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Investigative Photography: Supporting a Story with Images
There’s nothing like a good photographer to bring alive an investigative story. One of the worst crimes that investigative journalists commit is spending months on a great story, and then only minutes...
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Drone Journalism
Turbulent with a chance of data: Journalism’s drone-powered futures: A guide to storytelling with UAVs, by Monika Sengul-Jones in datajournalism.com. Tips on Drone Journalism by Raffy Tima, a senior...
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Mobile Journalism Guide: How To Get Your Mojo Workin’
COVID-19 Update: Reporting during the pandemic poses some new risks. Here are some relevant resources. Marc Settle, a BBC Academy smartphone trainer, prepared this article: Coronavirus’ impact on...
View ArticleNils Mulvad – The story behind the data
More than ever, investigative journalists need to understand electronic data to do their jobs. To find, extract, analyze and tell stories, increasingly they need to deal with spreadsheets, databases,...
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Business Tools for Newsrooms: A GIJN Guide
Illustration: Sentavio, via Freepik.com This guide was produced thanks to support from the Google News Initiative. It was researched and written by Talya Cooper, a researcher based in New York who has...
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Investigative Audio: 8 Tips from Podcasting Innovators
Image: Shutterstock It was after attending a podcast show in 2019 that Jason Liu, the deputy editor-in-chief of The Reporter, decided to start The Real Story, a podcast version of the online...
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How to Set Up a Video Unit: A GIJN Guide for Small Organizations
When I was finishing grad school more than a decade ago, doing video was the next big thing. Across the world, news organizations were hiring freelance and full-time staff to produce video stories. I...
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Investigative Journalism in Africa: A Book From the Frontlines
Editor’s note: This is an abridged excerpt from the book “Investigative Journalism in Africa: A Practical Manual,” written by the award-winning Ghanaian investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni....
View ArticleGIJC23 – Podcasts: Producing the Investigative Podcast
Podcast listening in Brazil and Indonesia, two of the world’s top markets, has followed a global surge in listeners turning to the intimacy of podcasting and streaming audio, when and where they want....
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Going Multilingual — The New Frontier of Podcasting?
Editor’s note: The KBR editorial team secured support from GIJN’s Investigative Journalism Media Assessment Program (IJ-MAP) to work with Reber and GIJN Advisory Services to develop its investigative...
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How Alexey Navalny Was Inspired by — and Inspired — Investigative Journalism...
While not a journalist himself, the anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny proved that anyone, after training and practice, can master new investigative tools to expose rights abuse at the highest...
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How a Group of Paris-Based Journalists Are Saving Investigations from Oblivion
Indian journalist Shashikant Warishe knew that his reporting on a controversial new refinery in the western Konkan region was angering some dangerous people. He had been warned by friends and...
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How Georgia Is Following a Russian Legal Blueprint to Suppress Independent...
“I’m sure that it will make the same impact in Georgia [as in Russia] and will encourage a witch hunt on watchdogs.” — University of Georgia Investigative Media Lab’s Anna Gvarishvili One year after...
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How to Investigate When the State Conceals Data: Lessons from Belarus
In 2020, huge protests erupted in Belarus, drawing international coverage. The unrest emerged in response to allegations from poll workers that Alexander Lukashenko — who has been the president of...
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Investigating in Audio: Nine Standout Podcasts from Latin America
For a long time, investigative journalism in Latin America was dominated by traditional media platforms and aimed at a niche audience who enjoyed longform stories about corruption, bribery, and...
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How Mobile Investigative Newsrooms Can Restore Citizens’ Faith in Journalism
The lakeside location, historic churches, and pretty cobbled streets of Ohrid in North Macedonia draw hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. But the city’s status as a UNESCO-protected gem has...
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Project Management: Planning and Timelines
Before embarking on any investigative journalism project, it is essential to have a clear definition of the scope and objectives. It is up to the project manager to help the team focus on the project,...
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Project Management: Team Dynamics and Collaboration
If team building or collaboration were easy, far fewer books would have been written on the subject. Personalities, expectations, working styles, cultural backgrounds, and newsroom practice can...
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GIJN Guide to Project Management in Investigative Journalism
Many of today’s most significant issues, including climate change, corruption and human rights abuses, have a global impact. Collaborative journalism makes it easier to report on issues that affect us...
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Project Management: Budgeting and Resource Management
Investigative journalism projects require not only intellectual resources, but also financial and material investments. There’s no investigative journalism without funding. And while every potential...
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