Methodology
8 Reporting Tips for Cold-Contacting Insiders
The key to unlocking the cooperation of inside sources is being — and showing yourself to be — a three-dimensionally human, trustworthy, and curious reporter.
Data Journalism Top 10
‘Blue Tsunami’ Sweeps US Midterms, Ongoing Displacement in Lebanon, Mapping European Protests
Also highlighting how neglected rural land is driving wildfires in Europe, China’s naval expansion, and unusual causes of death in Mexico.
10 Questions
‘As They Say, If Your Mother Tells You She Loves You, Get a Second Source’
Anyone who has been following news in the Middle East in recent years has heard of Timour Azhari, whose award-winning investigations helped uncover what was happening in Syria after the fall of the old regime.
News & Analysis
2026 Double Exposure Festival: Investigating Killers, Land Grabs, and Inspirational Courage in an Age of Doubt
The DX Festival, which takes places in Washington, DC, focuses this year on “what happens to a democracy when the record itself is under assault.”
Masterclass Videos Research
Tips for Collaborating with Scientists and Experts
Stéphane Horel
In this GIJN Academy masterclass video, Stéphane Horel, lead journalist of the award-winning Forever Pollution Project, shares her approach to working with scientists and other experts on investigations.
GIJC27
GIJC27 Early Bird Tickets On Sale — Register Now
The next Global Investigative Journalism Conference will be brought to you by GIJN and VVOJ, together with their regional partners Journalismfund Europe and Free Press Unlimited.
Member Profiles
How GIJC27 Co-Host VVOJ Packs a Regional Punch in Growing Investigative Journalism
The Dutch-Flemish Association of Investigative Journalists (VVOJ) is a small but mighty force for accountability reporting in Europe, training journalists and recognizing the best in the craft at its annual conference.
Resource Guide
How Many Journalists Does It Take to Fill an Olympic Swimming Pool? GIJN’s Guide to Size and Number Comparisons
This guide provides investigative and data journalists a variety of references to use for different types of measurements, plus tools, tip sheets, and a bonus quiz.
How They Did It
How Survivors Helped The Marshall Project Investigate Youth Residential Treatment Centers
A team of reporters worked with survivors of youth residential treatment centers to create a toolkit to help others find records about themselves and pursue accountability for abuses.
GIJN Impact
Changing the Journalism Community and Beyond, Part II: How GIJN’s Reporting, Training, and Resource Guides Impact Investigative Work Globally
In this second part of our series on impact, GIJN talked with six reporters who have used our training and resources to produce high-quality accountability reporting and further train others in their region.
GIJN Impact
Changing the Journalism Community and Beyond, Part I: How GIJN’s Global Conferences Have Made an Impact Around the World
GIJN followed up on the detailed testimonies of five reporters who have come to past conferences to better understand and hear, in their own words, how these events have furthered their journalism.
‘Everyone Who Became Leaders of the Global Investigative Journalism Movement was in Copenhagen’: An Oral History Of The First GIJC
The inaugural Global Investigative Journalism Conference 25 years ago came from a radical idea: gather reporters from around the world to share techniques and inspire each other. It changed everything.
Data Journalism Top 10
How Russia Censors Foreign TV, Midterm Battle for US Congress, Venezuela’s Collapsed Housing Towers, France’s Education Protests
Also highlighting police response to demonstrations in India, where European Nobel laureates do their research, and shrinking food budgets in Indonesia.
GIJC27
Submissions Now Open for GIJC27 Global Shining Light Awards
This award honors investigative journalism in a developing or transitioning country, done under threat, duress, or in the direst of conditions. Deadline to apply is February 28, 2027.
My Favorite Tools
How Gillian Brockell Investigates ICE Removal Flights from US
Since August 2025, this former Washington Post reporter, now working freelance, has written dozens of stories mapping the Trump administration’s massive, third-country deportation apparatus.
10 Questions
Finding Joy in the Public Service of Journalism
Citra Dyah Prastuti reflects on her 24 years with KBR, Indonesia’s public radio broadcaster, and on centering public service, joy, and rigorous journalism in every story.
Tech & AI
What We Learned Building a Chatbot for La Silla Vacía’s Newsroom Archive
We spent 12 months building an AI tool for our independent news site in Colombia. Here’s what it taught us about running a newsroom in the age of AI.
Resource Guide
Guide to Investigating Tech and AI in Modern Warfare
Technology is rapidly rewriting the nature of war and conflict, investigative reporters need new resources and reporting strategies so they can keep up.
Resource Guide
Tech Focus Project
There is a central tension facing investigative journalists: the “AI and tech paradox.” Explore our report on the most urgent technology-related challenges facing investigative journalism today.
Global Academy Guides Resource Guide
Guide to Mapping Analysis Using QGIS
The open source desktop geographic information system software QGIS can be a powerful tool for investigative journalists. This resource takes you from the basics to advanced data mapping.
Global Academy Guides Resource Guide
AI Accountability Reporting Guide
This reporting guide helps investigative journalists understand some of the nitty-gritty of the technology underlying AI and to give them a framework through which they can examine it.
Resource Guide
Guide: Introduction to Investigative Journalism
Featuring advice on fact checking, digital security tips, interview techniques, and guidelines for editors.
Global Academy Guides Resource Guide
GIJN Guide to Investigating Extreme Heat
The negative effects from higher temperatures can be seen everywhere, offering many opportunities for investigative journalism.
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GIJN Hub
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How to Edit Data Stories in the Age of AI?
November 17, 2026
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Global Academy Fee-Based Courses
DECEMBER COURSE: AI Without the Guesswork: Smarter Journalism Without Prompting and Hallucinations
This popular, full-day session with investigative trainer Henk van Ess is back once again, teaching how to use AI for source discovery and data analysis, stop hallucinations, and prompt more effectively.
GIJC27
Call for Ideas: Send Us Your Panel and Workshop Recommendations for GIJC27
To create the most inclusive and impactful global conference for investigative journalists, we are now soliciting great ideas for sessions for GIJC27. Send us your proposals!
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Global Academy Fee-Based Courses
SECOND COURSE: Data Collection for Journalists — Practical Training
This course, back by popular demand, is built around collecting both qualitative and quantitative data, digital research, and information extraction, and will enable participants to strengthen their investigations and diversify their sources.
Global Academy Fee-Based Courses
SECOND COURSE: The Basics of Follow the Money
Due to strong demand, GIJN is launching a second cohort of this in-depth course, to equip journalists with the skills needed to uncover the financial flows behind corruption, organized crime, and abuse of power.
Climate and Environment Editor
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
London, UK/Hybrid
Deadline: October 12, 2026
Asia Editor
Semafor
Remote, ideally Singapore
Deadline: Open until filled
Senior Producer
CNN Visual Investigations
New York/Washington, US
Deadline: Open until filled
Bilingual Editor
Palestine Reporting Lab
Remote
Deadline: Open until filled
Africa Broadcast Producer
Bloomberg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Deadline: Open until filled
Around the World
Hungarian Investigative Reporter Szabolcs Panyi Wins 2026 Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Journalist
Szabolcs Panyi, the Hungarian investigative journalist who exposed the Viktor Orbán government's ties to Moscow, has won the journalism category in the 2026 Magnitsky Human Rights Awards, which honor journalists, politicians, and activists working in the human rights field. Panyi was targeted with Pegasus spyware and ahead of Hungary’s 2026 parliamentary election, Orbán’s government accused him of being a “Ukrainian spy” and filed criminal charges against him. His outlet VSquare and other Central European investigative newsrooms revealed phone conversations between Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov.
Pulitzer Center Machine Learning Reporting Grants
The Pulitzer Center offers grants of up to US$25,000 for data and investigative journalism projects that use advanced data mining techniques, such as machine learning and natural language processing. Past grantees have used machine learning to show the scope of oil-well abandonments in Texas and map the proliferation of gold mines in the Amazon rainforest. The supported projects have all involved collaborative work, whether across newsrooms or disciplines, and the Center encourages journalists to look for “smart partnerships” that can complement their own skills; they also accept any size or scope of projects. Rolling deadline.
GIJN Joins Statement of Solidarity Condemning Mada Masr Shutdown, Arrest of Its Editor-in-Chief
The Global Investigative Journalism Network has officially joined more than 130 other journalism and human rights organizations condemning the actions of the Egyptian government, which earlier this week detained Mada Masr Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah, after summarily declaring her guilty of operating an unlicensed website, and ordered the shutdown of the site and the seizure of its property. Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists organized the statement of solidarity and called upon the country's leadership to "end the campaign of intimidation" against independent media and "release the 25 journalism currently in Egyptian custody immediately and unconditionally."
Argentine President Javier Milei Makes Verbal Threats Against Investigative Journalists
On Friday, Argentinian president Javier Milei called veteran investigative reporter and ICIJ member Hugo Alconada Mon, along with Carlos Pagni, Paulino Rodrígues, Natalia Volosin, and Luis Novaresio, “mercenaries of lies” and said they should be “burned at the stake.” Journalists' associations in Argentina described the remarks as a “death threat” and asked the UN special rapporteur for freedom of expression to intervene; Amnesty International also condemned Milei, who made the remarks at a private, livestreamed event after a judge dropped a cryptocurrency fraud investigation into Milei and his sister on which the Alconada Mon and others had been reporting.
Egyptian Court Convicts Editor-in-Chief of GIJN Member Mada Masr, Issues Huge Fine, and Orders Shutdown of Site
Source: Committee to Protect Journalists
An Egyptian judge detained Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of GIJN member Mada Masr, after convicting her on charges of operating an unlicensed website. The court also handed down a three million EGP (US$54,500) fine and demanded the website by shut down and its property seized by the government. Attalah has faced six previous investigations by the state over the past six years in retaliation for Mada Masr's accountability reporting. "The conviction of Lina Attalah and the order to shut down Mada Masr represent a devastating blow to press freedom in Egypt," said CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah. "No independent journalist is safe. Attalah must be released immediately, and Mada Masr must be allowed to keep reporting."
Applications Open for NIAS Safe Haven Fellowships
The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), in partnership with The University of Amsterdam, Maastricht University and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) offers the five-month Safe Haven Fellowship to scholars, artists, writers, and journalists who can’t dotheir work in their current location or circumstances due to conflict or war, by offering them temporary relocation and the opportunity to continue their work. Applications for the first semester of 2027–2028 can be submitted until 14 December 2026 at noon (CET).
2026 African Investigative Journalist of the Year Finalists Announced
The finalists for the 2026 African Investigative Journalist of the Year include: Your Eyes, Their Data, by Naipanoi Lepapa, in collaboration with Julia Lindblom of Göteborgs-Posten and Ahmed Abdigadir of Svenska Dagbladet, on how footage from Meta’s AI-powered glasses is routed to Nairobi-based data annotators; Nine Lives: King Cat and His Tender Empire, by Jeff Wicks of South Africa’s News24, who traced a tenderpreneur’s capture of a R360-million police tender; and Lead In Their Blood: Poor Oversight, Regulatory Failure Expose Nigerians to Slow Death from Battery Recycling, by Folashade Ogunrinde and Oladeinde Olawoyin of the Premium Times, with The Examination, Nigeria.
Tarbell Fellowships for Reporting on AI
The Tarbell Fellowship is a one-year program for journalists and subject-matter experts who want to cover artificial intelligence, and it consists of a three-month training program and a nine-month newsroom placement. It starts with a remote course in June 2027 covering AI and journalism fundamentals, followed by a weeklong in-person session before newsroom placements from September 2026 to May 2027. Previous host newsrooms include CBS News, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, MIT Technology Review, TIME, and many others. Applications for the 2027-28 Tarbell Fellowship are open and will close on Nov. 22, 2026.
Egyptian Authorities Detain Entire Matsadaash Newsroom
Authorities confirmed that they detained Abdallah Qadri, Mohamed Ashraf, Mohamed Adel, Islam Barakat, Mohamed Mahmoud, and Omar Helal — the editorial team of the Egyptian fact-checking and investigative outlet Matsadaash — and charged them with terrorism offences and “destabilizing” the country through disinformation. The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called for their immediate release and urged Egyptian authorities to stop using national security laws against the press in retaliation for critical reporting. Several of the detained journalists have reported that security officers tortured them and interrogated them for hours.
Funds for Countering Disinformation in the Republic of Moldova
Canal France International (CFI) is accepting applications for projects to strengthen independent journalism and fight disinformation in the Republic of Moldova — to counter an environment in which Moldovan audiences have “increasingly been exposed to misleading or unverified information, including information related to public policies and Moldova’s closer cooperation with the European Union.” The program is run by CFI and funded by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Three media outlets will receive grants of up to €30,000 (US$34,000), with an indicative total budget of €90,000 (US$US102,000). Apply by October 17, 2026.
10 Questions
‘As They Say, If Your Mother Tells You She Loves You, Get a Second Source’
Anyone who has been following news in the Middle East in recent years has heard of Timour Azhari, whose award-winning investigations helped uncover what was happening in Syria after the fall of the old regime.
10 Questions
Finding Joy in the Public Service of Journalism
Citra Dyah Prastuti reflects on her 24 years with KBR, Indonesia’s public radio broadcaster, and on centering public service, joy, and rigorous journalism in every story.
10 Questions
‘To Convince Someone to Speak, Explain How Their Responses Will Improve the World’: Investigating Power and Influence from Moldova
Award-winning journalist Vladimir Thorik discusses reporting in an oft-overlooked part of Europe and how he approaches exposing the long reach of Russia on his native country and its neighbors.
10 Questions
‘Investigative Journalism Goes Beyond Numbers:’ Reporting on Health and the Environment in Côte d’Ivoire
Marthe Akissi Kra’s reporting translates complex scientific and ecological data into accessible stories, connecting global environmental issues to her local listeners.
Upcoming event
How to Edit Data Stories in the Age of AI?
November 17, 2026
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Data Journalism
Journalists in Africa and South America Are Mapping the Mines Devouring the World’s Rainforests
Two journalism and technology projects are sharing tools and methods across continents to map where mining is devastating the Amazon and Congo basins.
Data Journalism
This Nonprofit-Based Data App Could Change How You Cover Wildfires
Watch Duty is a NGO nonprofit and its data is sourced from all over: radio scanners, cameras, satellites, and other public sources, including the agencies actually fighting the fires.
Data Journalism
GIJN Masterclass Round-Up: Data Journalism
In this round-up of recent GIJN Academy masterclasses on data journalism, we share practical videos on data reporting basics, using spreadsheets, and incorporating satellite imagery.
Member Profiles
How GIJC27 Co-Host VVOJ Packs a Regional Punch in Growing Investigative Journalism
The Dutch-Flemish Association of Investigative Journalists (VVOJ) is a small but mighty force for accountability reporting in Europe, training journalists and recognizing the best in the craft at its annual conference.
Member Profiles
Fiquem Sabendo: ‘An Engine for Brazilian Journalism in the Search for Information’
Journalist Léo Arcoverde started a blog in 2015 publishing one story a day based on information obtained through Brazil’s new access-to-information law. The initiative eventually became Fiquem Sabendo.
Member Profiles
Building an Engaged Community through Collaboration and In-Depth Investigations, All While Maintaining a Sense of Humor
This small Lithuanian outlet Siena punches above its weight by publishing agenda-setting stories — but the founders say they also never want to take themselves too seriously.
Member Profiles
The Black Sea: How Investigative Journalism Endures in Turkey
The investigative outlet focusing on the Black Sea region and Turkey is not quite exiled media, not quite traditional newsroom, but a collaborative group focused on abuses of power.
GIJC25
The 14th Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC25) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, assembled more than 1,500 journalists from over 135 countries and territories to hold workshops, share best practices, and build a community increasingly confronting funding crises, disinformation campaigns, digital surveillance, and authoritarian threats. This project is a compendium of GIJN’s coverage of the conference.
Asia Focus
This regional spotlight series examines the world’s largest and most populous continent, which is also the host of the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference. Asia serves as a unique laboratory in the global media landscape, but journalists here face multifaceted challenges, from censorship to physical threats, digital surveillance to financial pressures. Despite this, watchdog reporters […]
MENA Focus
Our third regional spotlight series examines the challenges facing our members and other outlets in the Middle East and North Africa, such as war, backsliding democracies, self-censorship, exile, surveillance and imprisonment of journalists, and the hostile legal environment — and why this reality on the ground makes investigative journalism there all the more essential.
Africa Focus
Our second regional spotlight series examines the successes and challenges facing our members in Africa and others reporting from the continent. These articles tell the stories of growing journalistic collaboration, courage, and innovation in the face of repression, legal intimidation, lack of access to information, and even physical threats.
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Resource Video
Tips and Tools for Uncovering Online Scams
Online scams have become borderless threats that evolve rapidly in scale, sophistication, and impact. From fraudsters using the Internet to steal to phishing networks that engage in social engineering and trick individuals, scams are often backed by organized criminal groups that exploit weak law enforcement, jurisdictional loopholes, and digital anonymity.
Global Academy Webinars Resource Video
GIJN Africa Webinar: Investigating Revolutionary and Military Regimes
In this free online workshop, GIJN will convene four experienced African journalists to discuss how to dig out information from repressive regimes and military dictatorships on the continent.
Resource Video
Behind the Data — Tools and Techniques from the 2025 Sigma Award Winners
What innovative tools and techniques are shaping the future of data journalism? A special Lightning Round webinar with the 10 winners of the 2025 Sigma Awards, celebrating some of the world’s best data-driven investigations.
Global Academy Webinars Resource Video
Gathering Evidence and Documents in Conflict and War Zones — A MENA Case Study
A webinar exploring how investigative journalists can document human rights abuses in war zones, with a focus on methods to ensure the information gathered can later be used by legal investigators or international courts.