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Stopping the Scourge of SLAPPs and Legal Harassment of Journalists

by Snezana Green • January 26, 2022

Among the most frequently used forms of legal coercion against investigative journalists are SLAPPs (“strategic litigation against public participation”), which aim to intimidate reporters into abandoning their investigations. The practice of abusing legal systems by those in power to silence critics has reached global proportions. Its damage is far-reaching and curbing it is an imperative for democracy and maintaining peace.

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GIJN Toolbox: Hunting for Secret Money and Financial Conflicts of Interest

by Rowan Philp • January 24, 2022

In this edition of GIJN Toolbox, we profile three brand new — or newly expanded — tools to dig into financial secrecy and hidden gains from corruption or crime. Our list includes a user-friendly database to search for sanctions and conflict-of-interest red flags, a site that uses an algorithm to detect hidden bank accounts, and a newly expanded database on the true owners of offshore companies.

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Using Snapchat as an Investigative Tool: Q & A with Paul Bradshaw

by Laura Dixon • December 8, 2021

Can Snapchat, an outlet famous for avatars and disappearing videos, be used by investigative journalists as a reporting tool or as a publishing outlet? How can they use it? And what are the best ways to approach it?

Guide Resource

Reporting on Migration in the Gulf: A Revised and Expanded GIJN Guide

This updated and expanded guide was written in cooperation with Migrant-Rights.org. Illustrations are by Marcelle Louw. The project manager was Majdoleen Hasan. Editing by Reed Richardson.

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Introduction: GIJN Guide to Reporting on Migration in the Gulf Arab Countries Best Practices and Suggested Topics in the COVID Era 19 and Migrant Workers in the Gulf 13 more →→

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Key Tools and Datasets for Unearthing Hard-to-Find Information

by Rowan Philp • November 24, 2021

In a lightning round session at #GIJC21, a panel of leading reporters and editors needed just five minutes each to outline new tools and databases that any reporter can use to gather hard-to-find facts.

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Tips for Investigating When Governments Shield Crime and Corruption

by Rowan Philp • November 22, 2021

In a session on high-level corruption at #GIJC21, a panel of reporters from Liberia, Ukraine, Sudan, Russia, and Lebanon suggested a series of strategies that can pry facts from obstinate government agencies, find whistleblowers, and deliver alternate forms of accountability for officials seemingly above the law.

GIJC21, Investigative Stories to Replicate Around the World

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Investigative Stories that Can Be Replicated Around the World

by Arinze Chijioke and Banjo Damilola • November 10, 2021

At GIJC21, hard-hitting investigations journalists shared some great story ideas that could be replicated by reporters across the globe to bring about changes in their society.

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Lessons from the Pandemic: COVID-19 and Health-Pharma Investigations

by Laura Oliver • November 10, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists worldwide were suddenly thrown into the public health beat, trying to make sense of competing claims, and a science that seemed to change by the day. A session at the GIJC21 walked reporters through the COVID-19 pandemic, offering tips on covering the drug development and approval processes, evaluating scientific studies, unearthing conflicts of interest, and exposing fraud and malpractice.

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Turning Dead-Ends Into Breakthroughs Using Visual Investigation Techniques

by Rowan Philp • November 9, 2021

In an expert panel on visual investigations at #GIJC21, three members of the New York Times’ pioneering team showed that it is now possible to report exactly who did what, and when, at various incidents.

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7 Best Practices for More Impactful Investigative Reporting

by Arinze Chijioke • November 8, 2021

In a GIJC21 session that focused on stories across the Asia/Pacific region, investigative journalists discussed best reporting best practices and how telling great investigative stories requires a range of skills and determination to uncover the truth.

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6 Tips When Investigations Lead to China

by Amel Ghani • November 5, 2021

Despite China’s growing secrecy and media crackdown, the country’s global footprint opens new ways to report on Chinese affairs, according to panelists at a Nov. 4 session at the 12th Global Investigative Journalism Conference (#GIJC21).

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Asian Journalism Collaborations Break New Ground

by Andrew Griffits • November 5, 2021

Cross-border collaborations allow newsrooms to pool resources and overcome financial hurdles. On the fourth day of GIJC21, journalists based in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea, and Malaysia offered tips for conducting successful collaborative reporting projects.

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Immersion and Imagery: Keys to Investigating Systemic Inequality

by Rowan Philp • November 4, 2021

Spending time with vulnerable communities and focusing on systems of exploitation were the central takeaways from a #GICJ21 panel on covering inequality, in which journalists based in three of the world’s most unequal societies — Brazil, South Africa, and the United States — shared tips on how to tackle this global crisis.

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Icarus Flights: The Powerful New Flight Tracking Tool

by Santiago Villa • November 4, 2021

At GIJC21, Washington DC-based nonprofit C4ADS introduced Icarus Flights, a comprehensive new system that helps journalists track and investigate nearly any aircraft around the world.

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How to Set Up a Video Unit: A GIJN Guide for Small Organizations

How to hire staff and plan out your shoots to tips for better photography and helpful case studies.

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Investigative Audio: 8 Tips from Podcasting Innovators

In a GIJC21 session on investigative podcasts, journalists and producers who have created award-winning podcasts shared ideas on how to leverage this audio storytelling technique to better connect with the audience and tell impactful stories.

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How to Expose Lies from the Skies Using Satellites and Drones

by Rowan Philp • November 3, 2021

In a GIJC21 session on using maps and satellite imagery for investigations, three experts explained their approaches to analyzing satellite and drone images, and using open source tools. One of the innovative techniques described led to a Pulitzer Prize this year — for exposing China’s network of Muslim detention centers — while another exposed government deception about fires in the Amazon, and a third literally put a vulnerable community in Africa on the map.

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A Guide to Fact-Checking Investigative Stories

Bulletproofing your story demands much more than getting the facts right. It requires a meticulous approach from the start in order to pass quality control.

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Understanding the Methods of Today’s Organized Crime Is Key to Exposing It

by Banjo Damilola • November 2, 2021

Three experts who contributed to GIJN’s new organized crime reporting guide have shared insights into the modus operandi of criminal syndicates and how journalists can deploy cross-border collaborations to expose their illicit activities.

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Tips for Investigating the Climate Change Crisis

by Maurice Oniang’o • November 2, 2021

On the second day of GIJC21, journalists from Brazil, Indonesia, and The Netherlands offer tips and tools on how to cover what may be the most important story we ever dig into: how humanity copes with the unprecedented challenge of climate change.

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GIJN Launches Journalism Security Assessment Tool

Increasingly, investigative journalists are being hacked, doxxed, harassed, and assaulted by external threats, so GIJN — with generous support from the Ford Foundation — is proud to launch a first-of-its-kind safety guide for newsrooms at GIJC21: the Journalist Security Assessment Tool (JSAT).

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Organized Crime Reporting Tools & Tips

Investigating Organized Crime: A GIJN Guide

by GIJN Staff • November 1, 2021

In concert with GIJC21’s panel on the “New Organized Crime,” GIJN has released a comprehensive, multi-part reporting guide to investigating organized crime around the world, looking at nine key areas: criminal finance, narcotics, arms trade, environmental crime, forced disappearances, cybercrime, mafia states, human trafficking, and art and antiquities.

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Double Exposure Film Fest Showcases Documentary Tradecraft

by Rowan Philp • October 20, 2021

When 32 outstanding investigative documentaries were showcased at the Double Exposure Festival last week, one common question for attendees was this: How on Earth did the filmmakers persuade all these people to let their video cameras in? Three of the filmmakers shared their access tips.

Organized Crime Reporting Tools & Tips

Investigating Arms Trafficking

by Khadija Sharife • October 4, 2021

National laws that govern arms dealing are uneven, contradictory, influenced by corrupted leadership, and rife with loopholes. Other barriers to exposing the weapons trade range from maritime and aviation secrecy concealing the transportation of arms; corporate entities that shield dealers and operators; the role of neighboring countries as conduits, and a barter system that allows one illicit commodity, such as ivory, to be exchanged for another.

Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips

Interpreting Data: Tips to Make Sure You Know How to Read the Numbers

by Miriam Forero Ariza • September 30, 2021

When using data for investigative stories, it is important to learn how to obtain and clean the information. But it is also vital that you interpret your findings correctly and extract the right conclusions from the numbers, filters, and spreadsheets. If you do the math correctly but fail to read the answers properly, you may end up misleading your audience.

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Reporting on Climate Injustice in One of the Hottest Towns in America

by Brooke Stephenson • September 29, 2021

Climate reporter Liz Weil and visual reporter Mauricio Rodríguez Pons first became interested in Thermal, which is just north of California’s Salton Sea, because it is one of the hottest places in America. They soon realized it’s also a prime example of how wealth inequality is inextricably linked to climate justice.

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Business Tools for Newsrooms: A GIJN Guide

This guide was produced thanks to support from the Google News Initiative. It was researched and written by Talya Cooper, a researcher based in New York who has worked as the archivist of the Edward Snowden archive at The Intercept and as archive manager at StoryCorps. She is the co-author, with Alison Macrina, of “Anonymity,” a […]

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Data Security & Encryption Tools for Journalists

GIJN is publishing a new business tools guide focused on helping news outlets solve their administrative needs. Written by Talya Cooper and illustrated by Chafiq Faiz, the guide includes useful software and applications – many of which are free – for small newsrooms. Tools included cover administration, management, communication, file sharing, accounting, SEO, audience engagement, audiovisual, content management, subscriber management, design and data visualization, social media and email marketing, site security, and password management.

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