
At GIJC25, Peruvian investigative journalist Fabiola Torres showed reporters how to uncover the systems behind pharma monopolies, and how to connect market structures to human impact.
Tackling religion stories can require creative ways to overcome lack of access, and how to seek help during difficult times.
Journalists detailed how they build dossiers on oligarchs, mine corporate and sanctions databases, and use leaks – all while managing legal and security risks.
At GIJC25, experts from Venezuela, Ghana, and India highlighted AI tools and collaborative strategies that exposed electoral disinformation campaigns.
Women investigative reporters face harassment, surveillance, and personal risk. Here are practical strategies to confront these challenges from female journalists on the front lines.
Journalists reporting on water scarcity often face a lack of transparency, limited access to sites and sources, unwieldy data, and a resistant media environment.
At GIJC25, veteran freelancers from Africa, Asia, and Europe shared tips for finding funding, managing security, and negotiating with editors over rates, commissions, and deadlines.
A panel of three investigative reporters shared practical tips to dig into the rapid deployment of biometric systems in Africa and beyond.
These three winners and recipient of a special citation represent outstanding journalism from developing or transitioning countries, carried out under threat or in perilous conditions.
Ethnographic journalism blends anthropological theory and immersive fieldwork to report on marginalized communities, but its relationship with traditional journalism remains contested.
