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TODAY

From Sharing One Typewriter to Toppling a Corrupt President: How PCIJ Has Reshaped Watchdog Reporting in the Philippines

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, a GIJN founding member, has grown from a one-room news startup 36 years ago to a seminal force for watchdog reporting.

YESTERDAY

GIJN Guide to Investigating Foreign Lobbying

GIJN has created a reporting guide for journalists worldwide so they can research and produce compelling stories on how countries and companies seek to exert influence abroad.

JUNE 3. 2025

Looking Back on Five Years: How the Sigma Awards Have Rallied and Inspired Data Journalism Excellence

After five years and 2,875 project entries from more than 100 countries, the Sigma Awards have become a catalyst for innovation and forever changed the face of data journalism.

JUNE 2. 2025

How They Did It: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Series Exposing Fentanyl’s Global Supply Routes

This seven-part Reuters series revealed how easily chemicals used to create fentanyl can be acquired — and the network of suppliers that make the illicit drug trade possible.

MAY 30. 2025

Measles Vaccine Impact, Tracking Narco-Submarines, Portugal’s Electoral Shift, and a Mission to Saturn’s Moon

We also highlight an analysis of whether flying has become less safe, an investigation into a Philippine reforestation program, and the numbers behind the Eurovision song contest.

MAY 29. 2025

Tips for Turning Unreadable Text Into Evidence

Whether it's extracting names from footage, decoding social media posts, or reading distorted text in documents, Henk van Ess explains how free digital tools can take on these investigative tasks.

MAY 28. 2025

Investigations Editor

In 2020, Liberty launched an exciting new project using the tools of investigative journalism to expose and challenge abuses of power and violations of human rights: Liberty Investigates. You can find the investigative unit’s work at libertyinvestigates. org. uk.

‘Giving Sources Power’: Reporting on Indigenous Communities and Creating Compelling Investigative Podcasts

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Connie Walker discusses her favorite podcast tools, the ‘radical transformation’ of how Indigenous issues are covered, and building trust with sources.

MAY 27. 2025

Guide to Investigating Caste

Investigating caste issues is crucial for understanding India's socioeconomic dynamics and addressing systemic inequalities. Read GIJN's reporting guide on the topic.

MAY 26. 2025

+972 and Local Call: Investigating Israel at War

Reporters and editors for two small Israeli outlets committed to investigative reporting detail how they report amid the heightened tensions related to the conflict.

MAY 23. 2025

Mexico’s Transparency Institute Helped Reporters Uncover Corruption and Wrongdoing: How Will Investigation Journalism Fare Once It’s Gone?

For decades, the work of INAI helped investigative reporters uncover hidden truths. They fear its abolition will hinder exposés on corruption and human rights abuses.

MAY 22. 2025

Anatomy of an Ecocide: The Mysterious Poisoning of Czechia’s Becva River

Our investigation found that a factory owned by a former Czech prime minister should have been the prime suspect in an environmental disaster. But authorities looked elsewhere.

MAY 21. 2025

5 Free Open Source Digital Tools to Combat Disinformation

Developed by Brazilian media outlets in late 2024, the solutions are available free of charge to any journalistic organization inside and outside Brazil.

MAY 20. 2025

Journalism in the Crucible: Seven Key Takeaways from 2025 Harry Evans Truth Tellers Summit

In London, leading reporters and editors met to discuss the challenges reporters face today, from legal threats to security risks to a combative new president in the White House.