GLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK

TODAY

5 Tips for Slashing FOIA Costs

With a little research and negotiation, reporters can slash the cost of obtaining records bundles and speed up the government’s response in the process.

YESTERDAY

Guide to Investigating Social Media Algorithms

In this reporting guide, GIJN offers tips, techniques, and best practices for covering the algorithms — and their corresponding impacts — used by tech giants' social media platforms.

AUGUST 1. 2025

Using AI and Satellites to Track Illegal Fishing in Marine Protected Areas

Using artificial intelligence and synthetic aperture satellite technology, investigators can better identify and document illicit activity at sea.

JULY 31. 2025

Senior Project Coordinator – Media in Exile

The Thomson Reuters Foundation is seeking a highly organised and motivated Senior Project Coordinator to manage the delivery of grants and capacity building interventions for media in exile.

Notes from a Small Island: Bernadette Carreon on Covering Palau, the Pacific, and the World

GIJN’s speaks to the veteran reporter who covered the Pacific region from the small island nation of Palau for more than 20 years.

JULY 30. 2025

GIJN Reporting Guide for Landfill Methane Emissions and Solutions

This GIJN guide offers reporting best practices, key resources as well as what questions to ask when investigating methane emissions from landfills and how to reduce them.

JULY 29. 2025

Summer Reading List for Data Journalists: For Those Who Believe in the Power of Storytelling with Numbers

Featuring books spanning four continents, these recommended reads provide a global perspective on data journalism.

JULY 28. 2025

Open Rank Professor, Investigative Journalism & Executive Editor, Investigative Reporting Workshop

The Division of Journalism in the School of Communication at American University invites applications for a full-time, open rank position and the concurrent role as Executive Editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop: a professional, nonprofit, editorially independent newsroom based in the School of Communication.

How to Use Germany’s New Lobby Register as an Investigative Tool

The German Bundestag’s new lobby register is a trove of data for investigative journalists reporting on influence and money in federal politics.

JULY 25. 2025

Israeli War on Gaza Infrastructure, Trump Tariff Economic Hit, Myanmar Mining Pollution, Runaway Global Arms Race

Our round-up of the best in recent data journalism also looks at the Argentinian president's travels, drowning deaths in a Swiss river, and pro-Russian bot propaganda in Ukraine's occupied territories.

JULY 24. 2025

Tips on Running a Successful Local Investigative Outlet

Despite starting out as an online newsletter with no office and no team, Joshi Herrmann’s Mill Media has grown into a case study on how to make big-impact local investigative journalism work.

JULY 23. 2025

Inside the Cross-Border Network Exposing the Environmental Crisis Facing Africa’s Longest River

Co-founded by two journalists, InfoNile has grown into a sprawling ecosystem of cross-border investigations, multimedia storytelling, and data-driven reporting across the Nile Basin's 11 countries.

JULY 22. 2025

Fighting for Accountability and Press Freedom in West Africa

For almost 30 years, the Media Foundation for West Africa has supported watchdog journalism and press freedom in both democratic and authoritarian states across the region.

JULY 21. 2025

How They Did It: Investigating Migrant Abuses on Cargo Truck Smuggling Routes

Tips from four reporters who took part in a seven month-long collaborative investigation into the growing use of cargo trucks to transport migrants and asylum seekers through Mexico.