Launched with just a €5,000 loan in 2010 by three journalists in their twenties, this scrappy investigative outlet now plays an outsized role in setting the national news agenda.
How investigative and data journalists covered the world’s most popular sports event, from FIFA to footwear.
In this GIJN Academy masterclass video, Marina Walker Guevara, executive editor at The Pulitzer Center, shares important advice on how to build cross-border investigative teams.
The journalist explains how he has built a career around long-form investigations, and delves into the process behind his recent book exposing the far-right in Portugal.
Also highlighting the civilian casualties of the first 40 days of the US-Iran war, why carbon capture won’t solve climate change, and the 370,000-plus prisoners still awaiting trial in India.
In a session on editing investigative podcasts at IRE26, veteran audio journalists offered several key lessons for producers and reporters new to investigative podcasts.
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.
We have rounded up the podcasts that go behind the scenes of major exposés, in which reporters dive into how they did their investigations or offer tips for journalists in similar fields.
New York Times climate and environmental graphics reporter Mira Rojanasakul discusses how her team visualized the sea level rise threat from the melting Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica.
Veteran exiled journalists from Iran, Venezuela, and Tibet discuss source protection best practices and publishing survival strategies when reporting on your home country from afar.
An online tool set up by the German newspaper Die Zeit, in cooperation with archives in Germany and in the United States, allows people to search several million Nazi Party membership cards.
At the 2026 IRE conference, veteran reporters shared tips on how to get around the problems of causation and toxicology jargon in data-driven investigations about pesticide exposure.
Also highlighting how films portray Ukrainians, increasing tree cover in Spain, and how couples meet.
The system built by BBC Eye allowed a team of open source specialists and reporters to accelerate their investigation of Russian ultra nationalists and their political impact.
At a 2026 Netzwerk Recherche conference panel, participants discussed their struggles and successes working as women and LGBTQ individuals in investigative journalism.
We profile two new, free-access databases made for investigative journalists that provide hard-to-find accountability evidence on pressing harms.
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.
The negative effects from higher temperatures can be seen everywhere, offering many opportunities for investigative journalism.
Watchdog reporters should discard the idea that damage from natural disasters is simply due to “acts of nature,” and rather think of it as a mix of hazardous events and human actions.
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.
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.
Featuring advice on fact checking, digital security tips, interview techniques, and guidelines for editors.
For the fifth time, GIJN is working with cutting-edge trainers to offer a unique cyber investigations training program specifically tailored for reporters and others in watchdog journalism.
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Source: Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism
Submissions for the sixth edition of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism are open until 31 July 2026. The Prize is awarded each year around 16 October, the day of the Maltese journalist’s assassination. Endorsed by the European Parliamnet, the award recognizes outstanding journalism that promotes or defends the core principles and values of the European Union such as human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, and human rights. It’s open to professional journalists and teams of any nationality, who can submit in-depth pieces that have been published or broadcast by media based in one of the 27 EU countries.
Early bird registrations for the 22nd African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC26) are open. Attendees can save R1,000 (US$61) from the standard ticket price of R4,700 (US$285) if they register before August 1. Discounts are also available for students, freelancers, and bulk ticket purchases — students and freelancers can get 50% off the standard ticket price, but must apply directly with the organizers. The conference fee includes full access to the three-day programme and includes meals, coffee/tea), and the African Investigative Journalist of the Year Award formal gala dinner on November 11.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Nigerian authorities to investigate the disappearance of journalist Stanley Ugagbe, who witnesses say was seized by two armed men in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Wednesday. Ugagbe’s colleagues at Secret Reporters believe the incident was related to the outlet’s recent investigation into corruption and infidelity allegations involving a Nigerian Central Bank executive, for which Ugagbe was the lead reporter. “Authorities must swiftly investigate the whereabouts of journalist Stanley Ugagbe, ensure his immediate safety, and hold those responsible... to account,” said CPJ Africa Director Angela Quintal.
Source: USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
The Data Fellowship, open to US -based journalists writing about health and social welfare for independent media outlets, offers training on on data acquisition, cleaning, analysis, and visualization, one-on-one mentoring, and a reporting grant to complete a project in partnership with the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Center for Health Journalism — a major investigative or explanatory health reporting project or a series of individual data-driven health stories, and offers training. The program starts with an in-person learning session on the USC campus in Los Angeles, October 6 - 9, 2026. Applicatiojn deadline is July 22, 2026, at midnight PT.
Play the Game, an initiative run by the Danish Institute for Sports Studies that promotes democratic values in world sports, is launching a fund to support independent sports journalism. Backed entirely by public donations, the fund will help journalists and researchers investigate and explain critical issues in international sports — such as corruption, governance failures, abuse of power, and human rights violations. “Much of what we know about the darker sides of international sport does not stem from official transparency. We owe it to journalism,” says Stanis Elsborg, head of Play the Game.
The African Investigative Journalist of the Year Award is open to all African journalists or teams of journalists working in any media for stories from and about Africa, published or broadcast in African media between July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026. The award recognizes “outstanding examples of investigative reporting from Africa that reveal untold stories, hold the powerful to account, question those in public life and serve the public interest.” The top prize in 2026 is US$5,000, while the runner-up receives US$2,000. Entries close at 5pm (SAST) on July 10, 2026. The ceremony will be held at the AIJC in Nairobi, Kenya in November.
Mongabay’s Southeast Asia Ocean Reporting Fellowship is an opportunity for early- and mid-career journalists from Southeast Asia coastal countries to report on ocean challenges and their solutions in their region, and is designed for them to become part of a global network of regular Mongabay contributors. The 2026 Southeast Asia Ocean Reporting Fellowship Program will support up to five fellows in Mongabay’s Global Bureau. The fellowship is run in English, and applicants must be from and based in a coastal Southeast Asian country, with a particular focus on Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Greece-based GIJN member Solomon and three of its journalists face legal action from a deputy mayor in the Greek port city of Piraeus, following their investigation into a real estate development project. Dimitris Arapis, responsible for urban planning and construction in Piraeus, has filed a lawsuit, injunction request, and criminal complaint, including a demand to take down the investigation. The investigation examined a large development that includes hundreds of apartments, offices, shops, and commercial spaces in a former industrial area in Piraeus, as well as possible potential conflict of interest issues related to Arapis’ public role and private work for the developer.
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) has opened a call for independent journalists based in Kosovo and Montenegro to apply for grants to support investigations into corruption and accountability issues. Journalists can get grants of up to US$1,500, as well as mentoring and technical and editorial support. The program, which supports journalists investigating issues related to governance, misuse of public resources, and institutional accountability, is led by the Society Against Corruption in Montenegro and Kosovo, a regional anti-corruption initiative and grant program implemented by BIRN and Civic Alliance (CA). The deadline for applications is June 7, 2026.
German investigative newsroom CORRECTIV has announced its 2026 Exile Journalist-in-Residence Program, which supports journalists forced into exile by persecution related to their work. The program “provides what many lose in exile: a professional newsroom, trusted colleagues, technical infrastructure, and public visibility within a safe environment,” states CORRECTIV. The six-month residency in Berlin — from July to December 2026 — will be offered to two journalists, who will work alongside exiled and investigative journalists and pursue their own projects, and have access to workspaces, studios, publishing platforms, and public-facing formats.
The journalist explains how he has built a career around long-form investigations, and delves into the process behind his recent book exposing the far-right in Portugal.
The award-winning South African investigative journalist says he spent years ‘in the wilderness’ digging into spreadsheets and paperwork to find his niche.
Anna Behrend is a self-taught data journalist who has found in data-driven reporting and visualization a way to combine her academic background in science with her creative interests.
Based in the Mexican border region of Chihuahua, a state where organized crime exerts a strong presence, means working “under constant threat,” but Gallegos refuses to be silenced.
New York Times climate and environmental graphics reporter Mira Rojanasakul discusses how her team visualized the sea level rise threat from the melting Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica.
An online tool set up by the German newspaper Die Zeit, in cooperation with archives in Germany and in the United States, allows people to search several million Nazi Party membership cards.
In this fast-paced session, all 10 winners of the 2026 Sigma Awards showcased the data journalism approaches and breakthroughs that helped them uncover complex stories.
From Storybench, Washington Post climate reporter Brady Dennis is interviewed about his immersive story on Hurricane Helene and the importance of combining data and human experience.
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.
Over the past decade, the nonprofit Tokyo Investigative Newsroom has published numerous longform exposés on issues ranging from gender, health, politics, and the environment.
The African Centre for Media Excellence fills a critical gap between journalism schools and newsrooms, but earlier this year Ugandan authorities ordered it to shut down and it’s now fighting for its survival.
Founded in 2016, this news site was created to report on issues often ignored or suppressed in state-controlled media, including corruption, misuse of public resources, and human rights violations.
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
