News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
The Art of the Interview: Tips from BBC Veteran Kirsty Young
The longtime host of the BBC’s beloved interview show, Desert Island Discs, reveals how she disarms poets and politicians alike.
Topic
News & Analysis
1025
posts
News & Analysis
GIJN Co-Hosts International Journalists, Honors Investigative Reporter Chuck Lewis at IRE24
Journalists and editors from 20 different countries joined GIJN staff at the International Luncheon on Friday, June 21, at the IRE24 Conference in Anaheim, California.
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships News & Analysis
GIJN Honors Chuck Lewis: Pioneer of Nonprofit Investigative Journalism
US muckraker Chuck Lewis founded two Pulitzer Prize-winning news organizations, launched innovation incubators, and authored several investigative books.
Investigative Techniques News & Analysis News & Analysis
Lessons Learned from the Fact-Checking Collective That Covered India’s National Elections
How a fact-checking collective in India fought misinformation and deepfakes in that country’s recently concluded elections.
News & Analysis
Why Investigative Journalists Should Report on Lax Oversight and Fraud in Research Data
Uri Simonsohn, a behavioral scientist who coauthors the Data Colada blog, urges reporters to ask researchers about preregistration and expose opportunities for academic fraud.
Investigative Techniques News & Analysis
Building Trust and Authenticity in Visual Journalism in the Age of Deepfakes
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.
Investigative Techniques News & Analysis
Exposing the Money Behind Environmental Destruction
The Pulitzer Center discusses how it has developed different methodologies to uncover environmental wrongdoing, adapted to the region, jurisdiction, and industry.
Elections News & Analysis
How Rest of World Tracks AI Use in 2024 Elections Around the Globe
An interview with Rest of World about their 2024 AI Elections Tracker, which looks at media manipulation in voting campaigns across the Global South.
News & Analysis Teaching & Training
Investigative Journalism in Japan: Collaboration at 2024 J-Forum Fosters Stronger Growth
At the 2024 Journalism Practitioners Forum conference (J-Forum) in Japan, watchdog reporters came together to discuss their successful stories and share skills.
News & Analysis
When Your Country’s Leaders Are Hostile to the Press: Survival Tips from Argentine Investigative Journalist Hugo Alconada Mon
The investigations editor of La Nación explores how to get the story out when faced with state-sanctioned opposition to the press and a president who doesn’t return your calls.
News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
How Generative AI Is Helping Fact-Checkers Flag Election Disinformation, But Is Less Useful in the Global South
AI is revolutionizing the spread of falsehoods. But can this technology also be used to help debunk disinformation campaigns?
Climate News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
Climate Reporters Share Tips for Investigating the Fossil Fuel Industry
Environmental reporters share tips for unraveling the mysteries behind carbon credit projects and government ties to the fossil fuel industry.
News & Analysis
Loss, Destruction, and a Will to Keep Going: The Regional Outlets Reporting on Gaza
The burden of telling the story from Gaza has fallen only on the shoulders of local reporters and the regional news outlets working closely with those on the ground.
Data Journalism News & Analysis
Lessons Learned: 10 Common Mistakes in Data Journalism
GIJN asked speakers and attendees in the NICAR conference hallways for the data journalism gaps they see and for under-covered topic areas newsrooms can address.
Data Journalism News & Analysis
From Space to Story in Data Journalism
Over the past 10 years satellite imagery has become an important component of data journalism. In the next decade, it will likely evolve further.
News & Analysis
Spotting Deepfakes in an Election Year: How AI Detection Tools Work — and Sometimes Fail
Offering insights on how to evaluate and understand the outcomes provided by publicly accessible AI detectors that are available for free or at low cost.
Case Studies News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
Goldsmith Prize Finalist: How One Collaboration Revealed Alleged Sex Abuse, Torture by Sheriff’s Deputies
Four reporters share how they investigated extreme abuses of power at Mississippi sheriff’s offices and offer tips to help other journalists do similar work.
Data Journalism Investigating Institutions News & Analysis
Investigating India: How Smaller, Independent News Outlets Are Digging into Politics in a Key Election Year
Smaller investigative news outlets have been behind challenging and impactful accountability reporting leading up to the country’s elections.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
How Investigative Site Netra News, Banned in Bangladesh, Is Reporting on the Country from the Outside
Netra News Editor-in-Chief Tasneem Khalil speaks about his experience as a journalist working from exile.
Case Studies News & Analysis
Round-Up of Notable Watchdog Reporting on the Israel-Hamas Conflict
To show how investigative journalism can still be done in such a perilous reporting environment, here is a selection of some of the best investigations that have been produced so far on the Gaza conflict.
News & Analysis
Oscars 2024: Celebrating Documentary Film
While the Oscars are known for glitz and glamor, recognition here bestows a higher level of prestige and, in many cases, can bring urgent or in-depth reporting to a global audience.
News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips From — And For — Women Investigative Journalists Reporting on 2024 Elections
GIJN’s global team spoke with women investigative journalists about their election coverage best practices.
News & Analysis Sustainability
‘Theater, Fact-Checked:’ Investigative Journalism on Stage
Collaborating with Vienna’s Volkstheater, Austrian investigative outlet Dossier is bringing its reporting to the stage.
News & Analysis
How Tech Platforms Are Suffocating Watchdog Journalism in Russia and Around the World
Publications like Russia’s The Insider have found their investigative reporting caught between state censorship and hostile online platform dynamics.
Resource
Full Report: The Investigative Agenda for Climate Change Journalism
What happened when 80 climate change journalists and experts met to discuss the future role of investigative journalism in climate crisis reporting.
News & Analysis Press Freedom
Surge of Violence in Ecuador Threatens Accountability Journalism
The investigative reporter Paúl Mena Mena speaks about the worsening security crisis in Ecuador.
Document of the Day News & Analysis
Report: Weakening Justice Systems Allow Corruption to Thrive Globally
Transparency International released its 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index, which found that more than two-thirds of countries worldwide suffer from serious corruption issues.
News & Analysis
Global Tour of Investigative Podcasts: 2023 Edition
Our annual round-up of audio delights, as reviewed by GIJN’s global team. Featuring stories from US, Mexico, France, Germany, and the UK.