News & Analysis
Google News Initiative Grants in Africa and the Middle East Yield Mixed Results
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A study found many Google News Initiative projects in Middle East and Africa struggle to become more than makeshift versions of the original idea.
News & Analysis
How News Site Daraj Reports on Women’s Rights and Corruption across the Middle East
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Daraj co-founder Diana Moukalled discusses the outlet’s origins in Lebanon, its impact, its funding, and reporting on women’s rights and corruption across the Middle East.
Press Freedom
GIJN Marks World Press Freedom Day with Insights from Investigative Journalists Under Threat
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To mark the 30th anniversary of the United Nations’ World Press Freedom Day, GIJN shares some experiences of investigative journalists facing the biggest challenges and threats around the world.
Editor's Pick
2022’s Best Investigative Stories from the Arab World
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Being an investigative journalist in the Middle East and North Africa was immensely challenging in 2022, thanks to the dramatic decline in press freedom in places once considered safer for journalists such as North Africa, the lack of human and financial resources, and the inability to access data and public information in most Arab countries.
Tools & Techniques
How The New Humanitarian Used WhatsApp to Cover Lebanon’s Economic Collapse
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In this interview, two reporters discuss how they used WhatsApp messages to explore and investigate the effects of Lebanon’s economic collapse on people across the country.
How They Did It
Three Investigations that Explored the Devastating Blast that Rocked Beirut
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On the evening of August 4, 2020, a devastating blast at the port in Beirut shook the Lebanese capital. It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. GIJN spoke to three outlets whose investigations all played a pivotal role in understanding what led to the explosion and why a ship and its deadly cargo were stuck at the port for so long.
human trafficking
10 Case Studies in Human Trafficking
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Below we profile 10 stories of trafficking and forced labor common throughout the countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council region, which includes the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.