GLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK

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.

MAY 19. 2025

GIJN Webinar: Behind the Data — Tools and Techniques from the 2025 Sigma Award Winners

In this fast-paced session, winning teams will each have five minutes to share key insights from their reporting process — from their favorite tools to innovative methods that helped uncover complex stories. Moderated by journalist and newsroom leader Gina Chua, the session offers a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the workflows powering award-winning journalism.

From Flammable Buildings to Slavery’s Hidden Legacy to Tainted Groundwater: Projects from 10 Countries Win GIJN’s 2025 Sigma Awards

Ten outstanding data-driven journalism projects, from as many countries, were chosen by a diverse Prize Committee of 17 judges from 498 entries from 80 countries.

MAY 16. 2025

Blackout in Spain and Portugal, Canada and Australia Elections, and a New Pope Elected

This Top 10 in Data Journalism column also highlights the death of a Ukrainian journalist in a Russian prison, Trump’s first 100 days, and India and Pakistan’s nuclear arsenals.

MAY 15. 2025

Wildfire Reporting — Expert Advice on Emerging Issues, Recurring Risks

Two California-based journalists offer some reporting best practices, logistical tips, and safety precautions to take when covering wildfires.

MAY 14. 2025

Passports Are Key to Uncovering Offshore Secrecy — We Use Machine Learning to Find Them Efficiently

Passports can help unlock secret ownership of offshore companies, but finding them is often challenging. At ICIJ, we decided to build a new detection tool to speed up this process.

MAY 13. 2025

2025 Global Shining Light Award Finalists: Small and Medium Outlets

Six intrepid investigative projects from small and medium news outlets have been selected by GIJN as finalists for the 2025 Global Shining Light Awards.

2025 Global Shining Light Award Finalists: Smalls and Medium Outlets

Six intrepid investigative projects from small and medium news outlets have been selected by GIJN as finalists for the 2025 Global Shining Light Awards.

MAY 12. 2025

2025 Global Shining Light Award Finalists: Large Outlets

Seven courageous investigative projects from large news outlets have been selected by GIJN as finalists for the 2025 Global Shining Light Awards.

MAY 8. 2025

How State Agents Target Journalists the Government Claims to Protect: Stark Warnings from Mexico and Honduras

A deep dive into how government-run journalist protection programs in Latin America are failing to shield the press from attacks and intimidation by state agents and organized crime.

MAY 7. 2025

Essential Open Source Tools for Journalists Investigating Air Pollution

Here is a list of open source data tools that journalists can utilize to track air pollution, uncover its sources, and reveal the corporate networks responsible.

MAY 6. 2025

Silencing the Press: The Case of Alsu Kurmasheva and the Growing Threat of ‘Foreign Agent’ Laws

The RFE/RL reporter spent 288 days in a Russian prison after she was accused of failing to declare herself a “foreign agent.

MAY 5. 2025

Chaos and Credibility: A Snapshot of How AI Is Impacting Press Freedom and Investigative Journalism

GIJN offers a snapshot of how watchdog reporters are confronting algorithmic abuses and misinformation while also employing AI as a key newsroom tool.

MAY 2. 2025

Electing a New Pope, North Korea Fighting Ukraine, Vaccination Rates to Stop Outbreaks, and a Deadly Gold Mine in Turkey

Also highlights how X influences Elon Musk’s government policy, the numbers behind the successful Danish toy maker Lego, and mapping the Sudan conflict.