Global Investigative Journalism Network

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Global Investigative Journalism Network
Formation2003;22 years ago (2003)
Type 501(c)3 organization
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Legal status Nonprofit
HeadquartersUnited States
Membership250 (2024)
Website gijn.org OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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 ]

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The organisation's projects include a help desk for journalists, a resource center, and training conferences.[ 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 400 investigative journalists from 40 countries in what would become GIJN. [3] [4] GIJN was officially formed in Copenhagen as a loose network in support of the biennial Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC). [5] [6] The GIJN secretariat was officially formed after participants of the 7th GIJC in Kyiv voted for the formation of a provisional secretariat in 2013. [7] [8] [ 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. [9] Guidestar rated GIJN as 'Gold-level' for transparency of the organization's finances and leadership in 2023. [10]

In late 2023, GIJN was designated as undesirable in Russia. [11]

Members

Some of the member organizations include the Center for Investigative Reporting, Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ), Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), [12] Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), [13] the Belarusian Investigative Center, Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism, [14] Investigative Journalism Programme at Wits University, [15] Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, ProPublica, [1] Journalism for Nation Building Foundation-Philippines and Interlink Academy for International Dialog and Journalism. [16]

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. [17] [18]

The GIJC has been held in Copenhagen in 2001 and 2003, [5] Amsterdam (2005), [19] Toronto (2007), [20] Lillehammer (2008), [21] Geneva (2010), [22] Kyiv (2011), [23] Rio de Janeiro (2013), [24] Lillehammer (2015), [25] Johannesburg (2017) [26] , Hamburg (2019), and Gothenburg (2023). [27] . The latest conference was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2025. [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]

The awards are presented to recipients in an awards ceremony held every two years at its biennial GIJC events. Past recipients include the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), [34] [35] Khadija Ismayilova from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, [33] Zulkarnain Saer Khan for his work at Secret prisoners of Dhaka [36] and Venezuelan investigative news site Armando.info. [37]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Center joins Global Investigative Journalism Network". Wisconsin Centre for Investigative Journalism . 2014-10-02. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  2. 1 2 "Membership". gijn.org. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  3. ↑ Lewis, Charles (2014). 935 lies: the future of truth and the decline of America's moral integrity (First ed.). New York: PublicAffairs. p. 233. ISBN   978-1-61039-117-7.
  4. ↑ Houston, Brant (2013). Ward, Stephen J. A. (ed.). Global media ethics: problems and perspectives. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 69. ISBN   978-1-4051-8392-5.
  5. 1 2 Sterling, Christopher H. (2009). Encyclopedia of Journalism. SAGE Publications. ISBN   978-1-45226-152-2.
  6. ↑ Ghiglione, Loren, ed. (2010). On the future of news. Dædalus. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Pr. p. 51. ISBN   978-0-262-75109-4.
  7. ↑ "Global Conference, Global Network". GIJN. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  8. ↑ "Organising Statement (2003)". GIJN. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  9. ↑ "Global Investigative Journalism Network - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. November 14, 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  10. ↑ "Global Investigative Journalism Network - GuideStar Profile". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  11. ↑ "Russia Outlaws Exiled Anti-War Projects, Investigative Journalism NGO as 'Undesirable'". The Moscow Times . December 27, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Official website". OCCRP . Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  13. ↑ "ARIJ joins elected board of Global Investigative Journalism Network". The Jordan Times . 2014-06-29. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  14. ↑ "Official website". Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  15. ↑ "Investigative Journalism". Wits University . Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  16. ↑ Eggert, Werner. "Interlink Academy for Dialog and Journalism". Interlink Academy for International Dialog and Journalism.
  17. ↑ "Google puts US$170 million toward digital news innovation". ICJ . 2015-10-30. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  18. ↑ Edwards, Michael (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19933-014-0.
  19. ↑ "2005 Conferentie Amsterdam". Vereniging van Onderzoeksjournalisten. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  20. ↑ "Toronto to host Global Investigative Journalism Conference". IFEX . 2006-11-22. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  21. ↑ "Global Investigative Journalism Networks". Journalismfund.eu. Archived from the original on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  22. ↑ "Balkan Fellowship Story praised at the GIJC". Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence. 2010-05-12. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  23. ↑ Sisti, Leo (2013-01-31). "Lessons from a Fledgling Investigative Reporting Center". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists . Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  24. ↑ Walt, Vivienne (2013-10-14). "Greenwald on Snowden leaks: The worst is yet to come". Time . Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  25. ↑ "Terrorism is a global threat, but so is organised crime". The Sydney Morning Herald . 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  26. ↑ Schapiro, Mark (6 December 2017). "Investigative Journalism Can Still Make Bad Guys Squirm". The Nation. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  27. ↑ "GIJC 2023". Fojo Media Institute. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  28. ↑ "About". #GIJC25. Archived from the original on 2025-04-05. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  29. ↑ "12th Global Investigative Journalism Conference". DART Center for Journalism and Trauma at the Columbia School of Journalism. 18 October 2021.
  30. ↑ "PDI to sponsor 10 delegates to int'l journalism conference". Philippine Daily Inquirer . 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  31. ↑ "Kunda Dixit's exile shows concern over Nepal's press freedom". The Himalayan Times . 2016-09-25. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  32. ↑ "Uncovering Asia 2018". Uncovering Asia 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  33. 1 2 "OCCRP journalist wins Global Shining Light Award". OCCRP . 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  34. ↑ "OCCRP Wins Global Shining Light Award". OCCRP . 2015-10-12. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  35. ↑ Johnston, David Cay (2015-10-13). "Opinion: The world needs investigative journalism". Al Jazeera America . Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  36. ↑ "Investigations from Nigeria, Venezuela, South Africa, and North Macedonia Win Global Shining Light Awards at GIJC23". gijn.org. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
  37. ↑ Simó Sulbarán, Madelen Rocio (21 September 2023). "ArmandoInfo gana premio de la Red Global de Periodismo de Investigación" [ArmandoInfo wins Global Investigative Journalism Network Award] (in Spanish). El Pitazo . Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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