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The global hub for investigative journalism, sharing resources, stories, events, and jobs. Find #GIJN's regional feeds, here: https://t.co/v5y7sCredk
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📌 GIJN urges the restoration of USAID funds . GIJN calls upon elected officials in the US to reverse the catastrophic action of withholding USAID funds from independent investigative newsrooms around the world. Full statement:
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📣 New on GIJN: What can journalists learn from Alexey Navalny's investigative team? In our latest piece, @pevchikh shares how FBK made “A Palace for Putin”, a documentary that exposed massive corruption and attracted more than 110 million Youtube views.
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We're working with various groups to get our colleagues out of Afghanistan. If you know journalists who need evacuation, send their case to safety@womeninjournalism.org and emergencies@cpj.org. Thanks to everyone who is helping.
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For all the people @carolecadwalla has managed to set against her, she maintains that her real adversaries are tech platforms. @CJR profiles Cadwalladr, who broke the Cambridge Analytica story, & the threats she faces due to her reporting @_EmmaGH @Stammi
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"If the world does not create a system of rules to protect sources who provide information of public interest, I’m worried that we will run out of sources when we need them the most." @Snowden speaks to @SZ_Investigativ about #whistleblowing @f_obermaier
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Best Investigative Stories in Portuguese 2018 handpicked by @gijnPortugues Editor: Includes @RevistaCrusoe's investigation into the suspicious financial activities of #Brazil's supreme court president @dubarretto_ @filipecoutinho
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Covering political events during the #COVID19 pandemic? @journalismnews spoke to @ndtv's @umashankarsingh about his experience of covering elections & rallies using just a smartphone More tips on mobile journalism here: #mojo
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Can #Brazil's president jail @theintercept’s @ggreenwald for publishing leaks? Media attorney Walter Vieira Ceneviva says: "Even if the origin of the info turns out to be criminal, this does not associate the journalist with the crime." @bramatti @demori
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Congratulations to the great journalists @thecaravanindia for winning the Lyons Award for Conscience & Integrity at a time of unprecedented attack on #pressfreedom in India. @vinodjose.
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Editor's Pick 2021: Best Investigative Stories (India) — @thewire_in examined the Delhi riots & exposed the men who played a prominent role in spreading hate, mobilizing the mobs, and then instigating the violence. @alishan_jafri @maknoonwani @svaradarajan.
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And. #GIJC19 is a wrap! The past 4 days, more than 1,500 journalists from 130 nations gathered in Hamburg to learn, share experiences & find partners for their next investigations. It was the perfect place to find kindred spirits & be inspired @nrecherche
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ANNOUNCING the winners of the 2019 Global Shining Light Award from Peru, Philippines & South Africa! Congratulations! .👉SMALL OUTLETS: @IDL_R .👉LARGE OUTLETS: @rapplerdotcom & #GuptaLeaks team @dailymaverick, @amaBhungane, @News24 & @FinUncovered #GIJC19
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Great conversation between two famous whistleblowers @Snowden (#NSALeaks) and @DanielEllsberg (#PentagonPapers) about changes in whistleblowing in the 40-plus years between both leaks & whether it was worth the risk @ewenmacaskill @guardian @ThePostMovie
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Congratulations to journalists @mariaressa, who has been a speaker at several of our global journalism conferences, and Dmitry Muratov for winning the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize!
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@IDL_R @rapplerdotcom @dailymaverick @amaBhungane @News24 @FinUncovered @AfUncensored @OCCRP Global Shining Light Award (Small Outlets) winner: Car Wash/White Collars (Lava Jato/Lava Juez), by Peru's IDL-Reporteros @IDL_R. This series of investigations delved into a complex transnational corruption network & corruption in Peru’s courts #GIJC19
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"It’s the times when it is the most unwise to speak in terms of consequences that it is the most meaningful. That’s when people listen." @Snowden speaks to @SZ_Investigativ's Georg Mascolo, @f_obermaier & @b_obermayer about #whistleblowing
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Editor’s Pick: Best Investigative Journalism in Sub-Saharan Africa 2018 includes a 2-year investigation by @anasglobal & @BBCAfrica Eye that filmed nearly 100 football referees & officials taking cash bribes ahead of important matches
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NEW! GIJN has assembled a starter-toolkit to help journalists track Russian money, political interference, and disinformation in their own countries. From oligarch planes to sanctions trackers, you'll find over 30 useful sites here. @IJNet @bellingcat.
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💫 NEW! Smaller investigative news outlets in India such as @reporters_co, @newslaundry, @scroll_in, @TheQuint & @thenewsminute have been producing impactful accountability reporting leading up to the country's parliamentary elections. More on their work:
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At #GIJC2023 we stand in solidarity with French reporter @AriaLavrilleux. The detention of journalists & the confiscation of equipment under the guise of “national security” represent a huge threat to the protection of sources #JournalismIsNotACrime. 📸 Leonardo Peralta
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Journalists: Our team at GIJN put together this comprehensive guide to covering the #coronavirus crisis, with sources, tips, data.
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⚠️ Reporter’s Guide to Investigating War Crimes eBook. GIJN’s Investigating War Crimes guide will soon be available in eBook format. The comprehensive guide includes expert advice from more than two dozen specialists and journalists.
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NEW! @bellingcat's Logan Williams @obtusatum, who presented a panel on digital forensic reporting labs at the @journalismfest in Perugia, Italy, gives his top tips for journalists interested in #opensource digital investigations.
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Editor's Pick 2021: Best Investigative Stories (India) — Using satellite images, @ndtv documented China-constructed enclaves inside the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. @VishnuNDTV.
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"I will not deliver (the information requested) in 3, 30 or 300 days," journalist Gustavo Gorriti, director of IDL-Reporteros, said after Peruvian judicial & legislative authorities requested @IDL_R to reveal its journalistic sources @utknightcenter
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4 years ago, @IDL_R began investigating the #LavaJato case, a #corruption scandal implicating #Peru's ex-president Alan García, who committed suicide last week when prosecutors came to detain him. Journalists are now being unjustly blamed for his death
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In 2021, as the mainstream Indian media continued to transform into the propaganda arm of the ruling party, intrepid digital media have published some groundbreaking investigative stories. Some of the best are listed here by @gijnHin editor @Deepak_Scribe.
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1. More than 180 journalists worldwide were selected as potential targets for surveillance with NSO Group’s #Pegasus spyware, according to an investigation coordinated by @FbdnStories. Revelations from the project continue to make headlines.
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GIJN members have voted! We are happy to announce that your next Global Investigative Journalism Conference will be at Hamburg, Germany, & your host will be @nrecherche. See you at #GIJC19
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"My only crime is to be a journalist, and I will continue speaking truth to power." said @rapplerdotcom's @mariaressa, who faces 11 different charges from the Philippine govt. The charges are widely believed to stem from Rappler's critical reporting
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Unacceptable the online harassment against award-winning journalist @RanaAyyub. GIJN stands with Rana, @IWMF, and good journalism everywhere. Indian trolls: the world is watching.
The IWMF condemns the attacks against Rana Ayyub and supports all female journalists and their right to free expression online and everywhere. When journalists are targets of online abuse, the attacks take a toll on freedom of expression and #PressFreedom.
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A new, free @bellingcat tool that requires just an hour of tech-savvy set-up, allows you to preserve video from Telegram & other social media channels in seconds, using nothing but the copy-paste function. Learn more about the latest reporting tools:
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Reporter @chicofelitti created a podcast, The Woman from the Abandoned House, surrounding the strange story of a woman with a dark backstory residing in a decrepit mansion within one of the richest neighborhoods of São Paulo. @Emmendoerfer
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The deterioration of the climate can be slowed down but instead it is accelerating. Who is responsible?. Read GIJN's report on the top priorities for investigative journalism on climate change.
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Questions every editor should ask in editing @datajournalism:.👉Does the data answer your questions? Does it surface other questions?.👉Where did you find the data?.👉How did you vet & clean the data?.👉How did you calculate those numbers?.More here:
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#GIJC17 Voices: "This is a time of incredible danger not just for investigative journalism, but for the liberties of people." @DavidCayJ
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Sign up for @utknightcenter's online course "Digital investigations for journalists: How to follow the digital trail of people and entities." Learn from instructors @BrandyZadrozny, @CraigSilverman, @JaneLytv & @Johanna_Wild
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In 2018, private investigator Igor Ostrovskiy revealed to @RonanFarrow he was spying on him, and became a whistleblower on the threat of “hunting journalists.” Ostrovskiy recently briefed journalists on how to deal with the menace of physical surveillance.
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The @bellingcat team has put together a useful guide on how to chronolocate with a few examples from their own investigations and training catalogue. Read it here:
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🧵1. In light of the devastating #Israel-#Hamas war, #GIJN's guide to investigating #warcrimes is sadly relevant once again. For any journalist investigating the conflict, here are tools and techniques from experts in the field to help your reporting:.
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💫 NEW! Investigative journalist @poonamjourno explains how her reporting six years ago ultimately led to one of the biggest political fundraising scandals in a decade, which played out during India’s elections earlier this year. Find out more. ⬇️.
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Oct. 1, 2022 was a dark day for Indonesian football. A classic duel btw 2 clubs led to the deaths of 135 spectators & 100s of injuries after a crowd-crush. Instead of relying on the govt probe, @narasitv conducted their own investigation. @aqfiazfan
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We’re delighted to announce that @mariaressa, a @TIME Person of the Year in 2018, will be the keynote speaker at #GIJC19. A global symbol of #pressfreedom, Ressa & her @rapplerdotcom staff are under sustained attack by the Philippine govt @DoughtyStPublic
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📢 Award-winning journalist Emilia Díaz-Struck has been named the incoming executive director of GIJN❗️. 🌟Díaz-Struck will join GIJN as editor-at-large in mid-August, and then become executive director in September at the biennial #GIJC23 conference.
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❗ Check out this new tool by @bellingcat, which will help open source researchers track destruction of #Ukraine's forests and protected areas from afar, and show what the war has done to Ukraine's forests. Discover it here: ⬇️.
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“Help us make sure every single child is accounted for." Great example of #collaborative #journalism: 10 news orgs from 4 nations work together to find where the govt has kept immigrant children @otraletra @Univision @TexasTribune @PlazaPublicaGT @_ElFaro_
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Editor's Pick 2021: Best Investigative Stories (India) — @thewire_in's #PegasusProject's reporting prompted India's Supreme Court to convene a high-level committee after the Modi govt refused to admit it was snooping on opposition leaders. @svaradarajan.
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New on we're launching a new series on GIJN’s YouTube channel, Talking Investigative Journalism, which features 1-on-1 interviews with groundbreaking investigative journalists around the world 1st video:
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Editor's Pick 2021: Best Investigative Stories (India) — @seekingsrishti & @shreegireesh exposed the ecosystem of right-wing Hindu trolls who used social media to attack those they believed to have made "anti-Hindu" remarks. @newslaundry @reporters_co.
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How can investigative journalists combine #opensource reporting techniques with fieldwork to expose human rights abuses in conflict and war?. 🧵@manisha_bot wrote for GIJN 15 tips and techniques to investigate war crimes.
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#IJAsia16 speaker & Global Shining Light Award certificate of excellence honoree @RanaAyyub received an onslaught of anonymous, graphic threats via social media after a parody Twitter account maligned her. @pressfreedom calls for #India's immediate action
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What is going on in #bangladesh? One of the country's most respected women journalists is detained for hours. Hey, Health Ministry: journalism is not a crime! The world is watching.
Bangladeshi journalist @rozinaislam is kept confined for 5 hours & tortured after she has collected a document related to Covid vaccine purchase. She is charged under Official Secrets Act 1923 which her family denied, rather said action is taken out of vendetta for her reporting.
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NEW! An interview between @NobelPrize-winning editor @mariaressa & Ukrainian-born disinformation journalist @JaneLytv revealed that long-running #disinformation has been at the heart of Russia's latest, and most devastating, attack on a democratic Ukraine.
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Investigative podcasts from Latin America have successfully managed to mix traditional reporting with one of the continent’s oldest genres: narrative journalism. 🧵Here are 9 standout investigative journalism podcasts broadcast in the past few years:
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📣 We are happy to announce that the GIJN Reporter’s Guide to Investigating War Crimes will soon be available in e-book format. The comprehensive guide includes expert advice from more than two dozen specialists and journalists. ❗Follow our page for more updates.
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Key takeaways from @LSHTM's #COVID19 Superspreading Events Database:.👉 Religious events accounted for almost 10 times the cases contracted from bars.👉 Recorded superspreading events almost always occurred in indoor settings.More here: @picardonhealth
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Editor's Pick: 2020's Best Investigative Stories from Latin America includes @_elfaro_'s exposé of negotiations between El Salvador's govt & incarcerated leaders of the criminal gang Mara Salvatrucha: an exchange of prison privileges for electoral support
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Conducting #OSINT research? Watch out for @bellingcat's 7️⃣ deadly sins:. •Not Providing Original Sources.•Letting Cheerleading Undermine Work.•Not Archiving.•Lacking Context.•Incorrectly Using Tools.•Editing Footage.•Racing to Be First. More:
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Investigative journalist @poonamjourno explains how her reporting six years ago ultimately led to one of the biggest political fundraising scandals in a decade, which played out during India’s elections earlier this year. Find out more. ⬇️
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Today marks the grim anniversary of Turkish journalist #UgurMumcu's assassination. GIJN's recent profile of member organization, @umagduyuru, by @SerdarVardar_ highlights the work this foundation is doing to honor Mumcu's legacy:
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Announcing the FINALISTS of the 2019 Global Shining Light Awards, congrats! 12 investigative projects were selected from a record 291 entries. Winners will be revealed at #GIJC19 in Hamburg @dailymaverick @amaBhungane @FinUncovered .@News24 @OpenUpSA
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"Being a truth-teller is the greatest service to society. It gave me a reason to live because I didn’t want to only exist. #Journalism was the answer." @ICIJorg speaks to @UmarCheema1, an award-winning Pakistani investigative reporter with @thenews_intl
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🎉The 2023 Global Investigative Journalism Conference is now scheduled for September 19–22 in the historic city of Gothenburg, Sweden.🎉. GIJN is excited to organize #GIJC23 with two local co-hosts — @fojo_int at Linnaeus University, & @FGJ_foreningen.
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"I was arrested twice in a 5-week period&posted bail 8 times in a 3-month period." @mariaressa, a @TIME Person of the Year, knows firsthand the abuse of power She will keynote #GIJC19, co-hosted by @gijn @nrecherche & @InterlinkAca
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Las oficinas de @IDL_R, miembro de GIJN, fueron allanadas después de que publicaran audios donde integrantes del CNM se ven implicados en un caso de corrupción. @FiscaliaPeru el mundo está viendo, así como organizaciones miembros de GIJN en 72 países #LibertadDePrensa
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Italian fact-checker @DavidPuente has received plenty of threats for debunking hoaxes, including insults & trolling on social media. But last December, the threats escalated into death threats & his home address was made public by a #fakenews creator
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📣 New: To investigate the involvement of Russian security services in the poisoning of Alexey Navalny, a joint investigation chose to purchase black market data. Journalists from @bellingcat and @the_ins_ru explained how and why they did it. @RowanPhilp
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The New York Public Library just uploaded nearly 200,000 images you can use for free
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In this piece, @Bellingcat researcher @JakeGodin used satellite imagery to demonstrate the scale of destruction currently occurring along the Rafah border in Gaza. @bellingcat also geolocated individuals' homes and conflict spots:
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"Remember the power of your audience, they know much more than you ever could." Enroll in this free @newmarkjschool online course with @PulitzerPrizes winner @Fahrenthold, who will teach you his craft & talk about how to crowdsource for investigations
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Today to honor the 30th anniversary of the @UN's #WorldPressFreedomDay, GIJN shares the stories of investigative journalists facing the biggest challenges & threats around the world. 🧵Read more about these 7⃣ journalists from 🇵🇰, 🇵🇪, 🇷🇼, 🇱🇧, 🇰🇬, 🇲🇽, 🇪🇨.
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A murdered journalist. Shady offshore deals. A tiny nation in the grip of large-scale criminal interests. The "honor" of the title '2019 Man of the Year in Organized Crime and Corruption' goes to Malta's prime minister Joseph Muscat @OCCRP
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Looking for new, addictive podcasts to binge listen? Here is GIJN's list of some of the best global podcasts from 2020 — so far! — that are either investigative in nature, or about investigative journalism, and compiled by our global team @journalismnews
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“Carbon offsetting” is a controversial tool in the fight against global heating. Oversight by journalists is essential. Read GIJN's Reporter’s Guide to Investigating Carbon Offsets, which includes tips on digging into the validity of offset projects.
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💫 NEW! Three experts from @Bellingcat dig into common open source errors that they’ve encountered, to help other online investigators improve the quality of their own work. Read more:
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📏 Are you a #digitalinvestigator looking to expand your arsenal of tools for measuring objects in images?. @bellingcat investigator and trainer @georgeskatz has created a guide on how to do so. Find it here: ⬇️.
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🧵 Journalists in Afghanistan are among the most at-risk in the country and may be targeted by the Taliban simply because of their reporting. Here are some resources for emergency evacuation and asylum processes for trying to get journalists out of Afghanistan:.
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💫 NEW! @DianaSalinasP, award-winning watchdog journalist and groundbreaking co-founder of Colombian investigative outlet @cuestion_p, is committed to uncovering wrongdoing & empowering women. She shares tips & insights with @gijnEs editor @andrea_arzaba:
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Unprecedented: Over 70 science and climate journalists sign statement calling US Supreme Court nominee profoundly unqualified.
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The @internetarchive and its @waybackmachine, which captures more than 1 billion URLs per day, can be valuable tools for investigative journalists. In our latest piece, @MarkGraham gives excellent tips on how to make the most of this service.
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Why are Serbian officials running a smear campaign against the award-winning @KRIKrs investigative group? The world is watching. @SerbianPM @Vladimir_Orlic @avucic
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This @bellingcat guide aims to provide a starting point to decipher the origin and characteristics of explosive ordnance (EO) featured in social media imagery as accurately as possible. Doing so can provide evidence to counter false or harmful narratives:
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay!. We asked women investigative journalists from around the world about their experiences, tips for other aspiring reporters, and their achievements. 🧵 Stay tuned throughout the day as we feature inspiring women from more than a dozen countries. 🌎
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Pope Francis: "Journalists are the protectors of news. In today’s world, theirs is, in every sense, not just a job; it is a mission". He calls for "a journalism. at the service of all, especially those. who have no voice."
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#GIJC19 attendees were brought to their feet by @mariaressa's rousing keynote + @IDL_R, @rapplerdotcom & #GuptaLeaks team @dailymaverick @amaBhungane @OpenUpSA @News24 & @FinUncovered won the 8th Global Shining Light Award. More pix by @NickJaussi here
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Editor's Pick 2021: Best Investigative Stories (India) — @thecaravanindia revealed how the Modi govt badly botched the country's 2nd COVID-19 wave, turning it into a major catastrophe that resulted in thousands dying outside hospitals. @chahat_rana1
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GSLA finalist: @RanaAyyub's undercover investigation exposed India’s top officials' complicity in 2002 Gujarat riots
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Bellingcat’s Tech Series . This YouTube how-to-series by @Bellingcat on the command line and research tools is created with the beginner researcher in mind:
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🧵1. 🏆 Tonight #GIJC23 attendees gathered to celebrate our community and to recognize some of the best work with the #GlobalShiningLightAwards, a #GIJN tradition that honors great #investigativejournalism in developing or transitioning countries while under threat or duress…
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My Favorite Tools: @AP's @nixonron recommends Onionshare, a secure tool for sending files through @torproject. "I use it for sharing stuff with reporters in China or in any other place where we are afraid that information might be intercepted." @micahflee
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Small arms & light weapons have been particularly significant in the rising rates of homicide & violence in Latin America. In a recent @bellingcat piece, @SerbinPont writes about an easy-to-navigate database tracking the trends in illegal weapons markets.
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