Our Members

MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism (Lesotho)

MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism (Lesotho) is an independent, nonprofit centre set up by a group of Basotho journalists. It works towards promoting accountability, transparency, exposing corruption, wrongdoing and protection of human rights. Since its inception, the Centre focuses on investigative reporting, hosting three-month fellowships for journalists in Lesotho towards creating a local network of investigative journalists, health reporting with a focus on Lesotho’s HIV/AIDS pandemic and producing a human trafficking stories series.

Mongabay

Mongabay is the world’s most popular rainforest information site and a well-known source of environmental news reporting and analysis. Today Mongabay draws an average 9-10 million visitors per month and publishes stories in 10 languages. In 2012 Mongabay.org was formed to facilitate the development of new education and journalism initiatives and leverage Mongabay.com’s existing network, traffic, and reputation. Mongabay.org aims to raise awareness about social and environmental issues relating to forests and other ecosystems.

MuckRock

MuckRock is a non-profit public records filing tool and investigative news site, used by thousands of journalists across the United States and around the world to help investigate and open up government. Founded in 2010, the site has helped release millions of pages of records covering topics like incarceration, surveillance, government waste and classified dessert recipes.

MUSEBA Journalism Project

MUSEBA Journalism Project (Cameroon) is an independent, non-profit news organization that promotes investigative reporting in Central Africa and the Great Lakes. Through collaborative approaches with journalists from the region, Museba investigates corruption, illicit financial flows, organized crime and human rights abuses.

n-ost, Germany

n-ost is a journalism network that produces cross-border projects in the EU, with a focus on investigative reporting in Eastern Europe. It serves as an editorial office and syndication agency, and implements a wide range of projects that include an annual international media conference, annual reportage prize, grants for cross-border research, and a network for media literacy.

Nashi Groshi (“Our Money”) (Ukraine)

Nashi Groshi (“Our Money”) (Ukraine) is a web-based organization that analyzes corrupt practices in public procurement and finance data. Established in 2011, the nonprofit investigates civil servants’ and politicians’ involvement in public contracts. Its reports have resulted in over 70 cancelled tender procedures, amounting to $1.2 billion saved in the government budget. It produces a weekly TV program and manages a network of 160 journalists.

Netzwerk Recherche, Germany

Netzwerk Recherche (nr) is the German association of investigative journalists. It was founded in 2001 with the aim to improve the quality of media coverage using investigative methods of journalism. nr is an independent nonprofit association. The association’s annual conference is one of the biggest events for journalists in Europe. Additionally, it hosts several other conferences and seminars which focus on a certain aspect of reporting, e.g. fact-checking, freedom of information or undercover investigations.

New Narratives (US)

New Narratives is a women-led non-profit organization that builds independent news businesses in the Global South to do accountability journalism that engages and empowers audiences. New Narratives-backed journalism arms citizens with the power to keep leaders accountable, build inclusive societies and drive change.  

New Zealand Centre for Investigative Journalism

The New Zealand Centre for Investigative Journalism was established in 2013 to encourage and support investigative journalism in New Zealand and the South Pacific. We aim to bring together journalists, documentary makers, authors, students and others who have a desire to do investigative journalism.