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Uncovering Syria’s Stolen Children
This collaborative investigation brought together international and local journalists to reveal how the Assad regime used a global childcare charity to aid the disappearance of children.
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Tracing Lead Pollution in Nigeria to the Global Auto Supply Chain
Investigative reporters traced dangerously high lead contamination in Nigeria — revealing that recycled metal from used car batteries entered global supply chains linked to major US automakers.
How They Did It News & Analysis
Investigating How Many Migrants Lose their Lives Crossing the Rio Grande
This transnational collaborative project investigating US-Mexico border deaths won the 2025 Gabo Award, with judges praising its “investigative rigor” and “innovative approach.”
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Connecting Brazil’s Financial Market to Environmental Violations: The Hidden Impacts of Agribusiness on Indigenous Lands
Investment funds issued to finance Brazil’s agribusiness sector bundle various bonds — some of them labeled “green” — but are tied to socio-environmental violations or potential land grabbing.
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How ProPublica Exposed a Flawed AI Tool ‘Munching’ Hundreds of Veteran Contracts
The team used leaked documents and an interview with the AI tool’s developer to reveal numerous mistakes behind the Trump administration’s cost-cutting measures of veterans’ care.
Data Journalism How They Did It
How a Le Monde Team Uncovered 300 Contaminants in France’s Groundwater
The French investigative reporter and data journalist shares the methods behind her team’s major investigation into Europe’s polluted groundwater crisis.
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Investigating Missing Pensions: Behind the Scenes with Peru’s Salud Con Lupa
A behind the scenes look at how reporters investigated how thousands of people have been unjustly excluded from Peru’s pension program due to flaws in the poverty classification system.
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Investigating How Pesticides Banned in the EU Find Their Way to African Countries
GIJN speaks to a Nigerian journalist about how she uncovered how banned pesticides are still exported and sold in Africa.
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How They Did It: Investigating Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes
Tips from four reporters who took part in a seven month-long collaborative investigation into the growing use of cargo trucks to transport migrants and asylum seekers through Mexico.
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Uncovering the Hidden Environmental Impact of an Industrial-scale Hog Farm
An award-winning project exposed how a US-governor’s pig farming company polluted groundwater, revealing issues of political influence and regulatory neglect.
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How We Revealed Mega-Polluters Taking Advantage of Green Loans
An exposé supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network found loans earmarked for green projects were routinely used by fossil fuel and mining companies.
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How They Did It: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Series Exposing Fentanyl’s Global Supply Routes
This seven-part Reuters series revealed how easily chemicals used to create fentanyl can be acquired — and the network of suppliers that make the illicit drug trade possible.
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How a Filipino Reporter Exposed Disinformation Networks Defending an Ex-President After His Arrest
Philippine reporter Cristina Chi uncovered an orchestrated disinformation campaign on Facebook to falsely portray the arrest of the country’s ex-president.
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Investigating How Illegal Gold Gets Into the Legitimate Supply Chain
This Pulitzer Center-supported investigation dug into illegal gold mining in South America, and traced how these illicit products are secretly fed into legitimate supply chains.
How They Did It Reporting Tools & Tips
Running Into Open Secrets: How to Investigate Using the Strava Fitness App
Journalists around the world have mined the Strava fitness app to pinpoint secret military bases and track the movements of world leaders.
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Investigating the Systemic Failures Enabling Abuse on Dating Apps
The Dating App Reporting Project conducted an 18-month investigation into the mechanisms meant to keep people safe on dating apps — and found them wanting.
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From the Hospital to the Lab: How We Reported the Snakebite Scandal
Two reporters from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s global health team explain how they uncovered the shady world of phony snakebite antivenom.
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How Two Graduate Reporters Exposed a System Used to Hide Police Officer Misconduct
Two reporters, nominated for the 2025 Goldsmith Prize, spent years investigating legal agreements in California that hide police officers’ past misconduct from the public.
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Exposing Extremism Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa Using Open Source Tools
As extremism spreads across sub-Saharan Africa, journalists are turning to open source tools to track the networks and physical movement of these often violent groups.
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How TBIJ Teamed up with UK Members of Parliament to Uncover ‘Silenced Stories’
TBIJ journalists explain how they got around SLAPP suits by having UK Members of Parliament — shielded by legal privilege — read in the House of Commons previously silenced stories.
How They Did It News & Analysis
How This Oscar-Nominated Director Turned the Lens on Herself to Investigate the Man Who Sexually Assaulted Her
Journalist Shiori Ito directed the Oscar-nominated documentary ‘Black Box Diaries,’ spending years reporting on her attacker and helping to spark the #MeToo movement in Japan.
How They Did It Methodology
‘Border of Tears’: Interviewing Victims of China’s Xinjiang Prison Camps
This award-winning investigation into Xinjiang internment camp survivors was nearly silenced. Here are some lessons learned about keeping vulnerable sources safe and telling their stories.
Data Journalism How They Did It
Using WhatsApp to Crowdsource Data on Ride Hailing Companies’ Labor Lockouts
We used WhatsApp to crowdsource information from Uber and Lyft drivers in NYC about company lockouts during a local, minimum wage dispute.
How They Did It Methodology
Uncovering the Deforestation, Mismanagement, and Funders Behind a Malaysian Oil Palm Plantation
After a tip-off about unsustainable logging, Low Choon Chyuan conducted a year-long investigation combining on-the-ground environmental reporting with QGIS and satellite imagery.
Gender How They Did It
Using Data to Expose Systemic Gender-Based Violence — in 10 Steps
Reporters at the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism explain how they used data to reveal systemic gender-based violence in Eswatini in southern Africa.
Data Journalism How They Did It
Documenting the Unidentified Graves of Migrants in Europe’s Borderlands
This investigation sought to answer key questions that no government could answer: What happens when someone goes missing at Europe’s borders? And how many burial sites are there across Europe?
How They Did It News & Analysis
How ‘Underestimated’ Journalists Exposed the Massive UK Post Office Scandal
The UK’s Post Office scandal saw hundreds of people wrongly prosecuted. For over a decade, investigative journalists from small outlets plugged away to uncover the truth.
How They Did It News & Analysis
How One Reporter Unravelled the Mystery Behind a Field of Starving Horses in Argentina
GIJN spoke to the author of a 2024 Gabo Award-winning investigation into the case of 700 horses found abandoned in a field outside Buenos Aires.