Data journalism tools are the future for effective investigative journalism
The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) is giving journalists smart tips to investigate stories.
“The ‘I’ in LGBTQI is not silent”
Intersexuality in Africa and the stereotypes and myths associated with the LGBQTI community
How to write an investigative multimedia story
Tips and tricks to producing appealing multimedia stories. (more…)
Getting a data state of mind
Journalists at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference speak about data journalism.
Innovations for better investigations
Leading investigative journalists share their tips for developing start-ups and innovations
China: A source of both corruption and development
Experts highlight the need for greater ‘cross-border collaboration’ when investigating China’s growing global influence
How investigative journalism helps communities tell their stories, in their own words
Sri Lankan team aims to empower communities by training young journalists to create multimedia investigative stories. (more…)
#GIJC: The basics of web scraping for investigative journalists
Journalists lean how to web scrape.
#GIJC: Africa’s Global Investigative Lessons
Journalists take lessons from their African Colleagues.
Information laws critical to good journalism
Information laws have helped speed up the production of stories that would otherwise take a long period of time. (more…)
Mapping now an essential tool in journalism
Journalists were given training on mapping tools at a workshop at the GIJC17.
Journalism still critical to building democracies
The 2017 Carlos Cardoso Memorial Lecture happened at Wits University last night.
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