Tools & Techniques
10 Tips for Tracking Russian-Owned Assets
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OCCRP senior investigator Tom Stocks shares 10 best practices for tracking the mansions and superyachts of Russian oligarchs and officials deemed closest to President Vladimir Putin.
Africa
Investigative Journalism in Africa: A Book From the Frontlines
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The award-winning Ghanaian journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni says there are a series of challenges that investigative reporters in Africa must confront during the course of their work. Read about the difficulty of getting accurate data, the challenges of impunity, funding issues, and press freedom challenges in this excerpt from his new book.
My Favorite Tools
My Favorite Tools: How Rafael Soares Investigates Police Killings in Rio
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Brazilian journalist Rafael Soares discusses his favorite reporting methods and tools for investigating police misconduct and abuse of power in Rio de Janeiro.
GIJN Toolbox
Free, Game-Changing Data Extraction Tools that Require No Coding Skills
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In this edition of GIJN Toolbox, we examine the latest advancements from the IRE22 conference on data extraction and optical character recognition (OCR) tools for turning unwieldy documents into searchable spreadsheets.
Africa
Award-Winning African Journalists Discuss Their Investigative Reporting Challenges
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Investigative journalists work tirelessly to get the truth and ensure that the public is informed on topics that are of public interest. Jamlab interviewed nine African investigative journalists to talk about their experiences of reporting in their respective countries.
News & Analysis
Abraji: 20 Years Fighting for Investigative Journalists and Journalism in Brazil
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Since its inception 20 years ago, the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) has remained faithful to its founding principles: professional training, defense of freedom of expression, and the right of access to public information.
GIJC21
Tips for Investigating When Governments Shield Crime and Corruption
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In a session on high-level corruption at #GIJC21, a panel of reporters from Liberia, Ukraine, Sudan, Russia, and Lebanon suggested a series of strategies that can pry facts from obstinate government agencies, find whistleblowers, and deliver alternate forms of accountability for officials seemingly above the law.
Access Info
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. Of course, even in countries that have no laws it never hurts to ask.
Access to information
GIJN’s Global Guide to Freedom of Information: FOI Tips and Tricks
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This is part one of our three part series: GIJN’s Global Guide to Freedom of Information. FOI Tips and Tricks offers a round up of expert advice from around the world.
Nobody pretends that it’s easy or always productive to exercise the right to information.
Tools & Techniques
Using Public Information Requests to Investigate Drug Trafficking in Mexico
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Here’s how three Mexican investigative journalists have used public information requests to aid their reporting on drug trafficking and the government’s fight against it.