GLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK

JULY 16. 2025

Using FOIA to Track Trans Rights in Trump’s America

To track how executive orders affecting transgender people are being enforced, reporters filed hundreds of public records requests with federal, state, and local agencies.

JULY 15. 2025

Tips for Investigating New Oligarchs and Novel Corruption Ploys

The mega-rich oligarchs of the world have a surprising amount in common. Here are tips and resources for investigating their hidden assets and to finding out who is helping them.

JULY 14. 2025

Guide to Investigating Land Conflicts in South Asia

This guide equips journalists with the tools and resources to report on conflicts over land and its resources, such as water and forests.

JULY 11. 2025

Europe’s Deadly Heatwave, Trump’s Massive Budget Bill, Myanmar’s Scam Centers, and Middle East Ceasefires That Don’t Last

Also featuring stories on the world’s riskiest maritime shipping routes, sub-par cancer drugs exported across the globe, and uncovering “pig butchering” online scams in Myanmar.

JULY 10. 2025

2025 Reuters Institute Digital News Report: Eroding Public Trust, Growing Misinformation Threats, and Investigative Journalism’s Appeal

This year's survey finds an accelerating shift towards social media and video platforms, including an array of podcasters, YouTubers, and TikTokers, further diminishing the influence of ‘institutional journalism. '

JULY 9. 2025

‘Foreign Agent’ Law in Bosnia Threatens Independent Media

Journalists and editors from this Balkan nation warn that if the recently passed law survives a legal challenge, it would stifle independent reporting.

JULY 8. 2025

8 Most Common Cybersecurity Mistakes Journalists Should Avoid

Luis Assardo, a digital security trainer and investigative data journalist, gives tips on how journalists can keep their information and devices secure.

JULY 7. 2025

Tips for Investigating Green Energy Supply Chains in the Global South

At an IRE conference panel, experts discussed several powerful tools and innovative techniques for uncovering harmful practices by the global alternative energy industry.

JULY 3. 2025

Building Memory, Documenting the Truth: The Case of Nicaragua’s Confidencial

With hundreds of the country’s reporters in exile, the press is under pressure like never before. But this outlet is continuing to report despite all its staff now being based overseas.

JULY 2. 2025

Uncovering the Hidden Environmental Impact of an Industrial-scale Hog Farm

An award-winning project exposed how a US-governor's pig farming company polluted groundwater, revealing issues of political influence and regulatory neglect.

JULY 1. 2025

Investigating Inside Syria, Six Months After Assad’s Fall

A panel of experts investigating and documenting crimes committed by the old regime share their experiences of working in the “new Syria.

JUNE 30. 2025

Investigating Cold Cases: How Two Journalists Dug Into Decades-Old Civil Rights Era Killings

To resurrect civil rights era cold cases, two reporters uncovered new sources and accessed forgotten government documents to reconsider the historical record.

Register for Free Training Course: Digital Security for Journalists in Times of Crisis

The Global Investigative Journalism Network and the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas are offering a new course for free focusing on digital security for journalists in times of crisis.

JUNE 27. 2025

Airstrikes in Iran and Israel, Los Angeles ICE Protests, India Plane Crash, and ‘Jaws’ Turns 50

Also featuring the data behind Russia’s efforts in Ukraine, why it’s so hard to ditch coal as an energy source, and a literary map of Rio de Janeiro.