The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) is "an international association of nonprofit organizations that support, promote and produce investigative journalism."[1] The association is headquartered in the United States, and its membership is open to "nonprofits, NGOs, and educational organizations" that are active in investigative reporting and data journalism.[2][non-primary source needed]
The organisation's projects include a help desk for journalists, a resource center and training conferences.[3][non-primary source needed]
History
In 2001, veteran journalists Brant Houston, then director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, and Nils Mulvad organized a conference of investigative 400 invetigative journalists from 40 countries in what would become GIJN.[4][5] GIJN was officially formed in Copenhagen as a loose network in support of the biennial Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC).[6][7] The GIJN secretariat was officially formed after participants of the 7th GIJC in Kyiv voted for the formation of a provisional secretariat in 2013.[8][9][non-primary source needed] The organization registered as a nonprofit corporation in Maryland, United States of America, in 2014 and was approved as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in October 2014.[10]Guidestar rated GIJN as 'Gold-level' for transparency of the organization's finances and leadership in 2023.[11]
In late 2023, GIJN was designated as undesirable in Russia.[12]
Membership is open to nonprofit journalism organizations, NGOs, educational organizations, and some for-profit organizations, while governments and individual reporters are not eligible to join.[2]
Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC)
GIJN co-organizes a biennial Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC), to bring together investigative journalists across the globe to share their knowledge and expertise with each other and to form cross-border networks for collaborative reporting and referrals.[18][19]
The GIJC has been held in Copenhagen in 2001 and 2003,[6] Amsterdam (2005),[20] Toronto (2007),[21] Lillehammer (2008),[22] Geneva (2010),[23] Kyiv (2011),[24] Rio de Janeiro (2013),[25] Lillehammer (2015),[26] Johannesburg (2017)[27] and Hamburg (2019). The latest conference was held in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2023.[28] In 2021, owing to the Coronavirus pandemic, the conference was held online only.[29]
Since 2014, GIJN has organized investigative journalism conferences in Asia. The first Asian Investigative Journalism Conference was held in Manila (2014),[30] the second in Kathmandu (2016),[31] and the third in Seoul (2018).[32]
Global Shining Light Award
GIJN gives out Global Shining Light Awards for excellence in investigative reporting "in a developing or transitioning country, done under threat, duress, or in the direst of conditions."[33]
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