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“I’ll come and shoot you in the head…”
— Russian soldier Stanislav Shmatov threatened Ukrainian journalist Valeria Egoshyna.
Using OSINT, satellite imagery, interviews & even tattoos on dating profiles, Ukrainian journalists document war crimes despite extreme danger.
— Russian soldier Stanislav Shmatov threatened Ukrainian journalist Valeria Egoshyna.
Using OSINT, satellite imagery, interviews & even tattoos on dating profiles, Ukrainian journalists document war crimes despite extreme danger.
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Reporting on War Crimes in Ukraine’s Occupied Territories
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November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“I’ll come and shoot you in the head…”
— Russian soldier Stanislav Shmatov threatened Ukrainian journalist Valeria Egoshyna.
Using OSINT, satellite imagery, interviews & even tattoos on dating profiles, Ukrainian journalists document war crimes despite extreme danger.
— Russian soldier Stanislav Shmatov threatened Ukrainian journalist Valeria Egoshyna.
Using OSINT, satellite imagery, interviews & even tattoos on dating profiles, Ukrainian journalists document war crimes despite extreme danger.
Reporters from @lighthousereports.com, @amnesty.org, and Daraj Media shared how biometric tech is being misused from skewed voter systems in Mozambique to surveillance-driven ID programs in Uganda.
Their message: this industry is booming, opaque, and ripe for scrutiny.
Their message: this industry is booming, opaque, and ripe for scrutiny.
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Strategies to Investigate the Biometric Technology Boom in the Global South
twp.ai
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Reporters from @lighthousereports.com, @amnesty.org, and Daraj Media shared how biometric tech is being misused from skewed voter systems in Mozambique to surveillance-driven ID programs in Uganda.
Their message: this industry is booming, opaque, and ripe for scrutiny.
Their message: this industry is booming, opaque, and ripe for scrutiny.
Chronic hunger affects 673 million people – about 8.2% of the – driven by poverty, broken food systems & inequality.
GIJN’s new guide shows how to dig into systemic failures:
GIJN’s new guide shows how to dig into systemic failures:
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Guide to Investigating Food Insecurity
twp.ai
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Chronic hunger affects 673 million people – about 8.2% of the – driven by poverty, broken food systems & inequality.
GIJN’s new guide shows how to dig into systemic failures:
GIJN’s new guide shows how to dig into systemic failures:
In an era of NDAs, AI surveillance, and digital monitoring, whistleblowers face more risks than ever.
New tools like @psst-org.bsky.social & MyPrivacyPolls Gray aim to make it safer to tell the truth and harder for wrongdoing to stay hidden.
Learn more:
New tools like @psst-org.bsky.social & MyPrivacyPolls Gray aim to make it safer to tell the truth and harder for wrongdoing to stay hidden.
Learn more:
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Data Cleaning Tools and Techniques for Non-Coders
twp.ai
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
In an era of NDAs, AI surveillance, and digital monitoring, whistleblowers face more risks than ever.
New tools like @psst-org.bsky.social & MyPrivacyPolls Gray aim to make it safer to tell the truth and harder for wrongdoing to stay hidden.
Learn more:
New tools like @psst-org.bsky.social & MyPrivacyPolls Gray aim to make it safer to tell the truth and harder for wrongdoing to stay hidden.
Learn more:
During the recent #GIJC25, the @indigenousja.bsky.social released a reporting guide for covering Indigenous identity.
Read more: https://twp.ai/9PYTGt
Read more: https://twp.ai/9PYTGt
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
During the recent #GIJC25, the @indigenousja.bsky.social released a reporting guide for covering Indigenous identity.
Read more: https://twp.ai/9PYTGt
Read more: https://twp.ai/9PYTGt
Courageous investigations from Mexico to the Amazon, Russia & Africa were honored at the Global Shining Light Awards.
These winning projects exposed migrant abuses, attacks on Indigenous communities, foreign combat recruitment, & the hidden harms of a powerful cult.
These winning projects exposed migrant abuses, attacks on Indigenous communities, foreign combat recruitment, & the hidden harms of a powerful cult.
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Brave Investigations from Nigeria, Egypt, Peru, and Mexico Honored at GIJC25’s Global Shining Light Awards
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November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Courageous investigations from Mexico to the Amazon, Russia & Africa were honored at the Global Shining Light Awards.
These winning projects exposed migrant abuses, attacks on Indigenous communities, foreign combat recruitment, & the hidden harms of a powerful cult.
These winning projects exposed migrant abuses, attacks on Indigenous communities, foreign combat recruitment, & the hidden harms of a powerful cult.
Because donors are now well aware of the erosion of democratic institutions & human rights norms globally, an opportunity exists for investigative newsrooms to credibly argue that their work is essential to the freedoms even of the donors themselves.
Here's how:
Here's how:
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Tips for Identifying New Funding Sources for Investigative Journalism
twp.ai
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Because donors are now well aware of the erosion of democratic institutions & human rights norms globally, an opportunity exists for investigative newsrooms to credibly argue that their work is essential to the freedoms even of the donors themselves.
Here's how:
Here's how:
📣 Last year, the Sigma Awards received 498 submissions from around the world – and we can’t wait to see what 2025 brings.
Submit your best data journalism by Jan 11, 2026.
Questions? Email sigmas@gijn.org .
Apply: https://twp.ai/9PYX9F
Submit your best data journalism by Jan 11, 2026.
Questions? Email sigmas@gijn.org .
Apply: https://twp.ai/9PYX9F
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
📣 Last year, the Sigma Awards received 498 submissions from around the world – and we can’t wait to see what 2025 brings.
Submit your best data journalism by Jan 11, 2026.
Questions? Email sigmas@gijn.org .
Apply: https://twp.ai/9PYX9F
Submit your best data journalism by Jan 11, 2026.
Questions? Email sigmas@gijn.org .
Apply: https://twp.ai/9PYX9F
Data cleaning is an ethical responsibility. Small inconsistencies – dates, spellings, categories, formats – can lead to major reporting errors.
Tools like Google Sheets, OpenRefine, Power Query, Airtable, Tabula & more help journalists clean data without writing code.
Tools like Google Sheets, OpenRefine, Power Query, Airtable, Tabula & more help journalists clean data without writing code.
gijn.org
Data Cleaning Tools and Techniques for Non-Coders
twp.ai
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Data cleaning is an ethical responsibility. Small inconsistencies – dates, spellings, categories, formats – can lead to major reporting errors.
Tools like Google Sheets, OpenRefine, Power Query, Airtable, Tabula & more help journalists clean data without writing code.
Tools like Google Sheets, OpenRefine, Power Query, Airtable, Tabula & more help journalists clean data without writing code.
Here, IJNet shares a variety of powerful, free or low-cost AI tools that journalists can use to transcribe interviews, translate text, dub videos, and more.
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Low-cost AI tools to help journalists work smarter | International Journalists' Network
twp.ai
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here, IJNet shares a variety of powerful, free or low-cost AI tools that journalists can use to transcribe interviews, translate text, dub videos, and more.
Learn from George R.R. Martin & award-winning instructors at @medillschool.bsky.social's 2026 Writing Workshop. Fully funded, 8 days of fiction craft & mentorship.
Apply by Jan 12:
Apply by Jan 12:
Applications for the 2026 George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop are now open - Medill - Northwestern University
The third annual George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is now accepting applications.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Learn from George R.R. Martin & award-winning instructors at @medillschool.bsky.social's 2026 Writing Workshop. Fully funded, 8 days of fiction craft & mentorship.
Apply by Jan 12:
Apply by Jan 12:
From fossil-fuel “sacrifice zones” to corporate-captured science, panelists at #GIJC25 shared tools for digging into slow-burn, life-and-death crises.
Their message: go where companies operate, scrutinize their claims, follow the money – and keep the story alive.
Their message: go where companies operate, scrutinize their claims, follow the money – and keep the story alive.
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Investigating Global Health: Impact from Corporations
twp.ai
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
From fossil-fuel “sacrifice zones” to corporate-captured science, panelists at #GIJC25 shared tools for digging into slow-burn, life-and-death crises.
Their message: go where companies operate, scrutinize their claims, follow the money – and keep the story alive.
Their message: go where companies operate, scrutinize their claims, follow the money – and keep the story alive.
Around the Global South, citizens are being pushed into biometric systems from SIM card registration to national digital IDs. But, who does this technology really empower?
Investigations show inflated contracts, surveillance risks & serious human rights concerns.
Investigations show inflated contracts, surveillance risks & serious human rights concerns.
gijn.org
Strategies to Investigate the Biometric Technology Boom in the Global South
twp.ai
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Around the Global South, citizens are being pushed into biometric systems from SIM card registration to national digital IDs. But, who does this technology really empower?
Investigations show inflated contracts, surveillance risks & serious human rights concerns.
Investigations show inflated contracts, surveillance risks & serious human rights concerns.
Alumni of GIJN’s first four Digital Threats courses have applied their training to produce numerous exposés of online scams and disinformation, from India to Kenya to the Philippines.
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How Digital Threats Training Has Powered Innovative Cyber Investigations Around the World
twp.ai
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Alumni of GIJN’s first four Digital Threats courses have applied their training to produce numerous exposés of online scams and disinformation, from India to Kenya to the Philippines.
Hunger is rising fast: 295M people now face acute, life-threatening food insecurity, and 673M struggle with chronic hunger.
GIJN’s new guide helps journalists investigate the systems, conflicts, and failures driving this crisis and report it with depth and accuracy.
GIJN’s new guide helps journalists investigate the systems, conflicts, and failures driving this crisis and report it with depth and accuracy.
gijn.org
Guide to Investigating Food Insecurity
twp.ai
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Hunger is rising fast: 295M people now face acute, life-threatening food insecurity, and 673M struggle with chronic hunger.
GIJN’s new guide helps journalists investigate the systems, conflicts, and failures driving this crisis and report it with depth and accuracy.
GIJN’s new guide helps journalists investigate the systems, conflicts, and failures driving this crisis and report it with depth and accuracy.
Illegal mining is more than a crime story, it’s a public health, environmental, and Indigenous rights issue. Investigating it requires trust, collaboration, and strong safety strategies to navigate intimidation, NDAs, and legal threats.
More:
More:
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Investigating Illegal Mining: Tips on Angles, Sourcing, and Post-Publication
twp.ai
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Illegal mining is more than a crime story, it’s a public health, environmental, and Indigenous rights issue. Investigating it requires trust, collaboration, and strong safety strategies to navigate intimidation, NDAs, and legal threats.
More:
More:
The Tarbell Fellowship is a one-year program for journalists interested in covering artificial intelligence.
Fellows:
📰 Receive a nine-month major newsroom placement
📚 Take a 10-week course on AI
✈️ Attend a weeklong journalism summit in the San Fran Bay Area
More:
Fellows:
📰 Receive a nine-month major newsroom placement
📚 Take a 10-week course on AI
✈️ Attend a weeklong journalism summit in the San Fran Bay Area
More:
www.tarbellcenter.org
Tarbell Fellowship
twp.ai
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Tarbell Fellowship is a one-year program for journalists interested in covering artificial intelligence.
Fellows:
📰 Receive a nine-month major newsroom placement
📚 Take a 10-week course on AI
✈️ Attend a weeklong journalism summit in the San Fran Bay Area
More:
Fellows:
📰 Receive a nine-month major newsroom placement
📚 Take a 10-week course on AI
✈️ Attend a weeklong journalism summit in the San Fran Bay Area
More:
The Sigma Awards continue their no-category format, with a global jury of data journalism experts. Eligible projects must be published between Jan 1–Dec 31, 2025.
Submit as many entries as you want, all will join a global database for journalists worldwide.
Apply now:
Submit as many entries as you want, all will join a global database for journalists worldwide.
Apply now:
gijn.org
2026 Sigma Awards for Data Journalism Are Open for Entries
twp.ai
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Sigma Awards continue their no-category format, with a global jury of data journalism experts. Eligible projects must be published between Jan 1–Dec 31, 2025.
Submit as many entries as you want, all will join a global database for journalists worldwide.
Apply now:
Submit as many entries as you want, all will join a global database for journalists worldwide.
Apply now:
Safety matters for all journalists – not only those reporting from conflict zones.
The Freelance Journalist Safety Principles offer practical standards to help editors and freelancers collaborate more safely.
📘 Learn more and download:
The Freelance Journalist Safety Principles offer practical standards to help editors and freelancers collaborate more safely.
📘 Learn more and download:
The Freelance Journalist Safety Principles
Safety principles & practices for international media organizations & freelance journalists endorsed by ACOS Alliance signatories.
twp.ai
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Safety matters for all journalists – not only those reporting from conflict zones.
The Freelance Journalist Safety Principles offer practical standards to help editors and freelancers collaborate more safely.
📘 Learn more and download:
The Freelance Journalist Safety Principles offer practical standards to help editors and freelancers collaborate more safely.
📘 Learn more and download:
🇳🇱 #GIJC27 will be held in the Netherlands!
GIJN is partnering with our Dutch colleagues at VVOJ, as well as @freepressunlimited.org and European Journalism Centre, to bring the world’s leading gathering of investigative journalists to the heart of Europe.
gijn.org/stories/2027...
GIJN is partnering with our Dutch colleagues at VVOJ, as well as @freepressunlimited.org and European Journalism Centre, to bring the world’s leading gathering of investigative journalists to the heart of Europe.
gijn.org/stories/2027...
In 2027, Global Investigative Journalism Conference Heads to the Netherlands
The 15th Global Investigative Journalism Conference will be held in 2027 in the Netherlands, co-hosted by GIJN and VVOJ (The Dutch-Flemish Association of Investigative Journalists).
gijn.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
🇳🇱 #GIJC27 will be held in the Netherlands!
GIJN is partnering with our Dutch colleagues at VVOJ, as well as @freepressunlimited.org and European Journalism Centre, to bring the world’s leading gathering of investigative journalists to the heart of Europe.
gijn.org/stories/2027...
GIJN is partnering with our Dutch colleagues at VVOJ, as well as @freepressunlimited.org and European Journalism Centre, to bring the world’s leading gathering of investigative journalists to the heart of Europe.
gijn.org/stories/2027...
Only 2.9% of the world’s oceans are fully protected – far from the 30x30 goal. 🌎
@earthjournalism.bsky.social is funding newsrooms to change that through deeper, data-driven marine coverage.
💰 Grants: Up to $10,000
🗓️ Apply by Nov 24
🔗 https://twp.ai/9PYHvd
@earthjournalism.bsky.social is funding newsrooms to change that through deeper, data-driven marine coverage.
💰 Grants: Up to $10,000
🗓️ Apply by Nov 24
🔗 https://twp.ai/9PYHvd
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Only 2.9% of the world’s oceans are fully protected – far from the 30x30 goal. 🌎
@earthjournalism.bsky.social is funding newsrooms to change that through deeper, data-driven marine coverage.
💰 Grants: Up to $10,000
🗓️ Apply by Nov 24
🔗 https://twp.ai/9PYHvd
@earthjournalism.bsky.social is funding newsrooms to change that through deeper, data-driven marine coverage.
💰 Grants: Up to $10,000
🗓️ Apply by Nov 24
🔗 https://twp.ai/9PYHvd
🌏 Day 2 of #GIJC25!
@IDL_Gorriti kicked us off with lessons from years of attacks on @idl-r.bsky.social, followed by Charles A. Odeogun-Phillips on the rule of law & rising authoritarianism.
Today: video investigations, FOIA, cross-border crime – plus the INA launch at 1:30 PM in Room 408.
Today: video investigations, FOIA, cross-border crime – plus the INA launch at 1:30 PM in Room 408.
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🌏 Day 2 of #GIJC25!
@IDL_Gorriti kicked us off with lessons from years of attacks on @idl-r.bsky.social, followed by Charles A. Odeogun-Phillips on the rule of law & rising authoritarianism.
Today: video investigations, FOIA, cross-border crime – plus the INA launch at 1:30 PM in Room 408.
Today: video investigations, FOIA, cross-border crime – plus the INA launch at 1:30 PM in Room 408.
At #GIJC25, Dr. Charles A. Adeogun-Phillips pointed to Nigeria’s recovery of $52M from the Galactica Star superyacht – and the bigger problem behind it: Western countries often return only a fraction of stolen assets, with strings attached.
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An International Prosecutor’s Mission to Wrest Stolen Global South Assets from the West
twp.ai
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
At #GIJC25, Dr. Charles A. Adeogun-Phillips pointed to Nigeria’s recovery of $52M from the Galactica Star superyacht – and the bigger problem behind it: Western countries often return only a fraction of stolen assets, with strings attached.
“One in every three deaths can be linked to just four industries.”
At #GIJC25, reporters revealed how harmful-product companies fund science, bend regulation, greenwash impacts, and hide behind associations.
These investigations take months but the stakes are enormous.
At #GIJC25, reporters revealed how harmful-product companies fund science, bend regulation, greenwash impacts, and hide behind associations.
These investigations take months but the stakes are enormous.
gijn.org
Investigating Global Health: Impact from Corporations
twp.ai
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“One in every three deaths can be linked to just four industries.”
At #GIJC25, reporters revealed how harmful-product companies fund science, bend regulation, greenwash impacts, and hide behind associations.
These investigations take months but the stakes are enormous.
At #GIJC25, reporters revealed how harmful-product companies fund science, bend regulation, greenwash impacts, and hide behind associations.
These investigations take months but the stakes are enormous.