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The global hub for investigative journalism, sharing resources, stories, events, and jobs. Find #GIJN's regional feeds, here: http://gijn.org/follow-gijn/

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · Nov 21

💫 A list of current/former staff, contributors, fellow journalism orgs, and our members for easy following on Bluesky.

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 2h

🚨 Reminder: Join GIJN’s 75-min Burnout Prevention Workshop with trainer Kim Brice.

🗓 Oct 16 | 9:30 ET.

Learn to spot burnout, manage stress & build resilience.

🔗 Register via short form & Zoom link: https://twp.ai/9PXIIw

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 7h

🔍 In some of the world’s toughest environments, Asia’s data journalists are finding new ways to keep the truth visible – even when data is scarce or censored.

Meet @indiaspend.com, @kontinentalist.bsky.social & Punch Up in GIJN’s #AsiaFocus series:

Data Journalism in Asia: Rethinking the Relationships Between Newsrooms, Communities, and Evidence

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 10h

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Global Investigative Journalism Network (@gijn.org)

The global hub for investigative journalism, sharing resources, stories, events, and jobs. Find #GIJN's regional feeds, here: http://gijn.org/follow-gijn/

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 17h

One of Nepal’s most influential journalistic voices @kundadixit.bsky.social is a reporter, editor, author & mentor who has not only chronicled events, but also nurtured and guided journalists in Nepal and beyond.

Here he speaks to GIJN on his career's highs & lows:

‘Impact is Often Subliminal’: A Nepali Journalism Veteran on the Highs — and Lows — of His Reporting Career

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 17h

Interested in joining the world of investigative journalism?

GIJN's guide, "Introduction to Investigative Journalism," features advice on fact checking, digital security tips, interview techniques, and guidelines for editors.

Guide: Introduction to Investigative Journalism

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 1d

💣 The arms trade is big business — but when those weapons are used in war crimes, who’s accountable?

GIJN’s latest Investigating War Crimes chapter helps reporters dig into deals, follow the money, and uncover complicity.

📄 Find the details here 👇

Investigating War Crimes: Arms Trade

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 1d

As part of GIJN's #AsiaFocus, published in the lead up to #GIJC25, GIJN surveyed its 40-plus members across the continent to identify some of the most critical challenges facing investigative journalism in the region.

🔗 Learn more:

Investigative Journalism in Asia: Resistance, Transformation, and Solidarity Amidst Mounting Press Challenges

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 1d

GIJN spoke with organizations, editors, and journalists who are finding ways to overcome the barriers to connect reporters and investigate critical topics across this diverse region.

More:

How Newsrooms are Uncovering Asia’s Climate and Environmental Crises, from Illegal Sand Mining to Sinking Cities

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 1d

💸 Power, money, and secrecy.

Across Asia, investigative journalists are tracking illicit wealth, exposing how officials launder money through offshore havens, luxury property, and shell companies.

This #AsiaFocus story shares how they do it:

State-Connected Oligarchs and Looted Public Funds: Tracking Illicit Money Across Asia

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 2d

Headed to #GIJC25 in Kuala Lumpur later this year?

Here are a dozen books about Malaysia to read before your trip, put together by GIJN’s global team manager Eunice Au and Columbia University’s Anya Schiffrin.

GIJN Bookshelf: The Malaysia Edit

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 2d

📚 GIJN's Stories of the Week

• @journalismarena.eu & partners explore Europe’s vanishing natural spaces.
• Ojo Público & @connectas.org expose clinics & insurers misusing patient info.
• @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social probe a municipal worker accused of illegal sand mining.

https://twp.ai/9PXF5Q

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 2d

“When citizens can chat with a budget or inspect a dataset themselves, they stop being passive readers. They become co-investigators.”

— Freelance data journalist Jaemark Tordecilla told GIJN.

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Data Journalism in Asia: Rethinking the Relationships Between Newsrooms, Communities, and Evidence

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 2d

🚨 Reminder: Join GIJN’s 75-min Burnout Prevention Workshop with trainer Kim Brice.

🗓 Oct 16 | 9:30 ET.

Learn to spot burnout, manage stress & build resilience.

🔗 Register via short form & Zoom link: https://twp.ai/9PXIIq

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 2d

“One of the biggest challenges is not the skillset of the journalists, but the environment — in many countries in Asia, data availability was, and probably still is, a big challenge.”

— Yolanda Jinxin Ma, who teaches at Hong Kong University

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Data Journalism in Asia: Rethinking the Relationships Between Newsrooms, Communities, and Evidence

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 2d

📰 Support watchdog journalism around the world!

Your donation helps GIJN train and equip investigative reporters tackling corruption, abuse, and injustice globally.

Give today:

Empower the World’s Watchdog Journalists

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 2d

🔍 Across Asia, data storytelling newsrooms are reimagining journalism & finding creative ways to work around closed data regimes & resource gaps.

From @indiaspend.com to @kontinentalist.bsky.social & Punch Up, they’re using data to build trust & accountability.

Data Journalism in Asia: Rethinking the Relationships Between Newsrooms, Communities, and Evidence

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 2d

Reporter’s Guide to Detecting AI-Generated Content

This guide offers journalists a new detection tool and seven advanced techniques for spotting probable AI-generated content.

Learn more:

Reporter’s Guide to Detecting AI-Generated Content

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 2d

Investigative journalists across Africa are pioneering community-driven methods in geospatial analysis & verification – filling gaps left by global tools.

Learn how local expertise is reshaping digital investigations:

Rewriting the Rules of Digital Verification: How African Investigative Journalists Are Building New Data Models

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 2d

Whether you're an investigative team looking for trusted collaborators, or a journalist seeking cross-border projects, @journalist.net makes it simple to connect and work securely.

🔗 Learn more:

The News Professionals · Journalist.net

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 3d

📢 Call for input: Experts in digital governance, policy, media & civil society – contribute to a @UNESCO.org-funded survey on regulating digital platforms in times of crisis. Open until Oct 24, 2025 in EN/FR/ES/PT.

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Digital Regulation in Times of Crisis

New policy approaches and tools are urgently needed in order to safeguard national information integrity, freedom of expression and privacy rights in the new globalized communication landscape in times of crisis. This survey will help us understand the key challenges that regulators across the world are facing.

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 3d

🛠️ GIJN's Tips & Tools

• @bellingcat.com outlines strategies to monitor conflict amid misinformation.
• A @pulitzercenter.org webinar shares environmental story scraping tools.
• An @earthjournalism.bsky.social grant supports media coverage of environmental challenges.

https://twp.ai/9PXF2W

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 3d

GIJN's round-up of the best in recent data journalism features stories about fuel smuggling in Mexico, a surge of drone strikes on Kyiv, rising poverty in Nigeria, and the threat of typhoons to Hong Kong.

Data Centers’ Impact on Utility Prices, UK’s Far-Right Online, Fatal Consequences of USAID Cuts, Drone Strikes on Kyiv

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 3d

🌿 Calling all journalists: The Rainforest Reporting Grant is now open!

Dive deep into stories that matter – climate, biodiversity, indigenous voices.

Apply now:

Rainforest Reporting Grant | Pulitzer Center

Rainforest Reporting Grant. The Rainforest Reporting Grant provides short-term, project-based funding support to journalists who want to report on tropical rainforests in three key regions: the Amazon, Central Africa, and...

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 3d

💫 NEW! Across Asia, journalists are teaming up to expose environmental harms that cross borders – from illegal sand mining to soil loss and sinking cities.

Collaboration is key to covering the climate crisis.

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How Newsrooms are Uncovering Asia’s Climate and Environmental Crises, from Illegal Sand Mining to Sinking Cities

Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 3d

⏳ The Countdown to #GIJC25...

GIJN & @malaysiakini.com are excited to welcome the world’s investigative journalism community to Kuala Lumpur for the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference.

Register by Nov. 10: https://twp.ai/9PXIGe