At the 2024 International journalism festival in Perugia, Italy, GIJN hosted a panel of prominent environmental reporters, who discussed tips for unraveling the mysteries behind carbon credit projects and government ties to the fossil fuel industry. buff.ly/3QtTsKa

The Resilience Fellowship (Global Initiative) provides a platform for cross-sectoral, global and interdisciplinary collaboration between civil society actors, activists, journalists, scholars, policymakers, & others working to counter the effects of organized crime: buff.ly/44kQrkV

“If independent media can’t work in Georgia, people will not have a space to speak of their problems & inform themselves & will have no right to know what’s going on in the country...they live.”

— StudioMonitori investigative reporter Nino Ramishvili. buff.ly/3yhA2BW

The #KurtSchork Awards celebrate the freelancers, local reporters and fixers putting their lives on the line to tell crucial stories.

You can now apply up until June 15.

Here's what you need to know: buff.ly/3QL8MlR

According to CORRECTIV's editor-in-chief Olaya Argüeso there are two requirements for a CORRECTIV.Europe networked project:

1️⃣ The data has to be based on a European topic.
2️⃣ The data has to be able to be broken down locally.

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In a year when nearly 50% of the globe’s population is set to elect new leaders, misinformation is a risk looming large.

Rest of World’s 2024 AI Elections Tracker is built to monitor incidents where AI tools are being used to influence voters: buff.ly/4b2ERxG

News avoidance is at an all-time high, and while CORRECTIV's editor-in-chief, Olaya Argüeso, feels breaking global problems down to a local level cannot be the solution, it can, she says, show citizens what they can do about those problems.

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New York Times journalists Jennifer Valentino-DeVries & Michael Keller explored data from over 5,000 Instagram accounts that feature child influencers.

Here, they discuss the conception of the story, how they visualized the data, and more.

📝 From Storybench. buff.ly/3UiXAOh

“Data journalism stories, when they are done, are really easy to implement on the local level.”

— CORRECTIV Editor-in-Chief Olaya Argüeso

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The European Parliament officially launched the fourth edition of the #DaphneCaruanaGalizia Prize, which recognizes in-depth investigative work relevant to & published in the EU.

Entries are accepted until July 31: buff.ly/2SklpsT

In Russia (162nd), which began blocking RSF's website in the weeks leading up to this year’s release of their World Press Freedom Index, media censorship remains particularly onerous.

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There was consensus among NICAR speakers about what AI use journalists should avoid:

🏞️ Image generation or published illustrations.
👤 Tool uploads with sensitive & personally identifying source info.
💬 Any wording used in published content.

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📢 International Fund for Public Interest Media has launched a new open call for proposals and announced its commitment of at least $5 million USD to support independent news publishers to sustain, expand, or deepen engagement with the communities they serve.

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During the 2024 J-Forum conference, 小沢慧一「南海トラフ地震の真実」【菊池寛賞受賞】 from Chunichi Shimbun, discussed his deep-dive investigation, which found that the earthquake prediction estimate for one of the Nankai Trough fault lines was based on faulty, old methods.

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The raison d’être of GIJN member Forbidden Stories is to pick up investigations that have been shelved because of threats or violence, publishing them alongside the accounts of how the original journalists were silenced.

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A journalist from TBS, 須賀川拓 TBS 🇯🇵 NEWS23専属記者 Hiroshi Sukagawa, kicked off the 2024 Journalism Practitioners’ Forum conference with a symbolic slide featuring a tiger in a cage to illustrate the dangers of reporting in conflict zones.

Read more J-Forum highlights: buff.ly/3V04M3o

Investigative journalists act as societal watchdogs, scrutinizing the powerful & amplifying the voices of the marginalized.

Looking to join the IJ team?

Apply now for GIJN's Introduction to Investigative Journalism course in partnership with iMEdD-incubator for media education & development: buff.ly/49Or4cD

According to RSF in English, Japan ranked lowest among all G7 countries in its 2024 World Press Freedom Index.

However, there remains a strong tradition of investigative reporting in Japan, which the 2024 Journalism Practitioners’ Forum (J-Forum) demonstrated: buff.ly/3V04M3o

How do you incorporate satellite imagery & geospatial data to strengthen environmental reporting?

These 2️⃣ Journalismfund Europe online sessions will offer an introduction to the world of remote sensing & teach basic steps in accessing online satellite imagery. buff.ly/4abstda