What began as the niche practice of verifying shaky mobile phone footage in an era of social media chaos has since become one of the most consequential developments in modern journalism.
Using both public info and business listings on Google, reporters can mine georeferenced data to examine potential public health harms and socioeconomic disparities of communities.
From working on projects that have real world impact, to ensuring clarity on joint bylines, our recent survey shows what journalists hope for when they come together for an international investigation.
At the NICAR26 data journalism summit, a panel of veteran data reporters shared tips on how to amplify and contextualize data-driven public interest stories with ordinary people at the short end of policy.
As part of its Ground Truths collaborative project, a group of Pulitzer Center-sponsored journalists uncovered how foreign agribusiness companies are impacting Laos.
This guide offers journalists a new detection tool and seven advanced techniques for spotting probable AI-generated content.
Our investigation found that a factory owned by a former Czech prime minister should have been the prime suspect in an environmental disaster. But authorities looked elsewhere.
Passports can help unlock secret ownership of offshore companies, but finding them is often challenging. At ICIJ, we decided to build a new detection tool to speed up this process.
Exiled Russian media site IStories has shared with GIJN how it built an AI-powered database of Russian military war dead and missing, and why it was worth creating.
Ginna Morelo put part of her investigation into Colombian paramilitaries on hold for 13 years to protect her family and sources. She tells how she decided it was finally time to publish.
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.
Homelessness is at a record high, and there are many investigative stories to tell. ProPublica has compiled tips and lessons learned from its sources while pursuing its coverage.
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.
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.
Investigations have underlying principles, elements, and rigorous requirements for evidence, accuracy, and fairness. They also require strong and detailed planning.
This chapter looks at various types of interviews, approaches, and techniques for getting the most out of contact with sources, both friendly and antagonistic.
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.
