Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2017 (https://gijc2017.org/tag/investigative-journalism/)
Nigeria’s Sunday Punch editor, Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye, on threats to investigative journalism. GIJC17 Voices is a series of short interviews with some of the top investigative journalists from around the world.
Women are under-represented in the investigative journalism industry. Here are eight tips that will help female reporters survive and shine.
A new kind of journalism school is turning subject-matter specialists into investigative reporters. The University of Toronto has trained doctors and health professionals — along with other specialists — to work as journalists, some of whom have quickly become award-winning reporters. The university’s Robert Steiner will be speaking at #GIJC17 in Johannesburg this week.
Every two years, the Global Investigative Journalism Network presents the Global Shining Light Award, a unique award which honors investigative journalism in a developing or transitioning country, done under threat, duress, or in the direst of conditions. Note: Deadline for submissions is May 15, 2017, 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5), for stories published or broadcast between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2016. The winner receives an honorary plaque, US$2,000, and a trip to the 2017 Global Investigative Journalism Conference to accept the award in front of hundreds of their colleagues from around the world. Online submissions are strongly preferred. If you need to send hard copy, mail it to: Global Shining Light Awards/GIJN, Pozsonyi Way 10, 2nd floor 8 door, Budapest 1137, Hungary.