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The latest cross-border investigation by the ICIJ — Deforestation Inc. — used thousands of pages of documents, court records, green certificates databases, trade data, and audit reports to expose how a lightly regulated sustainability industry overlooks forest destruction and human rights violations.
Several years ago a whistleblower reached out to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung with an enticing message: “Hello, this is John Doe… Interested in data?” That story would become the Panama Papers, the first in a number of international collaborations for investigative reporter Frederik Obermaier. Read his tips and advice about investigative reporting.
In Turkey, authoritarianism is increasingly undermining media pluralism and is limiting the freedom of journalists to report and receive information now more than ever before. Despite this, GIJN Turkish found numerous praiseworthy stories produced by watchdog reporters this year, and here feature eight notable examples of investigative journalism, photojournalism, and documentary work.
In a lightning round session at #GIJC21, a panel of leading reporters and editors needed just five minutes each to outline new tools and databases that any reporter can use to gather hard-to-find facts.
In this edition of GIJN Toolbox, we profile three brand new — or newly expanded — tools to dig into financial secrecy and hidden gains from corruption or crime. Our list includes a user-friendly database to search for sanctions and conflict-of-interest red flags, a site that uses an algorithm to detect hidden bank accounts, and a newly expanded database on the true owners of offshore companies.
Despite a backlash against the media in Latin America, investigative journalists have refused to stay silent. Here we highlight eight of the best investigative stories published in Spanish in the region this year, selecting those that prioritized collaboration, used innovative investigative methods and tools, and those that reached new audiences.
Un equipo de más de 600 periodistas investigó a lo largo de casi dos años la filtración más amplia de archivos de paraísos fiscales en la historia. ¿Cómo procesaron y analizaron los más de 11.9 millones de registros financieros confidenciales obtenidos?
Regulating Drugs: Development & Approval
Tip 1: Dig Deeper into Development & Approval
If your story is about drugs, it is essential to delve into their development and approval history. There’s a trove of valuable information.
Regulación de medicamentos: desarrollo y autorización
Primera sugerencia: profundiza en el desarrollo y la aprobación
Si tu historia trata el tema de los medicamentos, es esencial profundizar en su desarrollo y aprobación. Aunque todos los países tienen su propia agencia reguladora (véase en el apéndice), el trabajo de la Agencia Estadounidense de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, Food and Drug Administration) y la Agencia Europea de Medicamentos (EMA, European Medicines Agency) tienen una gran influencia en el mercado farmacéutico mundial.
As part of our annual Editor’s Pick series, read on to discover the best investigations in French published this year and selected by GIJN French Editor Marthe Rubio and GIJN Francophone Africa Editor Maxime Domegni.