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As director of Citizen Lab, Deibert, 58, will be the keynote speaker at the 2023 Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC23) in Gothenburg, Sweden. His warnings about the new cyber threats to independent journalism and democracy at that event promise to be even more ominous, and even more prescient.
GIJN member Danwatch was launched in 2007 by civic groups in Denmark with a focus on both research and journalism. Danwatch has since grown to have one of the largest specialized investigative journalism teams in Denmark, with 13 reporters, one of them based in South America.
As part of GIJN’s ongoing interview series, we speak to Hayatte Abdou, one of the few investigative reporters in the small isanld nation of the Comoros.
In Tunisia, where the first protests of the Arab Spring took place, a start-up with a focus on investigative journalism and narrative storytelling is attempting to exploit the country’s relative media freedom to win over readers.
One of the newest members of GIJN, the Jordanian investigative site 7iber, began as a blog in 2007 but has since matured into an online magazine bravely covering issues in a hostile press environment.
Indigenous communities are often under siege by dominant cultures, and suffer the consequences of colonialism. Their resources stolen, and their people subjected to discrimination and abuse. Indigenous journalists from Australia, Canada, and the United States talk about their award-winning investigations, ranging from forced displacement to fake tribes, and deaths in custody.
Connecting with your audience is key to telling a good story. But how do you actually make it happen? Podcast producer Siobhán McHugh explains how she uses emotion — and lots of technique — to connect with her listeners.
Legendary investigative editor Andrew Lehren believes in the power of curiosity, and learning-by-doing — and a string of prize-winning stories and impactful careers flowing from his class at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism in New York provides ample evidence. Here, he and some of his stellar former students describe the fruits of a method of journalism instruction that emphasizes collaboration, new tools, and innovative story pitching.
Alejandra Xanic, general editor of Quinto Elemento Lab and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, tells how they created the nonprofit journalistic laboratory that is changing the way investigative journalism is produced in Mexico.
Carrie Lozano is a talented storyteller, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, and recently became the director of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program. She spoke to GIJN’s Spanish editor, Andrea Arzaba, about the challenges and opportunities for documentary filmmakers and how her background has shaped her work.
In August 2020, the leaders of Thailand’s pro-democracy movement published a list of demands after tens of thousands of reformists joined their call to take to the streets. Only one local media outlet dared to publish them: Prachatai, a bold start-up committed to promoting freedom of expression and democracy.