domestic workers
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Full guide here. العربية
Forced labor, human trafficking and undocumented migration are prevalent across the globe.
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22 Fellowships and Grants for Investigative Journalists
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Seeking a chance to improve your skills and expand your world? Tired of the everyday routine in your newsroom? We’ve updated our guide to grants and fellowships of special interest to investigative journalists around the world. There are plenty of short-term and long-term opportunities, both for staff and freelance reporters. Follow the links for information on deadlines and background on the various programs.
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Time to Apply! U.S. Fellowships for International Journalists
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Ready. Set. Apply! Here’s a line-up of upcoming application deadlines for well-known fellowships in the United States that are open to journalists from around the world.
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The Global FOI Guide
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Today, more than 90 countries have laws that require officials to turn over public records, and the number continues to grow each year. And even in countries with no laws specifying whether records should be made available, it never hurts to ask.
Below are a few of the best resources for journalists seeking to file records requests in countries with laws governing access to information.
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A Media Resource Center for the Rio Olympics
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On Thursday, June 30, a group of journalists met at a house in Botafogo in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro for a full day of training in the city’s access to information laws, followed by a debate on transparency in the context of the upcoming Olympics. “We wanted to do something before the Olympics on access to information, because so many people don’t know how the system works,” explained Mariana Simões, manager of Casa Pública.
FOIA This!
FOIA This! — Digging Out Government Spending
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Tracking down local government expenses is a recurrent theme for many successful freedom of information requests. Some recent examples suggest that quite a variety of information is potentially available — about credit card charges, salaries, retirement parties, and even costs of leak investigations. Have a great story you developed using a FOI/RTI request? Send it to us at freeinfo@email.gwu.edu. We’re currently looking for examples regarding immigration.
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Unlocking Laws to Set Information Free: GIJN’s Global Guide to FOI and RTI
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More than 115 countries worldwide have laws that require officials to turn over public records. Variously called freedom of information, access to information, right to information and right to know laws, they all can help journalists access public records. We’ve lined up GIJN’s Complete Global Guide to Freedom of Information to help you navigate the terrain.
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Go Back to Basics: Put Your News in an Email
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Email? Really? Yes, the newsletter is making a healthy comeback and this great opportunity to have a direct relationship with your audience should not be taken for granted. Here’s a roundup of tips on how to create and improve your newsletter.
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Data Journalism: GIJN’s Global Guide to Resources
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As our governments and businesses become increasingly flush with information, more and bigger data are becoming available from across the globe. Increasingly, investigative reporters need to know how to obtain, clean, and analyze “structured information” in this digital world.
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IRE Conference Day 1: Best Resources and Tools
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The Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Conference is the largest gathering of investigative journalists in the United States. This year, more than 1,000 journalists are coming together here in San Antonio, Texas, to attend 100-plus panels, workshops, and roundtables. Many of the activities here are hands-on sessions in which experts share useful tips and tricks for everyday work. Below you can find some handy tools and resources shared during the first day of the conference. More to come!