Global Investigative Journalism Network (https://archive.gijn.org/tag/environmental-crimes/)
David Leffler and Savanna Strott, who cover pollution and other environmental health issues for Public Health Watch, share details behind their investigation into a massive chemical fire in Houston in March 2019.
In “Under Poisoned Skies,” an award-winning investigation from BBC News Arabic, reporters headed to southern Iraq to explore the impact of gas flaring on the environment and public health. GIJN spoke to the director and producer of the documentary to hear how they did it.
A France-based nonprofit founded in 2020, EIF has built an international network of more than 100 trained investigative journalists and environmental experts, connecting them to each other and to opportunities to probe activities shaping the natural world.
In this preview of GIJN’s forthcoming Guide to Investigating Organized Crime in Africa, Cameroonian data journalist Madeleine Ngeunga offers reporting tips and expert advice for covering illegal logging, wildlife trafficking, and other environmental crimes.