News & Analysis
Google News Initiative Grants in Africa and the Middle East Yield Mixed Results
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A study found many Google News Initiative projects in Middle East and Africa struggle to become more than makeshift versions of the original idea.
News & Analysis
The ‘Moonshot’ Newsroom: An Insider’s Account of the Meteoric Rise and Fall of BuzzFeed News Investigations
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BuzzFeed News investigative correspondent Tom Warren reflects on the rise and fall of their award-winning investigations team.
Tools & Techniques
7 Key Takeaways from the 2023 CIJ Conference in London
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GIJN associate editor Laura Dixon and GIJN Francophone Africa editor Maxime Domegni round up seven key takeaways from the 2023 Centre for Investigative Journalism’s 2023 summer conference in London.
Editor's Pick
Editor’s Pick: 2022’s Best Investigative Stories in French
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Geographical diversity, the stories’ impact and uniqueness, the risks taken, and the techniques used were some of our criteria for selecting the strongest French language investigations of the year, selected by GIJN French Editor Alcyone Wemaëre, GIJN Francophone Africa Editor Maxime Domegni, GIJN French Assistant Editor Moran Kerinec, and Africa Assistant Editor Aïssatou Fofana.
Security
How Investigative Journalists Can Fight Back Against New, Enhanced Surveillance Threats
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A panel about the “brave new world” of surveillance at the 2023 IPI World Media Congress in Vienna discusses success stories around the world of journalists and activists pushing back against new and enhanced surveillance methods.
News & Analysis
Kyiv Independent’s Olga Rudenko: How to Run a Successful Media Start-Up in a Time of War
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The Kyiv Independent was launched just months before the start of the war in Ukraine. In her keynote address at the CIJ summer conference, the outlet’s editor-in-chief spoke about the challenges of running an investigative project in the midst of conflict, and how the team have battled to make the organization sustainable.
Sustainability
Pitch Perfect: An Insider’s Tips for Writing a Successful Investigative Journalism Grant Proposal
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GIJN’s French editor Alcyone Wemaëre spoke with Timothy Large from IPI’s IJ4EU cross-border investigation project to learn an insider’s tips for writing a successful investigative journalism grant proposal.
News & Analysis
Nobel Winner Muratov: Be an Investigative Reporter, and Fight for a Better World
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In his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Russia’s leading independent media outlet, Novaya Gazeta, said: “The award today goes to the entire community of investigative journalists.” Four days later — in a webinar interview with GIJN — Muratov set out the true stakes for investigative journalists who now share that high honor.
10 Questions
What I’ve Learned: Tips from a Pioneer of Collaborative Investigative Journalism in Indonesia
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It’s impossible to discuss collaboration in journalism in Indonesia without mentioning Wahyu Dhyatmika. Whether initiating partnerships, building collaborations, or reporting, he has played an instrumental role in many of the biggest investigations in recent years.
How They Did It
Uncovering Karachi: Using Maps and Data to Investigate Problems in a Modern Metropolis
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Karachi is Pakistan’s largest city and financial capital, but it is also a place with the dubious reputation of being one of the most unlivable cities in the world. These challenges provide fertile ground for investigative reporting and some of the country’s best stories.