For over 100 years, across the world, undercover investigations have produced extraordinary, impactful journalism. Particularly in countries without public record access or source protection laws, going undercover can be one of the few tools reporters have to reveal wrong-doing and corruption. But what are the downsides? When do you risk discrediting your work by misrepresenting yourself? In this session, come get tips and techniques from gutsy journalists who have gone undercover in some of the world's toughest environments.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

This special session is one of five security clinics at GIJC23 where attendees can get their mobile phones checked for spyware. Thanks to the security experts at Citizen Lab and RSF's Digital Security Lab, you can stop by without an appointment, have your phone checked, and get a quick consultation about whether your security practices are really protecting you and your sources.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

In this session three journalists will talk about their latest use of AI as a tool for investigations. They will share what they have learned about when AI is useful and when it’s not, and how to collaborate with tech people. Hear from Inas Hamdan on her forthcoming investigation using CHAT GPT-4. J Joseph Poliszuk will talk about how his team created an algorithm to process satellite images of Venezuela and identified nearly 4000 illegal gold mines. And Jelena Cosic will share ICIJs work with AI to handle enormous amounts of documents as well as their new collaboration with Oslomet.

In this session, Dr. M. C. Rasmin from SLTC Research University (Sri Lanka) will present his paper "Enhancing Government Accountability: Assessing the Influence of Investigative Journalism Training in Sri Lanka."🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

In war and conflict, investigative journalists and human rights researchers play a critical role: exposing perpetrators of abuse, and holding them accountable for war crimes. With ethnic purges in Myanmar and murderous rampages in Ukraine, we are reminded that the world has not left this most heinous kind of brutality behind us.For six months, GIJN has worked with leading war correspondents, lawyers, and human rights experts on its new Guide to Investigating the Crimes of War, which is being released at this conference. Our goal is to help journalists  worldwide understand laws related to war and conflict, and to offer clear methodologies for investigation.As part of the guide's release, we're proud to present this all-star panel with experts on documenting war crimes. One of Ukraine's top reporters will talk about investigating Russia's barbaric acts in her country. Two open source investigators will give tips and tools on how to safeguard evidence of atrocities, preserve the testimony of survivors and build a trail of accountability. And photojournalist extraordinaire Ron Haviv will offer hard-won advice from covering 25 conflicts around the world.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

This session will cover finding mostly open and free data for research and investigations on multinational corporations.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.💻 For best results, be sure to bring your own laptop if you want to follow the workshop.

SQLite is a popular tool for data analysis in the world. The language -- which is straightforward and easy to learn -- can be found in many other software packages. It has been used for decades for major investigations using large datasets and is a powerful way to join information contained in multiple datasets. When you’ve done all you can with spreadsheets but either your data are too big or you need to join tables (files), SQL (Structured Query Language) is for you.Before the session: Download DB Browser SQLite from https://sqlitebrowser.org (for both PCs and Macs).🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.💻 For best results, be sure to bring your own laptop if you want to follow the workshop.

Data Miner is the most powerful web scraping tool for professional data miners and data journalists. It helps you crawl and scrape data from web pages and then move it into a CSV file or Excel spreadsheet.In this workshop, you will learn how to scrape and filter data from different sites and create custom recipes. You will also practice single-page or multi-page automated scraping. Please do not forget to add the extension in your browser before attending the workshop: https://dataminer.io🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.💻 For best results, be sure to bring your own laptop if you want to follow the workshop.

This class will introduce participants to some of the basics of code and the building blocks required to run the Python programming language including the all important For Loop. It will include a demonstration on how to use Python to handle a too-large-for-Excel-to-handle spreadsheet. Participants will receive copies of the workbooks to allow them to practice these skills in their own time. Laptop required.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.💻 For best results, be sure to bring your own laptop if you want to follow the workshop.

Today, we take for granted large-scale, collaborative cross-border investigative reporting. Not only at the global scale, but across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, networks of investigative journalists have made the extraordinary almost routine. But this relatively new field has deep roots, going back to a series of little-known meetings in the 1980s, and then to innovative models created in '90s. Come hear how early experiments by InterNation, CIR, GIJN, PCIJ, FarmSubsidy, and ICIJ laid the groundwork for the modern age of global muckraking.Here's a look at the predecessor of GIJN and ICIJ -- InterNation -- just published by GIJN.org.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

As the COVID-19 crisis has underscored, investigating health and medicine is complex and challenging. Reporting in this field means reading lengthy documents and getting well-acquainted with medical jargon. Numbers and statistics are also part of the game, as is understanding conflicts of interest. Although the learning curve can be steep, you’ll never run out of stories in this field. Truly global, it’s compelling and engaging, and affects the lives of everyone. Four experienced health reporters will share strategies and tips.  🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

Podcast listening in Brazil and Indonesia, two of the world's top markets, has followed a global surge in listeners turning to the intimacy of podcasting and streaming audio, when and where they want. Come meet three journalists and producers who have both led the way in their countries, and collaborated in true GIJN fashion. Join Citra, Toledo and Susanne for a candid conversation about why podcasting is such an ideal format for investigations. They'll share tips and takeaways on how to approach your subject, cast your show, interview for audio, and create powerful podcasts in your own markets.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

Despite its nerve-wracking nature, investigative reports can be works of art, meeting their audiences in a variety of creative platforms. In this session you'll hear from innovative Swedish journalists who have tried new approaches and targeted new groups of audiences. They will share their search for the right format and how well it was received.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.Interpretation available in Armenian, Georgian, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian.

Learn the new dynamics of communities doing investigations -- how people are going way beyond crowdsourcing, and how "crowds" taking up investigative tools can deepen reporting and increase impact.In this panel we bring together citizen journalists from Costa Rica, Senegal, Guatemala, and the UK -- all professionals doing extraordinary work using investigative tools. Be prepared to be impressed.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

This special session is one of five security clinics at GIJC23 where attendees can get their mobile phones checked for spyware. Thanks to the security experts at Citizen Lab and RSF's Digital Security Lab, you can stop by without an appointment, have your phone checked, and get a quick consultation about whether your security practices are really protecting you and your sources.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

Journalists are facing a worldwide legal assault from a growing arsenal of abused laws, from national security and emergency edicts to libel and privacy statutes. Harassment lawsuits, while always a threat, have mushroomed in use by the rich and powerful to silence watchdog reporting. SLAPP suits (“strategic lawsuits against public participation”), are one variant and are often framed as defamation or privacy cases, aimed to intimidate journalists, prevent publication, and punish independent media. The cost of defending such suits can be devastating to newsrooms. Legal experts who work closely with journalists will offer practical strategies on how journalists can be protected from defamation, libel and other vexatious lawsuits, including the welcome launch of Reporters Shield, a legal support program and defense fund.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

Our world is facing a perfect storm of disinformation, trolling, spyware and other digital threats. Yet most journalists lack the skills to follow forensic trails online. Come hear the experts from GIJN's Digital Threats course, which is training 100 journalists worldwide in cyber-investigative techniques. These experts will help you understand and expose attacks and manipulation so you can track the roots of digital bad actors across a range of beats and topics.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

In this session, Richard Mensah Adonu from Iowa State University (USA) and Redeemer Buatsi from University of Louisiana at Lafayette (USA) will present their paper "Investigative Journalism In The New Age: Examining the Use of AI Tools in Investigative Journalism Practices In Ghana," co-authored with Albert Junior Nyarko from Washington State University (USA) and Michael Sataaviel Yerb Jr from Liverpool John Moores University (UK).Also, Nausheen Husain from Syracuse University (USA) will present her paper "Beyond Datawrapper: What Nontraditional Data Visualizations in Award-winning Journalism Tell Us About Data Education".🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

As Deep Throat famously told Bob Woodward in the movie All the President's Men, "Just... follow the money." These speakers have made a career of that, following trails of suspect cash around the world -- and in the process uncovering intricate webs of complicit and corrupt institutions. Learn how to identify the "criminal blueprint" for such operations from these seasoned journalists, who have taken on Nigerian billionaires, Eurasian oligarchs, and the head of Lebanon's Central Bank.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.Interpretation available in Armenian, Georgian, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian.

This session will provide an overview of the best and most innovative data-driven stories throughout the world over the past five years, with special attention to the techniques and data used.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.💻 For best results, be sure to bring your own laptop if you want to follow the workshop.

Working in a spreadsheet can be messy and cluttered. Especially if you have a very large data set and need to perform many operations. You have to document every step to be able to repeat your analyses later (for verification or with new data). Fortunately, there's R. With a few simple lines of code, you can do the same things in R as you would in a spreadsheet: scrape, cleanup, sort, filter, group (pivot tables), create statistics and graphs, but now in an uncluttered workflow that can be easily modified, repeated, and shared. Experience why R (freeware) has quickly captured the hearts of many data journalists. A comprehensive workbook with sample scripts and exercises accompanies the workshops. (Some experience with spreadsheets is recommended for this workshop, but not required).🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.💻 For best results, be sure to bring your own laptop if you want to follow the workshop.

How to clean and reshape data using string, if, date functions that will make it easier to do accurate analysis of data.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.💻 For best results, be sure to bring your own laptop if you want to follow the workshop.

This session will show the power of pivot tables in spreadsheets to quickly summarize data and show patterns and outliers for immediate stories.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.💻 For best results, be sure to bring your own laptop if you want to follow the workshop.

If there was just one panel to attend at GIJC23, this might be it. We're witnessing a global assault on democratic institutions and a sustained global decline in democracies. Investigative journalism, in partnership with civil society, has emerged as a last line of defense for human rights and democratic principles in countries around the world -- even where we thought we were secure. This panel features giants in the push-back against fascism and authoritarianism. We have an extraordinary lineup -- Edwy Plenel (France), Lina Attalah (Egypt), Vinod Jose (India), and Maria Pevchikh (Russia). -- who will offer inspiration and tools to fight for a free and accountable future.🪑 Note: All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

One of the most exciting recent developments in investigative journalism is the emergence of Indigenous investigative reporting teams that are operating not only in their communities but across borders. Here's a look at the new generation of Indigenous investigators, with journalists from Canada, Colombia, Nepal, Sweden, and United States. Come hear their perspectives on critical issues for investigation that affect not only their communities but all of us.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

The best historians and investigative journalists share a great deal: they go after primary sources, they follow the trails of money and accountability, and they put events in a broader context that the public can understand. Often those events look shockingly different just 20 or 30 years later, based on documents, data, and interviews.Here are three extraordinary examples of this unique kind of reporting. Jose Maria Irujo and his partner at El Pais followed the trail of Franco-era terrorists from Spain to Latin America, and revealed a shocking history that many in Spain would like to have forgotten. Catherine Porter and her team at the New York Times put together the troubling story of how France demanded reparations from newly independent Haiti, forcing the country into the worst poverty in the Western Hemisphere. And moderator Kunda Dixit will double as a speaker, giving us a look at his trilogy of photographic books revealing the full scope of Nepal's bloody civil war -- and the remarkable reaction they received by Nepalis nationwide.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

Knowing how to research is among the least recognized -- yet most important -- elements of investigative reporting. Journalists require skills in seeking the best verifiable sources, gathering documents and data, organizing and describing the information, and applying critical thinking to results. Come hear from three experts in the field, who will bring you up-to-date on the latest and best databases and open-source techniques.  🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.

Where do our discarded items actually go? Who suffers, and who benefits, from importing trash and used goods? In recent years, investigative reporters have used GPS technology, new databases, and supply chain sources to expose abuses that go beyond the obvious environmental and public health harms. Tune in to this diverse panel to learn new methods for holding people accountable for the things that almost nobody wants to track.🪑 All sessions are first-come, first-serve. That means people who arrive first will get seats. Be aware that some sessions are in relatively small rooms and they will fill up quickly.