Accessing information from isolated nations like North Korea is difficult. Cutting-edge AI tools now enable efficient analysis of foreign language video broadcasts.
The third cohort of GIJN’s online training in cyber and digital threats investigations has now completed, graduating journalists from more than 26 countries.
Photo editors and AI experts discuss the dangers of generative AI and other synthetic media to visual journalism — and what news organizations can do to reduce them.
The Pulitzer Center discusses how it has developed different methodologies to uncover environmental wrongdoing, adapted to the region, jurisdiction, and industry.
In this GIJN Webinar, three experts share tips, tools, and resources to identify, investigate, and verify potential deepfakes.
At a recent panel at the 2024 NICAR conference, Karrie Kehoe, deputy head of data and research at ICIJ, offered a series of tips for investigating the true owners of shell companies.
Experts agree that AI-driven audio deepfakes could pose a significant threat to democracy and fair elections in 2024.
Open source experts are faced with torrents of graphic visuals. So how can journalists protect themselves against harm from incessantly viewing traumatic imagery?
This webinar shares methodologies for investigating war and conflict, and provide a briefing on the laws that govern what, in popular usage, are called “war crimes.”
A guide to some US government data sources that can help foreign and US journalists covering US wars, arms sales, and the impact of US foreign policy.
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.
Our expert panelists discuss possible opportunities for using satellite images, where to find them, and how they can enrich investigations.
There are numerous investigative topics to explore between the farmer’s field and the grocery store – and, indeed, the plate – and several recent projects have exposed abuses in the production, distribution, and access to food. This expert panel offers deep experience in issues from fisheries and pesticides to food security and biodiversity — with journalists based in Tunisia, the UK, the US, and Southeast Asia.
We are in the midst of a decade-long global backlash against democracy and human rights. A new extremism has taken hold, characterized by radical right-wing groups and ultranationalist political movements. These groups are not only growing but are becoming more organized. International ties among them are also growing — digitally, ideologically, financially — but their networks are poorly understood and investigative journalism in this area is lacking.
If there was just one panel to attend at GIJC23, this might be it. We’re witnessing a global assault on democratic institutions and a sustained global decline in democracies. Investigative journalism, in partnership with civil society, has emerged as a last line of defense for human rights and democratic principles in countries around the world — even where we thought we were secure. This panel features giants in the push-back against fascism and authoritarianism. We have an extraordinary lineup — Lina Attalah, Vinod Jose, and David Cay Johnston. — who will offer inspiration and tools to fight for a free and accountable future.
The rise of AI-powered chatbots has prompted hot debates about whether these technologies will reshape or unmake our world. But instead of engaging in the hype cycle, journalists can demystify these tools for their audiences by sticking to basic reporting principles: investigate the artificial intelligence models themselves and cover their real-world impact. Burke will discuss […]
This workshop might just emerge as the one that changes your life as a watchdog journalist. Misinformation and disinformation on “closed” social media networks — such as WhatsApp and Telegram – have already had devastating consequences for democratic processes in places like India, Nigeria, Russia, and Brazil.
This session will address how to convert unstructured data (documents) into structured data that can be filtered, summarized, and visualized.
Do you have too little time to do investigative stories? Try L-ai-la, the new AI research assistant, trained to find news fit to print. (You may be both lazy & forgetful, but Laila never misses a story.) Is this about GPT4? Generative AI? No, forget about it. We are talking about LHF (the LowHangingFruit AI […]
Online research expert Henk van Ess has created a seven-chapter guide that offers reporters step-by-step instructions on how to use social media search to perform investigations of people and subjects and he’s also created a detailed tutorial on using facial recognition technology and best practices for putting these tools together in verifying claims online.
Verification is all about accurately assessing claims and statements.
Internet research expert Hank van Ess offers his tips for navigating the social media site LinkedIn from his forthcoming open source guide on online searching.
When disaster strikes, corruption occurs, or social injustice happens, facial recognition technology can expose hidden truths. The technology can, however, provide false information as well.
Satellite images are powerful tools for discovery and analysis, plus provide vivid illustrations. Discover GIJN’s favorite resources.
