Global Investigative Journalism Network (https://archive.gijn.org/tag/reporter-safety/)
In this chapter of GIJN’s Guide to Investigating War Crimes, security expert Matt Hansen discusses best practices for both physical and digital security for investigative journalists covering possible war crimes.
In this chapter from GIJN’s Reporter’s Guide to Investigating War Crimes, world-renowned war photographer Ron Haviv discusses best practices for using photo and video to cover atrocities and possible war crimes.
Kenyan journalist John-Allan Namu discussed the emotional toll and significant impact on work-life balance that investigative reporting can have during a webinar hosted by the Reuters Institute.
Intrepid journalists are still conducting investigations on countries within the Arab Gulf region, but due to political repression and other press freedom issues, they’ve had to report from afar or build and operate their independent media sites while in exile.
Two local journalists from Syria have begun using virtual and augmented reality to bring immersive reporting experiences to news audiences far outside their country.
To mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released its annual report on the state of justice for attacks on the press around the world. It found that no one has been held accountable for 80% of all journalist murders in the past decade.
Bellingcat’s Logan Williams, who presented a panel on digital forensic reporting labs at the 2022 International Journalism Festival 2022 in Perugia, Italy, gives his top tips for journalists interested in open source digital investigations.
A press freedom crisis is rippling across Latin America and in some places the technological, legal, and physical threats have grown so severe that investigative journalists feel compelled to flee their home countries to keep reporting.
This investigation into the suspicious death of a Ukrainian immigrant while in police custody won Gazeta Wyborcza reporter Jacek Harłukowicz Poland’s top prize for journalism in 2021.
The International Labour Organization has published a reporting toolkit to help investigative journalists cover forced labor, human trafficking, and other worker abuse issues.