Global Investigative Journalism Network (https://archive.gijn.org/tag/reporter-security/)
While there are plenty of examples of student investigative reporters who are supported by their institutions, there are many others who face a lack of cooperation, low pay, legal threats, funding issues, and even physical harm.
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.
Across the world undercover investigations have produced incredible, impactful stories. In countries without public record transparency rules or strong source protection laws, such sting operations can sometimes be an important tool for journalists to reveal public interest stories. Read GIJN’s guide to going undercover, covering everything from best practices to pitfalls and ethical considerations.
With key votes scheduled in many countries around the world in 2022, GIJN’s new guide to investigating elections includes this chapter offering comprehensive preparation tips for how to tackle investigations in upcoming elections.
GIJN Spanish associate editor Mariel Lozada offers a behind-the-scenes look at a reporting collaboration that uncovers the vast scale of illegal mining and illicit smuggling in Venezuela’s Amazon region.
Independent media now have to deal with an increasing number of digital attacks on press freedom, from brute-force attacks on their servers to more sophisticated assaults on their social media presence and digitally-based legal challenges.