GIJN, the new home of the Sigma Awards, is proud to announce the 2025 shortlist for the best data journalism projects and portfolios in the past year.
News & Analysis How State Agents Target Journalists the Government Claims to Protect: Stark Warnings from Mexico and HondurasA 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.
Reporting Tools & Tips Essential Open Source Tools for Journalists Investigating Air PollutionHere 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.
Silencing the Press: The Case of Alsu Kurmasheva and the Growing Threat of ‘Foreign Agent’ Laws by Laura Dixon • May 6, 2025The RFE/RL reporter spent 288 days in a Russian prison after she was accused of failing to declare herself a “foreign agent.”
News & Analysis Press Freedom Chaos and Credibility: A Snapshot of How AI Is Impacting Press Freedom and Investigative JournalismGIJN offers a snapshot of how watchdog reporters are confronting algorithmic abuses and misinformation while also employing AI as a key newsroom tool.
News & Analysis Press Freedom Reporters Without Borders: Global Press Freedom at Unprecedented, Critical Lowby GIJN Staff • May 2, 2025
As reporters mark World Press Freedom Day, RSF’s 2025 annual ranking reveals press freedom around the world has fallen to a new, unprecedented low.
Data Journalism Top 10 Electing a New Pope, North Korea Fighting Ukraine, Vaccination Rates to Stop Outbreaks, and a Deadly Gold Mine in Turkey by Ana Beatriz Assam • May 2, 2025Also highlights how X influences Elon Musk’s government policy, the numbers behind the successful Danish toy maker Lego, and mapping the Sudan conflict.
Getting the Story Out News & Analysis Why Whistleblowers Need Allies Like Lawyers and Journalists to Expose CorruptionInsiders who successfully sound the alarm often do so with help — by partnering with allies who can amplify their message and help shield them from retaliation.
Data Journalism News & Analysis Tracking US Migrant Detention Data: What Journalists Need to UnderstandThe US government’s detained immigrant population flatlined in April, but there’s more to the numbers than meets the eye. Here’s what journalists need to know about the data.
How They Did It How a Filipino Reporter Exposed Disinformation Networks Defending an Ex-President After His ArrestPhilippine reporter Cristina Chi uncovered an orchestrated disinformation campaign on Facebook to falsely portray the arrest of the country’s ex-president.
How Publishing Investigations as Books Can Add Depth, Increase Visibility, and Fight CensorshipIn this story, several investigative journalists from Mexico speak about the experience of turning their exposés into books.
How They Did It Investigating How Illegal Gold Gets Into the Legitimate Supply ChainThis Pulitzer Center-supported investigation dug into illegal gold mining in South America, and traced how these illicit products are secretly fed into legitimate supply chains.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips As Trump White House Disappears US Environmental Data, Reporters Can Turn to OECDThe wide range of international environmental data that the OECD offers, though often Eurocentric, is still extensive in scope and comparatively reliable.
News & Analysis Sustainability Journalists as Founders — Intrepid Pioneers or Reluctant Managers? by Laura Dixon • April 23, 2025There are myriad number of reasons why reporters decide launch their own news sites, but these enterprising journalists often face a series of new, daunting challenges.
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10 Questions MENA Focus Week ‘Never Stop Learning’: Reporting on Yemen Beyond the Headlines by Nader Durgham • April 9, 2025The investigative journalist — who has covered Iraq’s secret sex trade, the Yemen war, and the Sanaa funeral bombing — shares insights from working on a difficult beat.
10 Questions Investigating Clandestine Gold Mines, Deforestation, and Corporate Misconduct: The Reporter Who Made the Amazon His Beat by Andrea Arzaba • March 24, 2025Brazilian freelance reporter Hyury Potter recently won the Pulitzer Center’s Breakthrough Journalism Award.
10 Questions Exposing Industrial Pollution and Creating the ‘Forever Chemicals’ Beat by Alcyone Wemaëre • February 19, 2025In a career spanning more than 20 years, Le Monde reporter Stéphane Horel has brought a creative and, at times, humorous approach to groundbreaking environmental investigations.
10 Questions From Poet to Reporter, Covering the Human Angle of Conflict in Nigeria by Mohammed Taoheed • January 15, 2025The managing editor of HumAngle, which covers the human costs of conflict and terrorism, discusses the challenges of investigative coverage in Nigeria.
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships Data Journalism Announcing the Sigma Awards 2025 Shortlistby GIJN Staff • May 9, 2025
GIJN, the new home of the Sigma Awards, is proud to announce the 2025 shortlist for the best data journalism projects and portfolios in the past year.
Data Journalism News & Analysis Tracking US Migrant Detention Data: What Journalists Need to UnderstandThe US government’s detained immigrant population flatlined in April, but there’s more to the numbers than meets the eye. Here’s what journalists need to know about the data.
Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips As Trump White House Disappears US Environmental Data, Reporters Can Turn to OECDThe wide range of international environmental data that the OECD offers, though often Eurocentric, is still extensive in scope and comparatively reliable.
Data Journalism Data Don’ts: Expert Tips to Avoid Misleading Audiences With Numbers by Rowan Philp • April 21, 2025At a NICAR 2025 panel, data journalism experts discussed nuanced number errors that watchdog reporters often make that can confuse readers and disrupt story angles.
MENA FocusOur third regional spotlight series examines the challenges facing our members and other outlets in the Middle East and North Africa, such as war, backsliding democracies, self-censorship, exile, surveillance and imprisonment of journalists, and the hostile legal environment — and why this reality on the ground makes investigative journalism there all the more essential.
Africa FocusOur second regional spotlight series examines the successes and challenges facing our members in Africa and others reporting from the continent. These articles tell the stories of growing journalistic collaboration, courage, and innovation in the face of repression, legal intimidation, lack of access to information, and even physical threats.
LATAM FocusOur first regional spotlight series celebrates the achievements of our members in Latin America and others reporting from the region. These articles tell the stories of reporters across the continent, digging into the investigations that matter, and detailing how outlets are creating innovative reporting projects amid their own specific local challenges.
2024 ElectionsGlobal elections in 2024 will affect more citizens than in any previous year, and will likely reset humanity’s liberty compass for years ahead. This project features an elections reporting guide, stories on cutting-edge tools for investigating campaigns and candidates, and lessons learned from the best in local watchdog reporting from around the world.
Videos Resource Video Gathering Evidence and Documents in Conflict and War Zones — A MENA Case StudyThis GIJN webinar explores how investigative journalists can document human rights abuses in war zones, with a focus on methods to ensure the information gathered can later be used by legal investigators or international courts. Drawing from their on-the-ground experience in Syria, Iraq, and Palestine, our expert panel will share practical tools, ethical considerations, and field-tested techniques for recording testimony, analyzing open source material, and archiving evidence in a secure and legally sound manner.
Resource Video How to Acquire Free Satellite Imagery for Your InvestigationsSatellite imagery has become a game-changer for investigative journalism, offering powerful tools to uncover hidden stories.
Resource Video Lessons Learned from Investigating the 2024 ElectionsThe 2024 elections marked a seismic year for democracies worldwide, presenting investigative journalists with unique challenges and opportunities.
Resource Video How Africa Connects to Your StoryIn Africa, more than in most other parts of the world, the hurdles that journalists have to overcome to report beyond their own countries or continent are numerous.
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