What I’ve Learned: Lessons and Advice from a Veteran of the Panama Papers...
Illustration: Smaranda Tolosano Frederik Obermaier was a reporter at the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung when a whistleblower going by the pseudonym John Doe reached out with an enticing message:...
View ArticleGIJN Webinar: Making an Impact: Measuring and Increasing the Effects of...
Watchdog reporting makes a critical contribution to society by exposing wrongdoing, fighting corruption, and promoting accountability. But how do we measure this, and explain to a skeptical public the...
View ArticleTracking Far-Right Suspects Across Continents: A 10-Year Hunt for Spanish...
José María Irujo, left, and Joaquín Gil, right, call one of the fugitives to ask about their alleged involvement in crimes that took place during Spain’s transition to democracy. Image: Screenshot, El...
View ArticleHow to Report Under a Dictatorship: Lessons from Nicaragua and Beyond
The media environment has become increasingly hostile in Nicaragua, and many journalists are now forced to report from exile. Image: Shutterstock The award-winning Nicaraguan journalist Carlos F....
View ArticleHow Mother Jones Uses Reader Support to Fund Investigative Journalism
Image: Shutterstock The Fix spoke with Mother Jones’ CEO Monika Bauerlein about the organization’s model and the lessons it can offer for other nonprofit publishers globally. The original article —...
View Article23 Journalists Selected for GIJN’s Inaugural Digital Threats Training Course
Image: Freepik by starline GIJN is pleased to announce the first cohort of the Digital Threats Training Course program. Applications for the second cohort will open later this year. “The course will...
View Article2023 Global Shining Light Award Finalists: Large Outlet Category
Twelve outstanding investigative projects have been selected as finalists for the 2023 Global Shining Light Awards (GSLA) — the prize honoring watchdog journalism in developing or transitioning...
View Article2023 Global Shining Light Award Finalists: Small and Medium Outlet Category
Illustration: GIJN Yesterday, GIJN announced six finalists in the Large Outlets category for the 2023 Global Shining Light Awards — the prize that honors watchdog journalism in developing or...
View ArticleGIJN Names Emilia Díaz-Struck as New Executive Director
“Empowering our network”: Emilia Díaz-Struck comes to GIJN after groundbreaking work that included the Pulitzer-winning Panama Papers. Image: ICIJ Award-winning journalist Emilia Díaz-Struck has been...
View ArticleGIJN Marks Its 20th Anniversary
Hey, everyone… It’s GIJN’s anniversary! Twenty years ago, a band of nonprofits came together to form a network to support investigative and data journalism around the world. This was at the second...
View Article2023 Global Investigative Journalism Conference: The Program
Get ready for GIJC23! We’ve been waiting since before the pandemic to bring together the world’s investigative journalists, and we’re almost there. We expect a record 2,000 journalists from over 110...
View ArticleGIJN Schedules 2023 Board Election
For two weeks this August and September, member representatives of GIJN will vote to elect seven members of its 15-member board of directors. Board members serve for two-year terms. The election will...
View Article2023 Candidates for GIJN’s Board of Directors
This August and September, member representatives of GIJN will vote to elect seven members of its 15-member Board of Directors. The election will be held electronically, from August 23 at 00:01 to...
View ArticleIn a Hostile Climate, Guatemala’s Journalists Fear the Law Being Turned...
Ramón Zamora, son of detained journalist José Rubén Zamora, holds one of the last printed editions of elPeriódico. The cover reads “We won’t be silenced.” Image: Courtesy of Raúl F. Pérez Lira When the...
View ArticleHappy New Year from GIJN!
A Happy New Year from GIJN to our friends and supporters everywhere! Here’s to an accountable and transparent 2023.
View ArticleGIJN Webinar: Investigating the War in Ukraine One Year On
In the 12 months since Russia invaded Ukraine, journalists have faced enormous dangers carrying out their work — in both Ukraine and Russia. There is also a lack of information, a tsunami of...
View ArticleTelling the Stories of South America’s Giant River Basins
Journalists are collaborating to tell the stories of the Amazon, and what is happening in the region’s rainforests. Image: Shutterstock The vast interconnected rainforest basins fed by the giant river...
View ArticleGIJN Unveils New Website, Logo Ahead of GIJC23 and 20th Anniversary
Since its inception as a loose-knit association of investigative journalists, GIJN has grown into the premier global network of watchdog newsrooms and investigative ventures. But until today, our...
View ArticleGIJN 2023 Board Election Results: Four Incumbents Re-Elected, Three New Members
GIJN’s member organizations voted to re-elect four current board members who were up for election this year, and added three new board members. The GIJN community chose to re-elect three at-large...
View Article20 Years On, A Global Network for the World’s Investigative Journalists
Editor’s Note: As we prepare to gather for this year’s Global Investigative Journalism Conference on Sept. 19-22 — on the 20th anniversary of the Global Investigative Journalism Network — it seems a...
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