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Investigating a Scandal in the Publishing World: Q & A with Chloe Hadjimatheou
“The Salt Path” was a bestselling memoir, but after a tipoff, this reporter wondered if everything was quite as it seemed.
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Why Two Kenyan Journalists Launched a Startup to Change Global Health Storytelling
Verah Okeyo and Anne Mawathe were frustrated with newsroom constraints and envisioned producing deeply reported stories that communities and policymakers could not ignore.
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Brazilian Fact-Check Project Shifts Strategy to Fight Misinformation, Drops Labels to Focus on Sources and Tactics
The changes represent a methodological overhaul of the initiative, which launched in 2018 and now brings together 42 media outlets from different parts of Brazil that work collaboratively.
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Festival Gabo 2025: Journalism as a ‘Light of Hope’ in an Increasingly Challenging Era for Latin America
The 13th edition of the Gabo Festival highlighted some of the most urgent challenges facing journalism today, particularly in Latin America.
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Tips on Running a Successful Local Investigative Outlet
Despite starting out as an online newsletter with no office and no team, Joshi Herrmann’s Mill Media has grown into a case study on how to make big-impact local investigative journalism work.
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Inside the Cross-Border Network Exposing the Environmental Crisis Facing Africa’s Longest River
Co-founded by two journalists, InfoNile has grown into a sprawling ecosystem of cross-border investigations, multimedia storytelling, and data-driven reporting.
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Using FOIA to Track Trans Rights in Trump’s America
To track how executive orders affecting transgender people are being enforced, reporters filed hundreds of public records requests with federal, state, and local agencies.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
‘Foreign Agent’ Law in Bosnia Threatens Independent Media
Journalists and editors from this Balkan nation warn that if the recently passed law survives a legal challenge, it would stifle independent reporting.
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Tips for Investigating Green Energy Supply Chains in the Global South
At an IRE conference panel, experts discussed several powerful tools and innovative techniques for uncovering harmful practices by the global alternative energy industry.
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Investigating Inside Syria, Six Months After Assad’s Fall
A panel of experts investigating and documenting crimes committed by the old regime share their experiences of working in the “new Syria.”
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Investigating Cold Cases: How Two Journalists Dug Into Decades-Old Civil Rights Era Killings
To resurrect civil rights era cold cases, two reporters uncovered new sources and accessed forgotten government documents to reconsider the historical record.
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Navigating the Turbulence of an Editorial Crisis
The Director General of Norway’s public broadcaster shares valuable lessons learnt from what she called “the most harrowing experience of my professional life.”
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GIJN Co-Hosts International Journalists at IRE25
Sixty journalists from more than two-dozen countries and territories attended the International Luncheon at the 2025 Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference.
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Investigating Mexico: An Interview with the Reporter, Writer, and Film-Maker Diego Enrique Osorno
From covering drug cartels to investigating how corruption links to tragedy, the award-winning reporter has made chronicling modern day Mexico his beat.
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Book Excerpt: ‘Chasing Shadows’ by Ron Deibert
Read a short excerpt from ‘Chasing Shadows,’ the new book on fighting cyber surveillance threats by Citizen Lab founder and director, Ron Deibert.
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‘Chasing Shadows’: How a Small Civil Society Investigative Team Is Fighting the Growing Cyber Surveillance Threat
A new book by Ron Deibert, Citizen Lab’s founder and director, details how his small investigative team is fighting back against a rapidly growing commercial espionage industry.
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‘Make-or-Break Moment’: Wahyu Dhyatmika on the Growing Threats Confronting Independent Journalism in Indonesia
For veteran journalist Wahyu Dhyatmika, Indonesia’s intensely challenging press climate is a wake-up call for the media to retool its business model and refocus on serving the public.
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+972 and Local Call: Investigating Israel at War
Reporters and editors for two small Israeli outlets committed to investigative reporting detail how they report amid the heightened tensions related to the conflict.
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Mexico’s Transparency Institute Helped Reporters Uncover Corruption and Wrongdoing: How Will Investigation Journalism Fare Once It’s Gone?
For decades, the work of INAI helped investigative reporters uncover hidden truths. They fear its abolition will hinder exposés on corruption and human rights abuses.
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Anatomy of an Ecocide: The Mysterious Poisoning of Czechia’s Becva River
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.
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Journalism in the Crucible: Seven Key Takeaways from 2025 Harry Evans Truth Tellers Summit
In London, leading reporters and editors met to discuss the challenges reporters face today, from legal threats to security risks to a combative new president in the White House.
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Wildfire Reporting — Expert Advice on Emerging Issues, Recurring Risks
Two California-based journalists offer some reporting best practices, logistical tips, and safety precautions to take when covering wildfires.
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How State Agents Target Journalists the Government Claims to Protect: Stark Warnings from Mexico and Honduras
A deep dive into how government-run journalist protection programs in Latin America are failing to shield the press from attacks and intimidation by state agents and organized crime.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
Chaos and Credibility: A Snapshot of How AI Is Impacting Press Freedom and Investigative Journalism
GIJN offers a snapshot of how watchdog reporters are confronting algorithmic abuses and misinformation while also employing AI as a key newsroom tool.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
Reporters Without Borders: Global Press Freedom at Unprecedented, Critical Low
As reporters mark World Press Freedom Day, RSF’s 2025 annual ranking reveals press freedom around the world has fallen to a new, unprecedented low.
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Why Whistleblowers Need Allies Like Lawyers and Journalists to Expose Corruption
Insiders who successfully sound the alarm often do so with help — by partnering with allies who can amplify their message and help shield them from retaliation.
Data Journalism News & Analysis
Tracking US Migrant Detention Data: What Journalists Need to Understand
The US government’s detained immigrant population flatlined in April, but there’s more to the numbers than meets the eye. Here’s what journalists need to know about the data.
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Journalists as Founders — Intrepid Pioneers or Reluctant Managers?
There are myriad number of reasons why reporters decide launch their own news sites, but these enterprising journalists often face a series of new, daunting challenges.