How They Did It Teaching & Training
How an Investigative Hub Trained a Generation of Reporters in the US-Mexico Border Region
The Mexico Border Investigative Reporting Hub helped new muckrakers shine a light on corruption and human rights issues.
The Mexico Border Investigative Reporting Hub helped new muckrakers shine a light on corruption and human rights issues.
Collaborative journalism, feminist perspectives, diverse newsrooms, and support from local journalists can lead to better coverage of migration.
In this chapter, we discuss project evaluation and post-project analysis, where project managers assess the success of the investigation, learn from challenges, and apply those lessons going forward.
Chapter One of GIJN’s seven-chapter guide focusing on the non-journalistic aspects of project management in collaborative or cross-border journalism.
In this chapter, we cover how smart risk management can prevent unpleasant and even life-threatening situations when collaborating on an investigation, not only for sources and the team, even the publisher.
In this chapter, we discuss how tools for communication and cooperation are indispensable for collaborative journalism and cover some commonly used tools in investigative projects.
In this chapter, we cover how to administer a project budget and manage the money to cover travel, accommodation, tools and technology, legal support, payment of freelancers, and any other expenses.
The comprehensive guide offers detailed advice on managing the non-investigative aspects of collaborative projects.
In this chapter, we discuss how a project manager can monitor, guide, handle team dynamics, and ensure the group is best positioned to focus on its primary mission: collaborating on an investigation.
In this chapter, we discuss how the project manager helps the investigative team focus on the goals and scope of the project, set the direction, and define the boundaries of the reporting.
GIJN Turkish Editor and data journalism instructor Pinar Dag is back with another quiz to test your knowledge of data visualization.
GIJN spoke to Jordy Meléndez of the Latam Network for Young Journalists about how his organization trains reporters to work on collaborative investigative projects.
The third cohort of GIJN’s online training in cyber and digital threats investigations has now completed, graduating journalists from more than 26 countries.
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.
At the 2024 Journalism Practitioners Forum conference (J-Forum) in Japan, watchdog reporters came together to discuss their successful stories and share skills.
Tips from a workshop on how journalists and media outlets can better use YouTube in their election coverage.
In GIJN’s digital threats training course, reporters from around the world will learn how to investigate the digital environment in order to understand and expose disinformation, online attacks, and manipulation.
Boyoung Lim went from police officer to investigative reporter to head of the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network — a career trajectory neither linear nor planned.
This week, the second cohort of GIJN’s six-week, online Digital Threats course begins, training 25 journalists from 22 countries around the world.