Databases Reporting Tools & Tips
New Open Source Tools and Tips to Investigate Bombing of Civilians
An innovative new database, the Open Source Munitions Portal (OSMP), identifies and shows remnants of explosive devices in conflict zones.
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Reporting Tools & Tips
Struggling to Find the Right Open Source Tool? Try Bellingcat’s New Online Investigations Toolkit
The toolkit helps reporters discover tools in categories like satellite imagery, maps, and social media, and is designed to help researchers learn how to use each tool with in-depth descriptions.
Tipsheet Reporting Tools & Tips
Tipsheet for Reporters: How to Get the Best from OCCRP’s Aleph
In investigative journalism, connecting data points is often key to uncovering the truth. Aleph helps reporters search, organize, and analyze data, to better trace hidden connections.
News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
How Journalism Groups in Africa Are Building AI Tools to Aid Investigations and Fact-Checking
These organizations are developing AI tools and resources that can be used to tackle misinformation, improve data reporting, and help with the storytelling process.
How They Did It Reporting Tools & Tips
Investigating State Attacks on Exiles: Lessons from The Washington Post’s ‘Repression’s Long Arm’ Series
The international investigations team at The Washington Post is tackling the issue of transnational repression in an ongoing series called Repression’s Long Arm.
Reporting Tools & Tips Research
Seven Deadly Sins of Bad Open Source Research
Three experts dig into common open source errors that they’ve encountered to help other online investigators improve the quality of their work.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Q & A: Lessons Learned from Investigating the Wagner Group in Africa
Nigerian investigative journalist Philip Obaji Jr. discusses the threats and challenges he has faced covering the Russian mercenary outfit, the Wagner Group.
Reporting Tools & Tips Research
Exposing the Money Behind Environmental Destruction, Part II: Investigating Investors
In this installment of a Pulitzer Center series, reporters Jelter Meers and Madeleine Ngeunga reveal tactics in investigating the financial incentives fueling environmental damage.
Reporting Tools & Tips
7 Highlights from Germany’s Investigative Journalism Conference
Reporters debate the legal risks of investigative reporting, covering the conflict in Gaza, open source verification techniques, and investigating global warming.
Investigative Techniques Reporting Tools & Tips
Beginner’s Guide to Identifying Explosive Ordnance in Social Media Imagery
The rise of conflict imagery on social media has provided open source researchers valuable material to identify explosive ordnance.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Using Data Sources to Track Harmful Climate Crisis-Fueled Algal Blooms
For the SEJ’s Reporter’s Toolbox: datasets and sources useful for tracking the harmful impact of climate change-fueled algal blooms.
Reporting Tools & Tips Safety & Security
Investigative Tips for Safely Tracking Far-Right Extremist Chatter
Veteran journalists share tips on how to monitor online chatter among white supremacists and other far right extremists — and how to stay safe while doing so.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Reporting Tips from an Investigative Journalist of 50 Years
UK veteran investigative journalist Martin Tomkinson shared stories from London’s Fleet Street newspaper heyday and tips for up-and-coming investigative reporters.
Investigative Techniques Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips for Using ChatGPT as a Quick Search Tool in Investigations
At IRE24, investigative reporter Jeremy Jojola shared his practical advice on how to use ChatGPT for contact searches and quick document analysis.
Organized Crime Reporting Tools & Tips
Latest Money Laundering Trends Journalists Should Watch For
A recent IRE conference panel focused on new money laundering strategies that make hiding illicit assets increasingly difficult to track.
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.
Methodology Reporting Tools & Tips
Common Mistakes in Cross-Border Investigations — And How to Fix Them
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.
Tipsheet Investigative Techniques Reporting Tools & Tips
Reporter’s Tipsheet for Acquiring Free Satellite Images
There is a treasure trove of compelling visual evidence out there that is going unused by many watchdog journalists. Here’s how to find it.
Tipsheet Reporting Tools & Tips Research
Toolkit: How to Investigate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
A Pulitzer Center toolkit for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, which impacts marine ecosystems, coastal communities, food security, and human rights.
Conference Resources Reporting Tools & Tips
How Investigative Journalists Can Fight Back Against Health Misinformation
A new wave of investigative health journalism is exposing deadly misinformation, turning complex data into accessible truths that can save millions of lives.
Investigative Techniques Reporting Tools & Tips
Dissecting Propaganda: Using AI to Cut Through North Korean TV Spin
Accessing information from isolated nations like North Korea is difficult. Cutting-edge AI tools now enable efficient analysis of foreign language video broadcasts.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Tips for Using Data in a Small Newsroom
Small newsrooms need to focus on the importance of data use more than ever — but they often face numerous hurdles, including a lack of funding and limited human resources.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Harnessing the Power of Global Forest Watch for Data-Driven Reporting on Land Cover Change
A Mongabay senior editor shares tips for unlocking the full capabilities of Global Forest Watch, a free-to-use online platform that she says has been instrumental in her reporting.
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships Reporting Tools & Tips
Investigating ‘Cattle Laundering’ and Deforestation in the Amazon: Interview with the 2024 Goldman Prize Winner
The 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize went to a multi-year exposé tracing the connection between meat sold in Western supermarkets and illegal deforestation in Brazil.
Reporting Tools & Tips Teaching & Training
Greatest Hits from a ‘Journalism in the Movies’ Course
The portrayal of journalists on film over the years has helped instil an understanding of what journalism is and what reporters do. Here are some of our favourites from around the world.
Elections Reporting Tools & Tips
How South Africa’s Largest Digital News Outlet Plans to Cover a Chaotic 2024 Election
While democratic nations around Africa are watching South Africa’s general election, local journalists are gearing up for a potentially chaotic two weeks after the polls close.
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GIJC23 Resources
Here are the tipsheets and presentations shared by speakers at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in 2023.
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GIJC21 Resources
Here are the tipsheets and presentations shared by speakers at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in 2021. Data Sessions