The Big Break: A Missouri bank is largest buyer and seller of one Oklahoma tax credit
Between 2012 and 2017, Commerce Bank acquired more than $22.2 million in Oklahoma historic rehabilitation tax credits. | Read more|
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Moving on with respect: the next steps for Dying Homeless
After a year of collaborative, investigative reporting that revealed nobody was counting people who died homeless, we've made great inroads. | Read more|
How to combat health misinformation online: A research roundup
Many Americans are turning to the internet with their health questions. And their use of the internet to seek answers isn’t limited to search engines and established health resources. Researchers at Microsoft analyzed survey and search data to find that “a surprising amount of sensitive health information is also s | Read more|
Do politicians put their money where their mouths are? Actually, yes
Policies and positions can shift over time. But when it comes to where America’s legislators invest their personal money, turns out they stick pretty firmly to their ideological ground, according to research newly published in Management Science. | Read more|
In Nigeria, a university president and Rotary Club fight Boko Haram by educating and feeding victims
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Defending Pacific Islands
Join the people of the Pacific in the fight for climate safety | Read more|
California Legislators Urge Caution, but Greenlight a Plan That Could Lead to the Widespread Use of Forestry Offsets
Influenced by a ProPublica investigation, they emphasized the need for “vigorous and proactive monitoring,” noting concerns long voiced by scientists about the integrity of carbon credits. | Read more|
'Jihadi Jack' parents guilty of funding terrorism
The parents of a Muslim convert dubbed "Jihadi Jack" have been found guilty of funding terrorism. | Read more|
Send in Your Session Idea for GIJC19!
The 11th Global Investigative Journalism Conference is scheduled for this September 26-29 in Hamburg, Germany, at two state-of-the-art venues: the Spiegel Publishing House and the HafenCity University Hamburg. | Read more|
What the Experts Expect for Investigative Journalism in 2019
With the backlash against democracy and anti-press sentiment growing, the need for investigations around issues such as corruption and climate change continues to rise. | Read more|
Editor’s Pick: Best Investigative Stories from Mainland China in 2018
Despite virtually all aspects of the media being tightly controlled by China’s party-state, determined Chinese journalists and writers are still finding opportunities to report facts and expose wrongs. | Read more|
GIJN’s Data Journalism Top 10: Pirates vs. Princesses, Buenos Aires Crime, Awards & Fellowships
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? | Read more|
Editor’s Pick: Best Investigative Journalism in Sub-Saharan Africa 2018
Press freedom varies widely across sub-Saharan Africa. While muckrakers in Ghana were able to unearth corruption in the upper ranks of the judiciary and in South Africa, investigative reporters played a big role in the downfall of a corrupt presidency, in Eritrea and Djibouti press freedom is non-existent. | Read more|
9 Types of Visual Storytelling on Mobile
In September 2017, the lead producer for the BBC Internet Research & Future Services, Tristan Ferne, identified 12 different story formats used in digital news | Read more|
Editor’s Pick: Best Investigative Stories in Russian and Ukrainian 2018
In 2018, journalists in Eastern Europe and Central Asia uncovered massive fraud, corruption and even assassination plots | Read more|
How Necessity Drives Media Innovation in Middle East, North Africa
Circling in on Sustainability: Journalists join a GIJN roundtable discussion on business models at the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism Forum in Jordan. Photo: GIJN | Read more|
Most Popular Resources on GIJN in 2018
Here at GIJN we’re constantly on the lookout for the best tip sheets, reporting guides, and how-to stories and videos. | Read more|
Doc of the Day: A $2 Billion Fraud in Mozambique?
Here’s another fascinating look — through a recent US indictment — at the looting of Africa. | Read more|
Khashoggi’s Spirit Lingers Over Arab Investigative Journalism Conference
Journalists in Jordan: Hundreds of investigative journalists from the Middle East and North Africa gathered for the annual ARIJ forum earlier this month. Photo: Courtesy ARIJ | Read more|
Editor’s Pick: Best Investigative Stories in Spanish 2018
It’s been a big year for investigative reporters in Latin America, from unveiling high-level corruption to collaborating across countries. | Read more|
Help Strengthen Global Muckraking by Supporting GIJN!
This past year has seen an alarming rise in hostility toward journalism and press freedom around the world. | Read more|
How They Did It: Uncovering the Top 15 “Dark Money Groups” in US Politics
In 2010, the political advertising game changed. | Read more|
Meet the Chinese Journalist Taking on Public Records Obstacles
On the Record: JSK Journalism Fellow Feng Xin is trying to help reporters in China use public records in their reporting. Photo: Courtesy Feng Xin | Read more|
In Conversation with Carole Cadwalladr: The Features Writer Who Broke the Cambridge Analytica Story
Editor’s note: This year, Carole Cadwalladr, features journalist at The Observer, broke the story that became the Cambridge Analytica scandal. | Read more|
Delhi Pollution: Why Does Fixing The City's Air Seem Like An Impossible Task?
Depending just on policies like GRAP to solve the pollution problem is like using band-aids to heal a fracture, say activists. So what’s the solution? | Read more|
MOUs: How to Get Everyone on the Same Page for Collaborative Projects
As collaborative journalism becomes a common practice across the media industry, news outlets need clear documentation to guide their projects. | Read more|
You Snooze, You Lose: Insurers Make The Old Adage Literally True
Millions of sleep apnea patients rely on CPAP breathing machines to get a good night’s rest. Health insurers use a variety of tactics, including surveillance, to make patients bear the costs. Experts say it’s part of the insurance industry playbook. | Read more|
A Tiered Approach to Researching and Pitching Investigative Stories for Freelance Writers
I discovered investigative reporting while still in school, and decided it was my calling. | Read more|
Democrats plan ‘aggressive’ oversight of Federal Election Commission
Among their concerns: agency vacancies, campaign finance law enforcement | Read more|
How Satellite Imagery Became an Indispensable — and Easily Accessible — Tool for Journalists
In July 2018, a disturbing video began circulating on social media. It shows two women and two young children being led at gunpoint away from a village by a group of soldiers. | Read more|
Mining bitcoin to back political candidates?
Election watchdog asked to weigh in on new blockchain frontier in politics | Read more|
Want People to Read Your Investigation? Make Sure You Tell a Good Story
Great investigative reporting often turns into bad, hard-to-read articles. At best, stories like these are boring; at worst, they are impossible to understand. Sadly, these stories can have little or no impact, meaning months of difficult investigative work is largely wasted. | Read more|
“Pretty Much a Failure”: HUD Inspections Pass Dangerous Apartments Filled With Rats, Roaches and Toxic Mold
The system for inspecting federally subsidized properties is failing low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities and undermining the agency’s oversight, The Southern Illinoisan and ProPublica have found. | Read more|
GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson is winning a medal. But are Republicans losing the political money war?
Conservatives at odds over whether they’re cultivating enough new donors | Read more|
Latin American Investigations Honored in Bogotá
Winners of the Javier Valdez Latin American Award for Investigative Journalism in Bogotá, Colombia. Image: Courtesy of COLPIN. | Read more|