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Expert Advice to Keep Your Sources and Whistleblowers Safe
Keeping your sources, your data, and yourself safe during investigations is a complex undertaking. Four veteran journalists offer their tips on how to do so.
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When to Go Undercover: Ethical Questions and Strategic Steps for the AI Age
Undercover specialists warn that investigative tactics must be a last resort—especially in the AI age, where metadata, surveillance, and deepfakes raise new ethical and safety risks.
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An International Prosecutor’s Mission to Wrest Stolen Global South Assets from the West
The former lead Rwanda genocide prosecutor explains old flaws and new solutions for the international criminal justice system.
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Investigating in the Face of Repression: Advice from Peru’s Gustavo Gorriti
Effective investigative reporting under repression requires methodical safety planning, disciplined self-care, and an active defense of one’s work and reputation, according to this renowned investigative journalist.
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Journalism In Exile: Reporting, Sourcing, and Managing Everyday Life Away From Home
Forced to leave their homes and homelands, exiled journalists spoke about finding ways to continue their journalism in the countries where they have sought refuge.
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5 Tips on How to (More) Safely Investigate in Authoritarian States
Four journalists working in authoritarian countries or regions where democracy is backsliding offer their advice on how to deal with the reporting challenges.
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How to Investigate the Impact of Global Energy Companies on Local Public Health
Multimedia investigations across Africa and the Middle East highlight the links between environmental damage and public health, while seeking to expose who is responsible.
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Strategies for Covering Asia in a Shrinking Civic Space for Independence and Accountability
An All-Asian GIJC25 keynote panel discussed how the continent’s reporters have bravely exposed corruption scandals while facing exile, harassment, attacks, and threats of imprisonment.
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Tips for Identifying New Funding Sources for Investigative Journalism
Nonprofit news outlets must put extra emphasis on audience engagement, out-of-the-box solutions, and communicating to potential donors their unique value to democracy.
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Pivoting to Podcasts? How Print Journalists Can Become Audio Storytellers
Narrative podcasts have become a transformative tool for investigative reporting. At GIJC, editors and producers unpacked how journalists can tap into its power.
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Investigating Illegal Mining: Tips on Angles, Sourcing, and Post-Publication
Experts on reporting on illegal mining in Zimbabwe, Brazil, and Turkey shared tips on building sources on the ground, establishing trust, and telling a well-rounded story.
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Reporting on War Crimes in Ukraine’s Occupied Territories
Ukrainian newsrooms combine OSINT, satellite imagery, and intercepted conversations to report on frontline regions that are off limits due to the war.
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At GIJC25, Nobel Prize Laureate Maria Ressa Calls for ‘Radical Collaboration’ to Combat Disinformation and Preserve Press Freedom
In her keynote address, the Rappler CEO issued an urgent call for the investigative reporting community to embrace creative solutions in pursuit of the facts and a sustainable future.
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GIJC25 Kicks Off with Global Summit on AI and Tech Reporting
New tools and innovative approaches are needed to investigate the recurring problems and real-world impact of AI and emerging technologies.
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Investigating Global Health: Impact from Corporations
A pre-conference panel hosted by The Examination connected the deadly impact of corporate practices to the chronic diseases killing millions of people each year.
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What to Expect — and Prepare For — at GIJC25 in Kuala Lumpur
As GIJN’s biennial global conference prepares to kick off, here are some travel and logistics tips to help attendees get the most out of their experience in Malaysia.
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‘Remember to Zoom Out’: Pioneering Jordanian Editor on Keeping a Big-Picture Perspective in Your Investigations
GIJC25 speaker Lina Ejeilat co-launched 7iber as a blog in 2007 and it has grown into an award-winning investigative site covering Jordan and the Middle East.
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‘To Do Truly Great Investigations, You Need to Uncover the Hidden Information’: Veteran Swedish Journalist on Using Large Datasets
Data editor Helena Bengtsson once asked the national statistics agency to cross-match a teachers database with another featuring court convictions. The findings led to a change in Swedish law.
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‘Doing this Job Means Always Weighing the Risks’: A Kenyan Data Reporter on the Jump from Academia to Journalism
GIJC25 speaker Purity Mukami, who trained as a statistician, is one of the pioneering women reporters helping to build data journalism in East Africa.
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‘We Should Not be Avoiding the Big Stories of Our Time’: Leading Brazilian Watchdog on the Need to Investigate Big Tech and Autocracy
Natalia Viana, co-founder and executive director of Agência Pública, Latin America’s largest nonprofit newsroom, has investigated human rights and the spread of online disinformation.
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‘Our Task as Journalists is to Turn on the Light’: Asian Investigative Journalism Steps Into Focus at GIJC25
The first Global Investigative Journalism Conference to be held in Asia will feature a treasure-trove of Asia-focused panels, data workshops, and networking events,
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GIJN Bookshelf: The Malaysia Edit
Headed to GIJC25 in Kuala Lumpur later this year? Here are a dozen books about Malaysia to read before your trip.
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‘I’m Not Interested in Giving Readers Easy Answers’: Tracing Current Indigenous Inequities to Systemic Injustices
Tristan Ahtone is an award-winning journalist that has demonstrated the power of using historical archives to expose systemic injustices imposed on Indigenous communities.
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GIJC25 Program Launches — Two Nobel Laureates and African War Crimes Expert Are Featured Speakers
Journalism pioneer Maria Ressa, famed economist Joseph Stiglitz, and UN Rwanda Tribunal prosecutor Charles Adeogun-Phillips headline the top experts on the conference’s program.
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More Than 300 Media Experts from Around the World to Speak at GIJC25
GIJC25 will feature an esteemed line-up of journalism veterans, data gurus, and subject matter experts from nearly 100 countries.
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‘Journalism in Exile Has Been Somewhat Romanticized’: The Challenges of Being Forced to Investigate from Afar
Joseph Poliszuk — co-founder of Venezuela’s Armando.info — has spent years investigating illegal mining and drug trafficking. He speaks to GIJN ahead of his appearance at GIJC25 in Malaysia.
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‘Every Reporter has an AI Story to Tell’: Tips from an Award-Winning Journalist on the Risks of AI
Karen Hao — one of the world’s leading voices on the impacts and potential harms of artificial intelligence — speaks to GIJN ahead of her appearance at GIJC25 in Malaysia.
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Innovative Journalism Legends Announced as Notable Speakers at GIJC25
The program lineup of more than 300 speakers will include the best in the business: award winners, data gurus, innovative editors, and experts on urgent investigative topics.