Global Investigative Journalism Network

Association of nonprofit investigative journalism organizations

Global Investigative Journalism Network

Formation| 2003
Type| Association
Legal status| Nonprofit (501(c)(3))
Headquarters| United States

Membership (2024)

| 250
Website| https://gijn.org

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 to provide investigative journalists with advice and assistance, a resource center with tips, tools, and manuals, and large training conferences that have attracted over 5,000 journalists from 100 countries.[3][non-primary source needed]

## History

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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 Kiev 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]

## Members

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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),[13] Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ),[14] the Belarusian Investigative Center, Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism,[15] Investigative Journalism Programme at Wits University,[16] Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, ProPublica,[1] Journalism for Nation Building Foundation-Philippines, Interlink Academy for International Dialog and Journalism,[17] Coda Media, Bellingcat, Institute for Nonprofit News, among many others.

Membership is open to nonprofit journalism organizations, NGOs, educational organizations, and select for-profit organizations, while governments and individual reporters are not eligible to join.[2] While membership is free, it involves an application to GIJN's board as well as significant ongoing work in investigative journalism, participation in GIJN, and the upholding of GIJN's high journalistic standards.[2]

## Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC)

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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] Kiev (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

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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] and Venezuelan investigative news site Armando.info.[36]

## See also

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* Freedom of the press
* Public service journalism

## References

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1. ^ a b "Center joins Global Investigative Journalism Network". Wisconsin Centre for Investigative Journalism. 2014-10-02. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
2. ^ a b c "Membership". gijn.org. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
3. ^ "Global Conferences". GIJN. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ a b Sterling, Christopher H. (2009). Encyclopedia of Journalism. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1-45226-152-2.
7. ^ Ghiglione, Loren, ed. (2010). On the future of news. Dædalus. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Pr. p. 51\. ISBN 978-0-262-75109-4.
8. ^ "Global Conference, Global Network". GIJN. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
9. ^ "Organising Statement (2003)". GIJN. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
10. ^ "Global Investigative Journalism Network - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. November 14, 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
11. ^ "Global Investigative Journalism Network - GuideStar Profile". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
12. ^ "Russia Outlaws Exiled Anti-War Projects, Investigative Journalism NGO as 'Undesirable'". The Moscow Times. December 27, 2023.
13. ^ "Official website". OCCRP. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
14. ^ "ARIJ joins elected board of Global Investigative Journalism Network". The Jordan Times. 2014-06-29. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
15. ^ "Official website". Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
16. ^ "Investigative Journalism". Wits University. Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
17. ^ Eggert, Werner. "Interlink Academy for Dialog and Journalism". Interlink Academy for International Dialog and Journalism.
18. ^ "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.
19. ^ Edwards, Michael (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19933-014-0.
20. ^ "2005 Conferentie Amsterdam". Vereniging van Onderzoeksjournalisten. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
21. ^ "Toronto to host Global Investigative Journalism Conference". IFEX. 2006-11-22. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
22. ^ "Global Investigative Journalism Networks". Journalismfund.eu. Archived from the original on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
23. ^ "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.
24. ^ Sisti, Leo (2013-01-31). "Lessons from a Fledgling Investigative Reporting Center". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
25. ^ Walt, Vivienne (2013-10-14). "Greenwald on Snowden leaks: The worst is yet to come". Time. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
26. ^ "Terrorism is a global threat, but so is organised crime". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
27. ^ 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.
28. ^ "GIJC 2023". Fojo Media Institute. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
29. ^ "12th Global Investigative Journalism Conference". DART Center for Journalism and Trauma at the Columbia School of Journalism.
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. ^ a b "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. ^ 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.

## External links

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* The Global Investigative Journalism Casebook (27 June 2012) by Mark Lee Hunter via UNESCO