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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.
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.
On the second day of GIJC21, journalists from Brazil, Indonesia, and The Netherlands offer tips and tools on how to cover what may be the most important story we ever dig into: how humanity copes with the unprecedented challenge of climate change.
The Pulitzer Center’s Marina Walker Guevara sees collaboration as one of the most significant paradigm changes in journalism of the past 50 years. In a keynote speech at the Collaborative Journalism Summit, she said that by working together, reporters can investigate stories that “transcend us, transcend our competitive instincts, our newsrooms’ politics, and our own egos.”
The year 2021 was a “grand cru” for the French-speaking investigative world. To make our selection of the top 12 investigations published in French in the past 12 months, we examined the techniques used, the stories’ impact in society, the risks taken, and geographic diversity. For sure — from Algeria to Canada, from the Comoros to Belgium — the journalists working on these investigations have shown courage and perseverance.
এই প্রকল্পে সবাই কিভাবে এগিয়ে আসছে, তার একটি উদাহরণ: নিউ ইয়র্কে থাকা এক বাংলাদেশি আমেরিকান চিকিৎসক আমাদের সঙ্গে যোগাযোগ করেন। বাংলাদেশি কমিউনিটির মধ্যে যারা মারা গেছেন, তাদের একটি তালিকা করেছিলেন সেই চিকিৎসক। সেসময়, তাঁর তালিকায় ছিল ১৭০ জনের নাম। পরবর্তীতে সংখ্যাটি আরো বেড়েছে। আমরা তাঁর সেই তালিকা ধরে তথ্যগুলো যাচাই করেছি এবং সেটিকে আমাদের বড় প্রকল্পে যুক্ত করেছি।
International organized crime received little scrutiny in the Czech press until the Czech Centre for Investigative Journalism was founded in 2013. They work with media partners across the region on collaborative projects that have helped bring down senior officials and expose the activities of mafia bosses, including an investigation with Slovak reporter Ján Kuciak, who was killed in 2018. Ian Willoughby profiles the Czech nonprofit for GIJN.
The Pangolin Reports brought together more than 40 journalists in 14 countries to investigate the illegal trade in pangolins, a harmless ant-eating mammal which is close to extinction. This is what they learned about collaborative journalism.