Global Investigative Journalism Network Explained

Global Investigative Journalism Network
Formation:2003
Type:Association
Status:Nonprofit (501(c)(3))
Headquarters:United States
Membership:250
Membership Year:2024
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.

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.[2]

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.[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 Kiev voted for the formation of a provisional secretariat in 2013.[7] [8] 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, Journalism for Nation Building Foundation-Philippines, Interlink Academy for International Dialog and Journalism,[16] 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.[17] 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.

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, 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

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Center joins Global Investigative Journalism Network . . 2014-10-02 . 2017-01-15.
  2. Web site: Global Conferences . 2017-01-15 . GIJN.
  3. Book: Lewis, Charles . 935 lies: the future of truth and the decline of America's moral integrity . 2014 . PublicAffairs . 978-1-61039-117-7 . First . New York . 233.
  4. Book: Houston, Brant . Global media ethics: problems and perspectives . 2013 . Wiley-Blackwell . 978-1-4051-8392-5 . Ward . Stephen J. A. . Chichester, West Sussex, UK . 69.
  5. Book: . Encyclopedia of Journalism. 2009. SAGE Publications. 978-1-45226-152-2.
  6. Book: On the future of news . 2010 . MIT Pr . 978-0-262-75109-4 . Ghiglione . Loren . Dædalus . Cambridge, Mass . 51.
  7. Web site: Global Conference, Global Network . GIJN . 2016-09-20 . 2017-01-15.
  8. Web site: Organising Statement (2003) . GIJN . 2017-01-15.
  9. Web site: November 14, 2023 . Global Investigative Journalism Network - Nonprofit Explorer . 2024-03-11 . ProPublica . en.
  10. Web site: Global Investigative Journalism Network - GuideStar Profile . 2024-03-11 . www.guidestar.org.
  11. Web site: Russia Outlaws Exiled Anti-War Projects, Investigative Journalism NGO as 'Undesirable'. December 27, 2023. The Moscow Times.
  12. Web site: Official website . . 2017-01-15.
  13. Web site: ARIJ joins elected board of Global Investigative Journalism Network . . 2014-06-29 . 2017-01-15.
  14. Web site: Official website . Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism . 2017-01-15.
  15. Web site: Investigative Journalism . . 2017-01-15 . 2017-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170103130855/http://www.journalism.co.za/investigative-journalism-homepage/ . dead .
  16. Web site: Eggert . Werner . Interlink Academy for Dialog and Journalism . Interlink Academy for International Dialog and Journalism.
  17. Web site: Membership . 2024-06-14 . gijn.org . en-US.
  18. Web site: Google puts US$170 million toward digital news innovation . . 2015-10-30 . 2017-01-15 . 2017-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170215030657/https://ijnet.org/en/blog/google-puts-us170-million-toward-digital-news-innovation . dead .
  19. Book: Edwards, Michael . The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society . Oxford University Press . 2013 . 978-0-19933-014-0.
  20. Web site: 2005 Conferentie Amsterdam . Vereniging van Onderzoeksjournalisten . 2017-02-14.
  21. Web site: Toronto to host Global Investigative Journalism Conference . . 2006-11-22 . 2017-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170215113802/https://www.ifex.org/2006/11/22/toronto_to_host_global_investigative/ . 2017-02-15 . dead .
  22. Web site: Global Investigative Journalism Networks . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170318054221/http://journalismfund.eu/global-investigative-journalism-networks . 2017-03-18 . 2017-02-14 . Journalismfund.eu.
  23. Web site: Balkan Fellowship Story praised at the GIJC . Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence . 2010-05-12 . 2017-02-14 . 2017-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170215032842/http://fellowship.birn.eu.com/en/about/fellowship-programme-news-balkan-fellowship-story-praised-at-the-gijc . dead .
  24. Web site: Sisti . Leo . 2013-01-31 . Lessons from a Fledgling Investigative Reporting Center . 2017-02-14 . International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
  25. Greenwald on Snowden leaks: The worst is yet to come . . 2013-10-14 . 2017-02-14. Walt . Vivienne .
  26. Web site: Terrorism is a global threat, but so is organised crime . . 2015-11-05 . 2017-02-14.
  27. Investigative Journalism Can Still Make Bad Guys Squirm. The Nation. 6 December 2017. Schapiro. Mark. 31 December 2017. 9 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191209055152/https://www.thenation.com/article/investigative-journalism-can-still-make-bad-guys-quake/. dead.
  28. Web site: GIJC 2023 . 2023-11-21 . Fojo Media Institute . en-GB.
  29. Web site: 12th Global Investigative Journalism Conference . DART Center for Journalism and Trauma at the Columbia School of Journalism.
  30. News: 2014-11-07 . PDI to sponsor 10 delegates to int'l journalism conference . 2017-02-14 . Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  31. Web site: 2016-09-25 . Kunda Dixit's exile shows concern over Nepal's press freedom . 2017-02-14 . The Himalayan Times.
  32. Web site: Uncovering Asia 2018. Uncovering Asia 2018. en-US. 2019-01-03.
  33. Web site: OCCRP journalist wins Global Shining Light Award . . 2013-10-17 . 2017-02-14.
  34. Web site: OCCRP Wins Global Shining Light Award . . 2015-10-12 . 2017-02-14.
  35. Web site: Johnston . David Cay . 2015-10-13 . Opinion: The world needs investigative journalism . 2017-02-14 . Al Jazeera America.
  36. News: Simó Sulbarán . Madelen Rocio . ArmandoInfo gana premio de la Red Global de Periodismo de Investigación . ArmandoInfo wins Global Investigative Journalism Network Award. 15 October 2023 . . 21 September 2023 . es.

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