African journalists who have worked on impactful cross-border investigations share lessons on uncovering illegal fishing, timber trafficking, and illicit money flows.
Fact-checking takes apart the reporting to ensure it is solid, accurate, and fair, a critical task for newsrooms.
Following the money is a complex set of techniques that allow reporters to track the flow of money across the world.
This chapter looks at various types of interviews, approaches, and techniques for getting the most out of contact with sources, both friendly and antagonistic.
Investigations have underlying principles, elements, and rigorous requirements for evidence, accuracy, and fairness. They also require strong and detailed planning.
Sourcing starts with thinking about our goals for a story. This chapter shares a step-by-step guide for finding sources for investigations.
This chapter guides you through advanced research techniques, including the use of open source intelligence tools and verification methods.
Three investigations into food systems show how investigative journalists can capitalize on the huge interest in food — and food-related content — to make their reporting more impactful.
Behind-the-scenes of an investigation into a program that gave formerly enslaved people in the US land titles after the Civil War — and then revoked them.
Sarah El Deeb documented 60 families from the Gaza Strip who have lost 25 members or more from Israeli airstrikes during the first three months of the conflict.
Two Salvadoran investigative journalists discuss their ethnographic reporting on the impact of the drug trade on the La Moskitia Indigenous region of Central America.
A cross-border investigation into Russia’s use of drones in Ukraine includes how drones are assembled despite sanctions, and cooperation with Tehran to produce UAVs on Russian soil.
GIJN talked with reporters doing the difficult work of covering the Hamas attack on Israel and its aftermath, including preparations for the October 7 assault.
Small amounts of failure in the open source field are inevitable, and somewhat expected. But they will also help you become a better open source analyst and investigator.
At a Dataharvest 2024 panel, three well-established investigative reporters spoke about their past mistakes, failures, and other errors that almost cost them a story.
Investigative journalists who have gone undercover in Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon, and Kenya share advice and practical tips.
Three senior investigative journalists shared tips and tools on investigating the conflict in Gaza.
In March 2022, Human Rights Watch embarked on what would become an almost two year-long investigation into the Russian siege of Mariupol. Here, we explain our methodology.
Free and fair elections are fundamental to a functioning democracy. Investigative journalism helps to ensure the integrity of the electoral process by exposing and correcting false narratives and disinformation that can influence public opinion. This reporting not only helps voters to make informed decisions but empowers them to assess the information they encounter, fostering a […]
Gaza’s urban landscape has changed profoundly since the start of Israel’s military campaign. Researchers Jamon Van Den Hoek and Corey Scher have been mapping the impact.
Recent research suggests that the effects of investigative and collaborative reporting are more far-reaching on the journalism community than we had imagined.
Carbon offsets are truly an international climate change story. This short version of our GIJN guide helps reporters understand, research, and investigate the global players.
The investigative data journalist touches on his work interrogating social media algorithms and how reporters can determine what is a worthwhile story to pursue.
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.”
To avoid getting lost while reporting a story, reporters and editors need to take dedicated steps to plan their investigations, from the hypothesis to the publishing stage.
Collaboration has emerged as the killer app for investigative journalism in the past decade, and a panel of editors at GIJC23 shared key insights into how watchdog partnerships can thrive.
More than half of the world’s countries have laws that require officials to supply public documents on request. These laws offer valuable windows for reporters, even for those outside of a country’s borders. But there are almost always tricks to targeting and expediting these disclosures, and this panel brings deep experience in how to do […]
Uyghur abuse and internment in China. Luxury properties in Austria owned by Belarus’s oil minister. Criminal exploitation of London’s company services industry. These investigations were all possible because of hacked data dumps. As a journalist, how do you negotiate with hackers or hacktivists? What questions do you ask? What are the ethical considerations? What are […]
