GLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK

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.

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.