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News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
How Journalism Groups in Africa Are Building AI Tools to Aid Investigations and Fact-Checking
African investigative journalism organizations are developing AI tools and resources that can be used to tackle misinformation in real time, improve data reporting, and help with the storytelling process.
Climate Research
Investigating How Conflict and War Contribute to Methane Emissions
by Wim Zwijnenburg • September 30, 2024
One of the overlooked factors in investigating the climate crisis is how it is impacted by war and conflict. But new remote sensing techniques are enabling researchers to monitor how armed conflict can be a driver of greenhouse gas emissions like methane.
GIJC25 Member Profiles
Building an Independent Newsroom That’s a ‘Pain in the Neck’ to the Powerful, Brick by Brick
by Ana P. Santos • September 27, 2024
Launching as a digital outlet 25 years ago gave Malaysiakini’s founders the freedom to report on stories that others feared to cover. Next year, the site will co-host the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference.
Inside GIJN News & Analysis
GIJN Welcomes 12 New Members, from Cameroon to Azerbaijan
by Rowan Philp • September 26, 2024
New members include nonprofit organizations doing crucial watchdog work in areas from deforestation to African data journalism capacity to the exploitation of child migrants.
News & Analysis
Tips for Handling the Mental Load of International Watchdog Reporting
Most reporters still rely on individual coping strategies, leaving them to face systemic challenges alone, says writer and researcher Belle de Jong.
Inside GIJN News & Analysis
GIJN Schedules 2024 Board Election
by GIJN Staff • September 24, 2024
This year, GIJN will be electing three regional representatives (North America, Latin America/Caribbean, and Middle East/North Africa) and four at-large directors for the 15-person board.
GIJC25
GIJN Launches GIJC25 Website, Announces Dates for Next Global Investigative Journalism Conference
by GIJN Staff • September 23, 2024
The 14th Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC25) will be held from November 20 – November 24, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Data Journalism Top 10
Spotting Fake and AI Images, Explaining the US Election, Hate Speech in German Politics, and the Threat from Building Cladding Fires
by Ana Beatriz Assam • September 20, 2024
Our weekly column of the best in data journalism highlights stories from Australia, Brazil, Israel, and Guatemala, with pieces touching on politics, environmental tragedies, and artificial intelligence.
10 Questions
Four Decades Digging Into Australia’s Underbelly, from Corrupt Politicians to Organized Crime
by Laura Dixon • September 19, 2024
Throughout her career, the trailblazing Sydney Morning Herald investigative journalist Kate McClymont has exposed graft, bribery, and misconduct.
News & Analysis
From Investigating Syrian Drugs to Scandals Involving Children: The 2024 DIG Festival Awards Shortlist
by Rowan Philp • September 18, 2024
Celebrating filmmakers who use original sources and investigative techniques to tell hidden stories, here are the shortlisted documentaries for the DIG Awards this year.
How They Did It Methodology
Investigating Gaza: How the Associated Press Documented the Families Devastated by War
by Nader Durgham • September 17, 2024
Sarah El Deeb documented 60 families from the Gaza Strip who have lost 25 members or more from Israeli airstrikes during the first three months of the conflict.
How They Did It Reporting Tools & Tips
Investigating State Attacks on Exiles: Lessons from The Washington Post’s ‘Repression’s Long Arm’ Series
by Rowan Philp • September 16, 2024
The international investigations team at The Washington Post is tackling the issue of transnational repression in an ongoing series called Repression’s Long Arm.
Climate News & Analysis
Investigation Reveals Global Fisheries Are Worse Off — and Many Have Already Collapsed
In this story, an academic researcher recounts his team’s investigation, published in the journal Science, that looked into the accuracy of models measuring the health of fisheries.
Distribution & Promotion Getting the Story Out
How Mobile Investigative Newsrooms Can Restore Citizens’ Faith in Journalism
by OCCRP Team • September 11, 2024
Two members of the OCCRP — North Macedonia’s Investigative Reporting Lab and Latvia’s Re:Baltica — have set up mobile reporting outposts.
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.
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10 Questions
Four Decades Digging Into Australia’s Underbelly, from Corrupt Politicians to Organized Crime
by Laura Dixon • September 19, 2024
Throughout her career, the trailblazing Sydney Morning Herald investigative journalist Kate McClymont has exposed graft, bribery, and misconduct.
10 Questions News & Analysis
10 Questions with Mohamad Abu Shahma: Working — And Living — Inside Gaza as an Investigative Journalist
by Majdolin Hasan • August 1, 2024
GIJN spoke with the northern Gaza-based journalist about how he has managed to survive and work as a watchdog reporter under harrowing, life-threatening conditions.
10 Questions LATAM Focus News & Analysis
When the Investigative Journalist Becomes a Target: Lessons From Brazil
by Laura Dixon • July 11, 2024
When the award-winning Folha de São Paulo journalist did an investigation into election disinformation, she became a target herself.
10 Questions LATAM Focus News & Analysis
‘Don’t Be Scared, Not Even with Presidents’: Tips from a Celebrated Mexican Investigator
by Andrea Arzaba • July 9, 2024
As one of the most respected journalists in Latin America, Carmen Aristegui has investigated political corruption and forced disappearances, never shying away from tough subjects.
Projects
LATAM Focus Our first regional spotlight series celebrates the achievements of our members in Latin America and others reporting from the region. These articles tell the stories of reporters across the continent, digging into the investigations that matter, and detailing how outlets are creating innovative reporting projects amid their own specific local challenges.
2024 Elections Global elections in the year ahead will affect more citizens than in any previous year, and will likely reset humanity’s liberty compass for years ahead. This ongoing project will feature an updated elections reporting guide, stories on cutting-edge tools for investigating campaigns and candidates, and lessons learned from the best in local watchdog reporting from […]
Investigating Russia and the War in Ukraine
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, GIJN has published a series of stories and tipsheets for investigative journalists covering the war. This includes a wide range range of topics, from tracking Russian assets to investigating war crimes.
GIJC23 The 13th Global Investigative Journalism Conference (#GIJC23), held in Gothenburg, Sweden from Sept. 19 – 22, 2023, gathered more than 2,100 journalists from 132 countries to hold workshops, share innovative methods, and celebrate a community increasingly facing censorship, corporate hacking, and authoritarian threats. This project is a compendium of GIJN’s coverage of the conference panels.
Videos
Resource Video
Expert Tips for Fundraising for Investigative Journalism in Africa
Despite the funding and sustainability challenges that watchdog reporting faces today, journalists across Africa are producing top-tier investigative stories. This is evident in, among others, the GIJN Editor’s Picks stories for the region from 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and the decade before. However, Africa needs to catch up to the rest of the muckraking world […]
Resource Video
Investigating Latin America’s Global Reach Of Illicit Activities
How reporters have covered illicit money flows, drug trafficking, and environmental crimes when webs of misconduct start in Latin America but impact communities around the world.
Resource Video
Investigating the Extractives Industry in Africa
Africa is home to a substantial amount of the global mineral wealth. The continent, according to the Natural Resource Governance Institute, holds about 30% of the world’s oil, gas, and mineral resources. This includes up to 92% of the world’s platinum and chromium reserves, 56% of cobalt, 54% of manganese, and 40% of its gold. […]
Resource Video
Investigating the Israel Hamas Conflict
Seven months into the conflict between Israel and Hamas, journalists carrying out their work in the region have faced unparalleled challenges. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, as of April 9th, preliminary investigations show at least 95 journalists and media workers were among the more than 34,000 estimated killed since the conflict began on […]