Global Investigative Journalism Network

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Global Investigative Journalism Network
Formation2003
TypeAssociation
Legal status Nonprofit (501(c)(3))
HeadquartersUnited States
Membership (2024)
249
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 ]

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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

GIJN was formed in 2003 as a loose network in support of the biennial Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC), which had been launched two years earlier by veteran journalists Brant Houston and Nils Mulvad. [4] [5] The GIJN secretariat was officially formed after participants of the 7th GIJC in Kiev voted for the formation of a provisional secretariat in 2013. [6] [7] [ 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. [8] Guidestar rated GIJN as 'Gold-level' for transparency of the organization's finances and leadership in 2023. [9]

In late 2023, GIJN was designated as "undesirable" in Russia. [10]

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), [11] Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), [12] the Belarusian Investigative Center, Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism, [13] Investigative Journalism Programme at Wits University, [14] Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, ProPublica, [1] Journalism for Nation Building Foundation-Philippines, Interlink Academy for International Dialog and Journalism [15] among many others.

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. [16] [17]

The GIJC has been held in Copenhagen in 2001 and 2003, [4] Amsterdam (2005), [18] Toronto (2007), [19] Lillehammer (2008), [20] Geneva (2010), [21] Kiev (2011), [22] Rio de Janeiro (2013), [23] Lillehammer (2015), [24] Johannesburg (2017) [25] and Hamburg (2019). The latest conference was held in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2023. [26] In 2021, owing to the Coronavirus pandemic, the conference was held online only. [27]

Since 2014, GIJN has organized investigative journalism conferences in Asia. The first Asian Investigative Journalism Conference was held in Manila (2014), [28] the second in Kathmandu (2016), [29] and the third in Seoul (2018). [30]

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." [31]

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), [32] [33] Khadija Ismayilova from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, [31] and Venezuelan investigative news site Armando.info. [34]

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