Global Investigative Journalism Network

The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) is "an international association of nonprofit organizations that support, promote and produce investigative journalism."[1][2][3][4] Its membership is open to "nonprofits, NGOs, and educational organizations" that are active in investigative reporting and data journalism.[5] As of January 2016, GIJN had 145 member organizations in 62 countries.[6][7]

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.[8]

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.[9][10] The GIJN secretariat was officially formed after participants of the 7th GIJC in Kiev voted for the formation of a provisional secretariat in 2013.[11][12] 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.[1][11][6][13][14]

Members

Member organizations include the Center for Investigative Reporting, Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ),[15] Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP),[16] Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ),[17] Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism,[18] Investigative Journalism Programme at Wits University,[19] Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and ProPublica.[20][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.[21][4]

The GIJC has been held in Copenhagen in 2001 and 2003,[9][22] Amsterdam (2005),[23] Toronto (2007),[24] Lillehammer (2008),[25] Geneva (2010),[26] Kiev (2011),[27] Rio de Janeiro (2013),[28], Lillehammer (2015)[29], and Johannesburg (2017)[30]. The next conference will be held in Hamburg, Germany in 2019.[31]

GIJN started organizing investigative journalism conferences in Asia since 2014. The first Asian Investigative Journalism Conference was in Manila (2014) and the second in Kathmandu (2016).[32][33]

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".[34][35]

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),[36][37] Khadija Ismayilova from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty,[35] Sonali Samarasinghe from The Sunday Leader,[38] and Stephan Hofstatter, Mzilikazi wa Afrika and Rob Rose from South Africa’s Sunday Times.[39]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". GIJN. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  2. 1 2 "Center joins Global Investigative Journalism Network". Wisconsin Centre for Investigative Journalism. 2014-10-02. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  3. ↑ Gray, Jonathan; Bounegru, Liliana; Chambers, Lucy (2012). The Data Journalism Handbook. O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN 1-44933-006-1.
  4. 1 2 Edwards, Michael (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19933-014-X.
  5. ↑ "Membership in GIJN". GIJN. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  6. 1 2 "GIJN launches as independent nonprofit". Institute for Nonprofit News. 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  7. ↑ "Protecting journalists who cover corruption is good for the bottom line". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  8. ↑ "Global Conferences". GIJN. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  9. 1 2 Sterling, Christopher H. (2009). Encyclopedia of Journalism. SAGE Publications. ISBN 1-45226-152-0.
  10. ↑ "Global Investigative Journalism Conference 15". GIJN. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  11. 1 2 "Global Conference, Global Network". GIJN. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  12. ↑ "Organising Statement (2003)". GIJN. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  13. ↑ "Articles of Incorporation". GIJN. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  14. ↑ "Tax exempt determination letter" (PDF). IRS. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  15. ↑ "Our Members". GIJN. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  16. ↑ "Official website". OCCRP. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  17. ↑ "ARIJ joins elected board of Global Investigative Journalism Network". The Jordan Times. 2014-06-29. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  18. ↑ "Official website". Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  19. ↑ "Investigative Journalism". Wits University. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  20. ↑ "New Members: GIJN adds right nonprofits from five countries". GIJN. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  21. ↑ "Google puts US$170 million toward digital news innovation". ICJ. 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  22. ↑ "Global Investigative Journalism Networks". Journalismfund.eu. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  23. ↑ "2005 Conferentie Amsterdam". Vereniging van Onderzoeksjournalisten. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  24. ↑ "Toronto to host Global Investigative Journalism Conference". IFEX. 2006-11-22. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  25. ↑ "Meet the world's leading investigative journalists". GIJN. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  26. ↑ "Balkan Fellowship Story praised at the GIJC". Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence. 2010-05-12. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  27. ↑ "Lessons from a Fledgling Investigative Reporting Center". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  28. ↑ "Greenwald on Snowden leaks: The worst is yet to come". Time. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  29. ↑ "Terrorism is a global threat, but so is organised crime". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  30. ↑ "Investigative Journalism Can Still Make Bad Guys Squirm".
  31. ↑ "Hamburg to host 2019 Global Investigative Journalism Conference".
  32. ↑ "PDI to sponsor 10 delegates to int'l journalism conference". Philippine Daily Enquirer. 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  33. ↑ "Kunda Dixit's exile shows concern over Nepal's press freedom". The Himalayan Times. 2016-09-25. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  34. ↑ "Global Shining Light Award". GIJN. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  35. 1 2 "OCCRP journalist wins Global Shining Light Award". OCCRP. 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  36. ↑ "OCCRP Wins Global Shining Light Award". OCCRP. 2015-10-12. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  37. ↑ "The world needs investigative journalism". Al Jazeera America. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  38. ↑ "Sri Lanka project wins global award". GIJN. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  39. ↑ "Global Shining Light Award Winners announced at GIJC13". GIJN. 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2017-02-14.

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