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The United Nations calls it one of the world’s deadliest migration routes.
On TikTok, it’s sold as a journey to a better life.
On TikTok, it’s sold as a journey to a better life.
January 14, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The United Nations calls it one of the world’s deadliest migration routes.
On TikTok, it’s sold as a journey to a better life.
On TikTok, it’s sold as a journey to a better life.
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MA Student Zachary Gaouad contributed to a Global Reporting Program investigation with the @globalreportingcentre.org, examining how social media is used to influence people to pursue migration through risky and often dangerous journeys.
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How social media lures migrants into undertaking treacherous journeys
Many people use social media to document the things we enjoy most in our lives, like vacations, meals or the latest TikTok dance. But it can also be used to influence people to seek better lives, ofte...
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January 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
MA Student Zachary Gaouad contributed to a Global Reporting Program investigation with the @globalreportingcentre.org, examining how social media is used to influence people to pursue migration through risky and often dangerous journeys.
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Growing a small nonprofit is a lot like adolescence: awkward, challenging, and full of growing pains. The Global Reporting Centre has learned that sustainable growth isn’t about size—it’s about resources, focus, and staying true to mission.
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Growing a Small Nonprofit Can Be a Bit Like Adolescence — Painful, Difficult, Awkward
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January 14, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Growing a small nonprofit is a lot like adolescence: awkward, challenging, and full of growing pains. The Global Reporting Centre has learned that sustainable growth isn’t about size—it’s about resources, focus, and staying true to mission.
The GRC stands with our journalist colleagues from @thenarwhal.ca and with @amberbracken.bsky.social as they begin their press freedom trial in the B.C. Supreme Court.
“As we stand outside this courthouse, stepping into five weeks of trial, we know the legitimate right of journalists to do their job, to perform their vital role in our democracy, is at stake.” — Narwhal co-founder Carol Linnitt on our case against the RCMP: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
January 12, 2026 at 11:05 PM
The GRC stands with our journalist colleagues from @thenarwhal.ca and with @amberbracken.bsky.social as they begin their press freedom trial in the B.C. Supreme Court.
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Growing a small nonprofit is a lot like adolescence: awkward, challenging, and full of growing pains.
The Global Reporting Centre has learned that sustainable growth isn’t about size – it’s about resources, focus, and staying true to mission.
More:
The Global Reporting Centre has learned that sustainable growth isn’t about size – it’s about resources, focus, and staying true to mission.
More:
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Growing a Small Nonprofit Can Be a Bit Like Adolescence — Painful, Difficult, Awkward
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January 11, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Growing a small nonprofit is a lot like adolescence: awkward, challenging, and full of growing pains.
The Global Reporting Centre has learned that sustainable growth isn’t about size – it’s about resources, focus, and staying true to mission.
More:
The Global Reporting Centre has learned that sustainable growth isn’t about size – it’s about resources, focus, and staying true to mission.
More:
It's only the beginning of January and it's already been a chaotic news cycle awash in disinformation. It's clear independent news is essential. But how do we sustain small non-profit newsrooms?
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Growing a Small Nonprofit Can Be a Bit Like Adolescence — Painful, Difficult, Awkward
The authors, senior leaders at the Global Reporting Centre, write about the difficulties in changing from a fledgling start-up to a robust organization that is ‘set up to succeed.’
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January 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
It's only the beginning of January and it's already been a chaotic news cycle awash in disinformation. It's clear independent news is essential. But how do we sustain small non-profit newsrooms?
Our directors for @gijn.org gijn.org/stories/grow...
Our directors for @gijn.org gijn.org/stories/grow...
As 2025 wraps up, we’re looking back at three investigations that shaped the Global Reporting Centre’s global coverage this year. 🧵👇
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
As 2025 wraps up, we’re looking back at three investigations that shaped the Global Reporting Centre’s global coverage this year. 🧵👇
Every day we feel lucky to work with journalists like @melissakchan.bsky.social. Please read her latest newsletter for the GRC. And consider a year-end donation to the GRC and help fund our journalism in 2026!
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Things have never felt so dangerous - Global Reporting Centre
The Centre's focus on international reporting when media organizations are cutting back on world coverage is crucial.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Every day we feel lucky to work with journalists like @melissakchan.bsky.social. Please read her latest newsletter for the GRC. And consider a year-end donation to the GRC and help fund our journalism in 2026!
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I realize tons of orgs are asking for contributions — but please consider donating to @globalreportingcentre.org. The world is in crisis and yet at this important time, newsrooms are cutting international reporting budgets:
Things have never felt so dangerous - Global Reporting Centre
The Centre's focus on international reporting when media organizations are cutting back on world coverage is crucial.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I realize tons of orgs are asking for contributions — but please consider donating to @globalreportingcentre.org. The world is in crisis and yet at this important time, newsrooms are cutting international reporting budgets:
Our latest newsletter went out on the eve of International Anti-Corruption Day.
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The biggest bribery scandal in modern history - Global Reporting Centre
STREAM NOW: Bribe, Inc. a documentary exposing corruption on a global scale is now available to stream via Jolt in the US and Canada.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Our latest newsletter went out on the eve of International Anti-Corruption Day.
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We toss around lines like “speaking truth to power,” but the real picture of journalism is tougher: political pressure, shrinking public broadcasters, newsrooms getting gutted. A word from our Founder & Academic Director @peterwklein.bsky.social:
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You’ve heard all the clichés - Global Reporting Centre
A letter from our Academic Director Peter Klein on the importance of independence in journalism.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
We toss around lines like “speaking truth to power,” but the real picture of journalism is tougher: political pressure, shrinking public broadcasters, newsrooms getting gutted. A word from our Founder & Academic Director @peterwklein.bsky.social:
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Trains regularly hit wildlife, but poor reporting obscures the true toll. See the latest reporting below.👇
This story is part of a collaborative project between The Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism and news organizations from the U.S. and Canada.
🔗: cnsmaryland.org/off-the-rails/
This story is part of a collaborative project between The Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism and news organizations from the U.S. and Canada.
🔗: cnsmaryland.org/off-the-rails/
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Trains regularly hit wildlife, but poor reporting obscures the true toll. See the latest reporting below.👇
This story is part of a collaborative project between The Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism and news organizations from the U.S. and Canada.
🔗: cnsmaryland.org/off-the-rails/
This story is part of a collaborative project between The Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism and news organizations from the U.S. and Canada.
🔗: cnsmaryland.org/off-the-rails/
In a recent @policyalternatives.ca article, @gavinfridell.bsky.social, a @smuhalifax.bsky.social research professor and member of the GRC’s supply chains hub, argues that Canada needs to invest in green steel and iron if it wants to be a clean energy superpower. bit.ly/3WsUecY
To Become a Clean “Energy Superpower,” Canada Needs “Green” Steel and Iron - CCPA
With the weight of the U.S. trade war challenging key export industries, Prime Minister Mark Carney and his ministers have set up camp in Washington, D.C., hoping to convince President Trump to reduce tariffs on imported Canadian steel, aluminum, lum
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December 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
In a recent @policyalternatives.ca article, @gavinfridell.bsky.social, a @smuhalifax.bsky.social research professor and member of the GRC’s supply chains hub, argues that Canada needs to invest in green steel and iron if it wants to be a clean energy superpower. bit.ly/3WsUecY
Over the past few weeks, we've been sharing a message about the importance of collaborative journalism. Here is the latest example: a deep-dive investigation into the abuse faced by migrant farm workers in Canada. And a look at how our visa system can trap workers in exploitative conditions.
Broken bones, chemical exposure, unpaid labour, and “deplorable” housing conditions. Migrant farm workers’ experiences reveal why some critics call this government program “the new slavery.”
Read more: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/this-is...
Read more: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/this-is...
‘This is the new slavery’: Migrant farm workers underpaid, abused and injured - Investigative Journalism Bureau
Harvesting cannabis in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley as a migrant labourer in 2023, Maria recalls being surprised when her boss invited her and two friends for dinner at his home in the nearby mo...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Over the past few weeks, we've been sharing a message about the importance of collaborative journalism. Here is the latest example: a deep-dive investigation into the abuse faced by migrant farm workers in Canada. And a look at how our visa system can trap workers in exploitative conditions.
Frank de Boon, a former conservation officer, has dealt with something most of us hardly think about: wildlife struck and killed by trains.
“We were seeing it all the time,” he told @thenarwhal.ca's @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social in her latest story.
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“We were seeing it all the time,” he told @thenarwhal.ca's @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social in her latest story.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Frank de Boon, a former conservation officer, has dealt with something most of us hardly think about: wildlife struck and killed by trains.
“We were seeing it all the time,” he told @thenarwhal.ca's @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social in her latest story.
projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
“We were seeing it all the time,” he told @thenarwhal.ca's @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social in her latest story.
projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
“Railway companies are difficult or impossible to work with.” These were the words of an internal govt. document browsed by The Narwhal and the CBC in their recent investigative story of wildlife dying on train tracks.
@thenarwhal.ca story:
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@thenarwhal.ca story:
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The hidden cost of wildlife collisions on Canada’s railways | The Narwhal
Trains regularly hit and kill wildlife on the tracks but poor reporting means governments aren’t sure exactly how many animals are lost
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November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“Railway companies are difficult or impossible to work with.” These were the words of an internal govt. document browsed by The Narwhal and the CBC in their recent investigative story of wildlife dying on train tracks.
@thenarwhal.ca story:
projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
@thenarwhal.ca story:
projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
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I've always been so impressed with the incredible journalism produced by @thenarwhal.ca. And I am thrilled we had the opportunity to partner on such an important topic. Collaboration is the key to our work at @globalreportingcentre.org.
This story was a big undertaking so we wanted it to have a big impact. That’s why we partnered with @globalreportingcentre.org accessing train data through their partnership with @cnsmd.bsky.social
And 🥁 tune into The National tonight because we also shared our work with CBC for this one
And 🥁 tune into The National tonight because we also shared our work with CBC for this one
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I've always been so impressed with the incredible journalism produced by @thenarwhal.ca. And I am thrilled we had the opportunity to partner on such an important topic. Collaboration is the key to our work at @globalreportingcentre.org.
Railway tracks in B.C. sit far from public view, and that’s one reason many people have no idea how often trains kill wildlife. Weak reporting from rail companies keep the scale of these strikes out of sight.
Read the latest investigation in @thenarwhal.ca.
projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
Read the latest investigation in @thenarwhal.ca.
projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
The hidden cost of wildlife collisions on Canada’s railways | The Narwhal
Trains regularly hit and kill wildlife on the tracks but poor reporting means governments aren’t sure exactly how many animals are lost
projects.thenarwhal.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Railway tracks in B.C. sit far from public view, and that’s one reason many people have no idea how often trains kill wildlife. Weak reporting from rail companies keep the scale of these strikes out of sight.
Read the latest investigation in @thenarwhal.ca.
projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
Read the latest investigation in @thenarwhal.ca.
projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
GRC collaborator Robert Cribb on finding new ways to produce the kind of journalism our communities, our friends and families, and our country need.
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It’s the kind of moment journalism was built for - Global Reporting Centre
Journalism is reinventing itself in small but meaningful ways. The GRC has been instrumental in driving this innovation.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
GRC collaborator Robert Cribb on finding new ways to produce the kind of journalism our communities, our friends and families, and our country need.
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Millions of Haitian feeling violence in their country turn to the Dominican Republic, hoping to find refuge and work. But as fellows from the Global Reporting Program discovered, they’re met with racism and violence instead.
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Millions of Haitian feeling violence in their country turn to the Dominican Republic, hoping to find refuge and work. But as fellows from the Global Reporting Program discovered, they’re met with racism and violence instead.
Today is World Fisheries Day, a day that highlights the importance of sustainable fisheries & aquatic ecosystems. Did you know that 25% of fish caught are made into fishmeal, a product mainly used to feed farmed fish? Learn more about the global industry. bit.ly/4o8GLTD
The fish you don’t know you eat
A project of the Global Reporting Program that looks at the true costs of fishmeal production
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November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Today is World Fisheries Day, a day that highlights the importance of sustainable fisheries & aquatic ecosystems. Did you know that 25% of fish caught are made into fishmeal, a product mainly used to feed farmed fish? Learn more about the global industry. bit.ly/4o8GLTD
Happening tonight at 7 pm! Artist Sydney Hart will sit down with Dr. Jaleh Mansoor to discuss Ripples, an art billboard series that examines the environmental impact of global trade. Moderated by curator Christine D’Onofrio. Get your free ticket: bit.ly/3JzVQi6
A panel discussion about Ripples, a new public art project
Join us for a conversation between the artist, Sydney Hart, and Dr. Jaleh Mansoor. Moderated by Ripples’ curator, Christine D’Onofrio.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Happening tonight at 7 pm! Artist Sydney Hart will sit down with Dr. Jaleh Mansoor to discuss Ripples, an art billboard series that examines the environmental impact of global trade. Moderated by curator Christine D’Onofrio. Get your free ticket: bit.ly/3JzVQi6
Happening tomorrow! Artist Sydney Hart will sit down with Dr. Jaleh Mansoor to discuss Ripples, an art billboard series that examines the environmental impact of global trade. Moderated by curator Christine D’Onofrio. Get your free ticket: bit.ly/3JzVQi6
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Happening tomorrow! Artist Sydney Hart will sit down with Dr. Jaleh Mansoor to discuss Ripples, an art billboard series that examines the environmental impact of global trade. Moderated by curator Christine D’Onofrio. Get your free ticket: bit.ly/3JzVQi6
In a recent @policyalternatives.ca article, @gavinfridell.bsky.social, a @smuhalifax.bsky.social research professor and member of the GRC’s supply chains hub, argues that Canada needs to invest in green steel and iron if it wants to be a clean energy superpower. bit.ly/3WsUecY
To Become a Clean “Energy Superpower,” Canada Needs “Green” Steel and Iron - CCPA
With the weight of the U.S. trade war challenging key export industries, Prime Minister Mark Carney and his ministers have set up camp in Washington, D.C., hoping to convince President Trump to reduce tariffs on imported Canadian steel, aluminum, lum
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November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In a recent @policyalternatives.ca article, @gavinfridell.bsky.social, a @smuhalifax.bsky.social research professor and member of the GRC’s supply chains hub, argues that Canada needs to invest in green steel and iron if it wants to be a clean energy superpower. bit.ly/3WsUecY
The foundation of the Global Reporting Centre is collaboration. Our partnerships help add capacity to newsrooms around the world. Help us reach our goal of 100 new supporters this holiday season!
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Invisibility is not a superpower - Global Reporting Centre
Journalism is a team sport, and so much of what you see is built on work behind the scenes.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The foundation of the Global Reporting Centre is collaboration. Our partnerships help add capacity to newsrooms around the world. Help us reach our goal of 100 new supporters this holiday season!
globalreportingcentre.org/newsletter/i...
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