Our Members

JARING (Indonesia Network for Investigative Journalism) is an Indonesian non-profit organization that aims to develop media professionalism and to extend access to information in Indonesia and other countries in Asia. It does so through capacity building programs, establishing new media in isolated locations, emergency assistance for media in disaster areas, and media content production.

JournaFONDS (Switzerland) is a small news organization that plays an outsized role in promoting and developing investigative journalism in Switzerland. With a primary focus on quality financial stories — and a deep interest in empowering diversity and young reporters — JournaFONDS supports watchdog projects, and promotes collaboration and reporting skills. An initiative of the association “Pacte de l’Enquête et du Reportage” (Investigation and Reporting Pact), its goal is to not only dig up information crucial to the public interest, but also place those facts in a relevant and well-informed context.

Journalism for Nation Building Foundation (JNBF) is the nonprofit affiliate of Rappler, the Philippines’ leading independent online news site (currently under assault by the Duterte government). The foundation sponsors training, fellowships, and in-depth journalism that provides context to important issues and pushes for greater transparency and accountability of officials and institutions.

Journalism Practitioners’ Forum (Japan) holds peer-to-peer training workshops in Japan to help journalists develop investigative skills and knowledge. Its annual conference has a broad spectrum of sessions from FOIA basics to the exposition of serious corruption, joined by hundreds of journalists nationwide, helping them build professional solidarity beyond newsrooms. Launched by experienced journalists and journalism educators in 2010, J-Forum has been holding seminars before being incorporated as a registered nonprofit organization in 2019.

Journalism School of Waseda University (Japan) is dedicated to nurturing highly skilled professional journalists in the digital age. It is the first and only journalism school at the graduate level in Japan that promotes both the theory and practice of journalism. The School has set up an investigative reporting course that helps students to understand the powerful role of journalists as monitors who recognize the importance of bringing to light facts that have long been hidden from citizens.

Journalismfund Europe vzw is a Brussels-based independent non‐profit organization incorporated by citizens in 1998. The organization was established with the purpose of facilitating investigative, cross-border and independent journalism in order to strengthen democracy in Europe.

The Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism & Ideas supports and celebrates quality journalism and storytelling around the world. Our grants and education programs equip journalists with the resources they need to produce outstanding work. Our public events provide a forum for all to discuss the issues shaping the world.