Global Investigative Journalism Network (https://archive.gijn.org/tag/podcasts/)
Each year the jury for the DIG Festival scours hundreds of submissions to find the best investigative films and podcasts from around the world. This year 25 documentaries and six podcasts, from more than 400 entries, were shortlisted, featuring films or audio from Myanmar, Italy, the Philippines, and the Nordic countries.
Podcasts are quintessentially an audio medium, but to reach newer and younger audiences, many shows are now beginning to add video elements to the traditional format.
At the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, veteran journalists from Africa and the Middle East discussed the power and intimacy of audio and podcast reporting and how it can enable reporters to better access hard-to-cover stories.
GIJN’s global team has reviewed some of our favorite investigative podcasts from 2022. Some dig into scandals and allegations of sexual assault. Others take a deep dive into the backgrounds of leading political figures or explore national scandals. There are tragedies, public interest stories, politics, crime, and corruption, with stories drawn from around the world.
পৃথিবীর তিনভাগের দুইভাগ জুড়েই আছে সাগর-মহাসাগর। বিস্তীর্ণ এই জলরাশির বুকে সংঘটিত মানব পাচার, আধুনিক দাসত্ব, চোরাচালান, জলদস্যুতা, পরিবেশগত অপরাধের মতো বিষয়গুলো নিয়ে কাজ করে অনুসন্ধানী সংবাদমাধ্যম, দ্য আউট ল ওশান প্রজেক্ট। সম্প্রতি তারা এ সংক্রান্ত বেশ কয়েক বছরের অনুসন্ধানকে রূপ দিয়েছে সাত পর্বের পডকাস্ট সিরিজে। পড়ুন, কেন তারা বিষয় হিসেবে সমুদ্রে অনুসন্ধানকে বেছে নিয়েছে এবং কীভাবে এই পডকাস্টটি বানিয়েছে।
The Outlaw Ocean Project — a nonprofit journalism organization that reports on the “watery two-thirds” of our planet — used material from several years of investigations on the high seas to create a new, seven-part podcast.
Megha Rajagopalan has reported from over 23 countries in Asia and the Middle East, on stories ranging from the North Korean nuclear crisis to the peace process in Afghanistan. Her team’s investigation into prison camps in Xinjiang, China won a Pulitzer Prize. In this podcast, she discusses how she got into investigative journalism and gives her tips for speaking to vulnerable sources.
To share best practices and other lessons learned from our most recent global conference, GIJC21, we are releasing a series of videos from the event’s many seminars, panels, and workshops. This latest installment focuses on key issues like health and medicine, women’s leadership, investigative podcasts, and Indigenous reporting.
Connecting with your audience is key to telling a good story. But how do you actually make it happen? Podcast producer Siobhán McHugh explains how she uses emotion — and lots of technique — to connect with her listeners.
The Reporter is known in Taiwan for its in-depth investigative stories. The team behind it recently launched a podcast, which surged into the charts soon after it was launched. Here host Jason Liu and producer Lan Wanchen tell GIJN about their experience in making podcasts related to investigative journalism and their tips for making a program that audiences want to listen to.