The pipeline we built turned what would have been months of traumatic manual labor into a searchable, analyzable database that allowed investigators to trace patterns, identify victims, and build cases for accountability.
GIJN announces the 31 finalists for the 2026 Sigma Awards for excellence in data journalism, which attracted a record-breaking 543 entries from 84 different countries.
Our round-up of the best in recent data journalism also highlights medical exam pass rates in Brazil, access to quality water in India, and the cost of competing in the Winter Olympics.
Transnational collaborative investigations are vital for confronting corruption and state abuse that transcends borders, while also strengthening verification and distributing the risk.
GIJN spoke with three leading, award-winning investigative journalists from Venezuela about practical tips for keeping sources secure while reporting from inside and outside the country.
Investigators explain how they found a sanctioned crypto exchange in Russia resurrected itself under a new name and continued to attract new clients and move money across borders
Our yearly compendium of standout audio investigations, reviewed by GIJN’s global team. Featuring stories from Syria, Germany, Bangladesh, Turkey, El Salvador, Canada, the UK, and US.
Marina Adami speaks to Shayan Sardarizadeh, a senior journalist at BBC Verify, about how his team is reporting on Iran in the midst of an internet blackout.
A former risk officer from Reuters offers guidance on how newsrooms can prepare for a broad, concerted assault by the government’s legal, regulatory, prosecutorial powers.
At this GIJC25 session, journalists shared how they combine open source research, on-the-ground reporting, and even self-built databases to investigate migration.
Journalists in Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, and surrounding countries are using procurement data to reveal corruption, and can offer lessons for journalists around the world.
Based in the Mexican border region of Chihuahua, a state where organized crime exerts a strong presence, means working “under constant threat,” but Gallegos refuses to be silenced.
Our round-up of the best in recent data journalism also highlights AI propaganda in Ukraine, Chinese energy loans to Africa, and the arrival of the Year of the Horse.
Of note this year are projects tackling everything from cryptocurrency crime to climate action, from transnational repression to immigrant news infrastructure.
Experts offer practical tips and tools for covering attacks on civilians on the battlefield and interviewing non-combatant survivors of armed conflict.
This reporting guide is designed to help journalists understand the causes of food inequity, famine, and starvation as well as the global agencies and data sources tracking these phenomena.
This guide offers journalists a new detection tool and seven advanced techniques for spotting probable AI-generated content.
Featuring tips, techniques, and best practices for covering the algorithms — and their corresponding impacts — used by tech giants’ social media platforms.
Featuring advice on fact checking, digital security tips, interview techniques, and guidelines for editors.
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According to a Special Report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), more journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since the organization began collecting data more than three decades ago; it was also the second consecutive year-on-year record for press deaths. Key findings of the report include that Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings in both 2025 and 2024, and that drone killings of journalists are surging — from two in 2023, when CPJ started tracking these deaths, to 39 in 2025. The number of journalists killed in Sudan and Ukraine has also increased.
Three journalists from the independent media outlet Meydan TV in Azerbaijan have faced physical abuse and sexual threats during their detention. During this past month, the journalists report being physically accosted by jail officials during a search of their cells, which follows other incidents of rough treatment. In addition, one of the detained journalists who is female said male detention staff improperly came into her cell and threatened her with sexual violence. All three face spurious charges of smuggling and financial impropriety by the Azeri government, claims that have been denounced by human rights organizations as politically motivated and an attempt to stifle public accountability efforts.
Designed to address a shortage of independent journalism and encourage cross-border collaboration, this grant program invites cross-border teams of at least two journalists and/or media outlets to submit a proposal for journalistic investigations in Europe with substantial news value and relevant to European audiences. Grants can cover working time and expenses. Applicants must be professional freelance journalists and/or media outlets; projects can include cross-border research, networking between colleagues, and established and innovative investigative methods. In 2026, application rounds have deadlines on March 19, May 21, July 30, and Oct 1.
Source: Amnesty International Security Lab
Amnesty International’s Security Lab said that it has discovered evidence that Predator spyware was used to target Angolan journalist, jurist, and press freedom activist Teixeira Cândido in 2024, in the first forensically confirmed case of the spyware being used on Angolan civil society. In December 2022, the Syndicate of Angolan Journalists, led by Teixeira Cândido, organized a national protest against attacks on journalists. Predator is an invasive phone hacking software; when it infects a device, it has unrestricted access to the microphone, camera, and all user data — including contacts, messages, photos, and videos.
Three members of the Global Investigative Journalism Network were recently selected from among 325 applicants for the 2025 JournalismAI Innovation Challenge. Fundación Ciudadana Civio, Malaysiakini, and The Reporter (Taiwan) were among a dozen news site grantees selected that will receive either US$50,000–100,000 to target innovation and experimentation in their newsrooms. "We're excited to see what comes from the broad range of innovative ideas proposed by these 12 winning publishers," said Matt Cooke, head of Ecosystem Investment Programs, Google News Partnerships, which supports the JournalismAI grant program.
The Gabo Award, now in its 14th edition and named for Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, honors journalists who find ways to do their work in difficult times and under challenging circumstances. Applicants can submit work both individually and as part of a team in five categories — audio, photo, text, audiovisual, or general coverage in any medium — that has been published for the first time in Spanish or Portuguese. Submissions must be registered on the Gabo Foundation application platform between Wednesday, January 21, and Friday, February 20, 2026. A list of 10 nominees, three finalists, and one winner for each category will be selected.
Source: Transparency International
Transparency International is calling for workshop proposals for the 2026 International Anti-Corruption Conference (#IACC2026), which will take place in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, December 1-4, 2026. Each edition of the IACC features up to 60 workshops coordinated by the global anti-corruption community. Anyone working to advance integrity, transparency, and the fight against corruption, including civil society, public institutions, media, academia, and the private sector, is eligible to apply with ideas that share solutions, inspire collaboration, and advance the fight against corruption. The deadline for workshop submissions is February 23.
The African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) returns in 2026 for its 22nd year, this time in Nairobi, Kenya — the first time it will not be held at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa. To ensure that the conference will continue to "present the most interesting, urgent work and journalists on the continent,” AIJC is inviting proposals for suggestions on speakers, panels, themes, or training that would elevate the conference, which will take place at Aga Khan Graduate School of Media and Communications in Nairobi, Kenya, from November 10-12 2026. Email AIJC@journalism.co.za for enquiries.
According to digital rights website netzpolitik.org, in recent weeks, journalists have been targeted by a well-known phishing attack on the Signal messaging service. Dozens of investigative journalists from television and newsrooms, including Die Zeit, CORRECTIV, and netzpolitik.org were targeted. Netzpolitik.org said it has not yet been able to find any victims of the attack outside these fields, suggesting a targeted phishing attack on specific phone numbers. According to Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, head of Amnesty International’s Security Lab, the spread of attacks appears to be fueled by stolen address book entries.
The Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has awarded US$750,000 in grants to 25 fact-checking organizations, including those working under pressure in Russia and Belarus, verification newsrooms in Venezuela, and those building capacity for verification in Nigeria, Kosovo, and Iraq. The awards — at US$30,000 each — arrive at a moment when fact-checkers worldwide are facing numerous challenges, such as platform partnerships being reduced and major funders pulling back. “These grants are designed to keep fact-checkers publishing while they continue working toward more sustainable business models,” said Angie Drobnic Holan, IFCN director.
Based in the Mexican border region of Chihuahua, a state where organized crime exerts a strong presence, means working “under constant threat,” but Gallegos refuses to be silenced.
One of India’s most renowned investigative reporters, Sarin has reported and edited stories digging into security, corruption, and money laundering.
The award-winning reporter and deputy CEO of Taiwan’s The Reporter says public support is the “vital force” that ensures investigative journalism continues to exist.
Kunda Dixit speaks to GIJN about the challenges he has faced in a storied career in investigative reporting, from going into exile to reporting in the face of legal attacks.
GIJN announces the 31 finalists for the 2026 Sigma Awards for excellence in data journalism, which attracted a record-breaking 543 entries from 84 different countries.
The Sigma Awards celebrate the best data journalism from around the world. Submissions are now open for data projects published in 2025.
Understanding, organizing, and validating data directly affects the accuracy of stories. New tools make cleaning accessible to journalists without coding.
With basic web knowledge, guidance, and examples, even non-coding journalists can build a scraper with large language models.
Since 2020, the exiled outlet’s investigations have led to approximately 90 sanction actions, proving how journalism can make a real impact on authoritarian regimes.
This small yet notorious investigative outlet was formed almost by accident — but has gone on to investigate electoral issues, conflict, and the death of an Indian journalist.
Being a journalist in Haiti means not only witnessing daily violence but also being a potential target, one news outlet remains a home for those who refuse to stop reporting.
GIJN sat down with newsroom leaders from the Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI) to discuss the group’s history, its current business model, and where it plans to go next.
The 14th Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC25) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, assembled more than 1,500 journalists from over 135 countries and territories to hold workshops, share best practices, and build a community increasingly confronting funding crises, disinformation campaigns, digital surveillance, and authoritarian threats. This project is a compendium of GIJN’s coverage of the conference.
This regional spotlight series examines the world’s largest and most populous continent, which is also the host of the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference. Asia serves as a unique laboratory in the global media landscape, but journalists here face multifaceted challenges, from censorship to physical threats, digital surveillance to financial pressures. Despite this, watchdog reporters […]
Our third regional spotlight series examines the challenges facing our members and other outlets in the Middle East and North Africa, such as war, backsliding democracies, self-censorship, exile, surveillance and imprisonment of journalists, and the hostile legal environment — and why this reality on the ground makes investigative journalism there all the more essential.
Our second regional spotlight series examines the successes and challenges facing our members in Africa and others reporting from the continent. These articles tell the stories of growing journalistic collaboration, courage, and innovation in the face of repression, legal intimidation, lack of access to information, and even physical threats.
Online scams have become borderless threats that evolve rapidly in scale, sophistication, and impact. From fraudsters using the Internet to steal to phishing networks that engage in social engineering and trick individuals, scams are often backed by organized criminal groups that exploit weak law enforcement, jurisdictional loopholes, and digital anonymity.
In this online workshop GIJN convenes four experienced African journalists to discuss how to dig out information from repressive regimes, track the tools that these regimes use to subjugate their people, fact check and debunk misinformation and propaganda, and investigate strategic and geopolitical allies that help to keep autocrats in power despite opposition from citizens.
What innovative tools and techniques are shaping the future of data journalism? A special Lightning Round webinar with the 10 winners of the 2025 Sigma Awards, celebrating some of the world’s best data-driven investigations.
