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At #GIJC25, experts warned that investigating big tech means scrutinizing the tiny group of companies + decision-makers shaping our lives – not the “magic” of AI.
Journalists were urged to focus on human choices, power, impacts & the narratives driving this booming industry.
Journalists were urged to focus on human choices, power, impacts & the narratives driving this booming industry.
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GIJC25 Kicks Off with Global Summit on AI and Tech Reporting
twp.ai
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
At #GIJC25, experts warned that investigating big tech means scrutinizing the tiny group of companies + decision-makers shaping our lives – not the “magic” of AI.
Journalists were urged to focus on human choices, power, impacts & the narratives driving this booming industry.
Journalists were urged to focus on human choices, power, impacts & the narratives driving this booming industry.
Politically-driven media restrictions & conflict make hunger underreporting a real problem.
This new GIJN guide urges journalists to build resilience, access hard data, and hold power accountable:
This new GIJN guide urges journalists to build resilience, access hard data, and hold power accountable:
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Guide to Investigating Food Insecurity
twp.ai
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Politically-driven media restrictions & conflict make hunger underreporting a real problem.
This new GIJN guide urges journalists to build resilience, access hard data, and hold power accountable:
This new GIJN guide urges journalists to build resilience, access hard data, and hold power accountable:
🌍 The 2026 Sigma Awards is open!
We’re celebrating the best data journalism published in 2025 and invite journalists everywhere – individuals, small newsrooms, and major teams – to submit their strongest work.
🗓 Deadline: Jan 11, 2026
🔗 Apply:
We’re celebrating the best data journalism published in 2025 and invite journalists everywhere – individuals, small newsrooms, and major teams – to submit their strongest work.
🗓 Deadline: Jan 11, 2026
🔗 Apply:
gijn.org
Sigma Awards for Data Journalism Are Open for Entries
twp.ai
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🌍 The 2026 Sigma Awards is open!
We’re celebrating the best data journalism published in 2025 and invite journalists everywhere – individuals, small newsrooms, and major teams – to submit their strongest work.
🗓 Deadline: Jan 11, 2026
🔗 Apply:
We’re celebrating the best data journalism published in 2025 and invite journalists everywhere – individuals, small newsrooms, and major teams – to submit their strongest work.
🗓 Deadline: Jan 11, 2026
🔗 Apply:
🌏 Day 1 of #GIJC25!
We kicked off with a welcome from GIJN’s Emilia Díaz-Struck and @malaysiakini.com's Premesh Chandran, followed by a powerful keynote from @mariaressa.bsky.social.
Attendees also joined GIJN + @pressfreedom.bsky.social in urging freedom for jailed journalists.
We kicked off with a welcome from GIJN’s Emilia Díaz-Struck and @malaysiakini.com's Premesh Chandran, followed by a powerful keynote from @mariaressa.bsky.social.
Attendees also joined GIJN + @pressfreedom.bsky.social in urging freedom for jailed journalists.
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
🌏 Day 1 of #GIJC25!
We kicked off with a welcome from GIJN’s Emilia Díaz-Struck and @malaysiakini.com's Premesh Chandran, followed by a powerful keynote from @mariaressa.bsky.social.
Attendees also joined GIJN + @pressfreedom.bsky.social in urging freedom for jailed journalists.
We kicked off with a welcome from GIJN’s Emilia Díaz-Struck and @malaysiakini.com's Premesh Chandran, followed by a powerful keynote from @mariaressa.bsky.social.
Attendees also joined GIJN + @pressfreedom.bsky.social in urging freedom for jailed journalists.
GIJN Guide to Investigating Food Insecurity
Acute hunger has tripled in a decade, reaching 295M people, while 673M still face chronic hunger. Reporting these crises is dangerous & difficult, but essential.
This guide helps journalists track causes, data and accountability.
Acute hunger has tripled in a decade, reaching 295M people, while 673M still face chronic hunger. Reporting these crises is dangerous & difficult, but essential.
This guide helps journalists track causes, data and accountability.
chatgpt.com
ChatGPT
twp.ai
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
GIJN Guide to Investigating Food Insecurity
Acute hunger has tripled in a decade, reaching 295M people, while 673M still face chronic hunger. Reporting these crises is dangerous & difficult, but essential.
This guide helps journalists track causes, data and accountability.
Acute hunger has tripled in a decade, reaching 295M people, while 673M still face chronic hunger. Reporting these crises is dangerous & difficult, but essential.
This guide helps journalists track causes, data and accountability.
Chronic diseases driven by tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods, and fossil fuels kill millions each year – yet remain underreported.
At #GIJC25, experts urged journalists to follow the webs of corporate power shaping science, policy, and public narratives.
At #GIJC25, experts urged journalists to follow the webs of corporate power shaping science, policy, and public narratives.
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Investigating Global Health: Impact from Corporations
twp.ai
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Chronic diseases driven by tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods, and fossil fuels kill millions each year – yet remain underreported.
At #GIJC25, experts urged journalists to follow the webs of corporate power shaping science, policy, and public narratives.
At #GIJC25, experts urged journalists to follow the webs of corporate power shaping science, policy, and public narratives.
It’s officially Day 1 at #GIJC25!
🔎 From hands-on workshops to inspiring talks and global networking, the world’s investigative journalism community is kicking off an exciting week in KL.
Here’s what’s ahead 👇
🔎 From hands-on workshops to inspiring talks and global networking, the world’s investigative journalism community is kicking off an exciting week in KL.
Here’s what’s ahead 👇
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GIJC25 Kicks Off with Global Summit on AI and Tech Reporting
twp.ai
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It’s officially Day 1 at #GIJC25!
🔎 From hands-on workshops to inspiring talks and global networking, the world’s investigative journalism community is kicking off an exciting week in KL.
Here’s what’s ahead 👇
🔎 From hands-on workshops to inspiring talks and global networking, the world’s investigative journalism community is kicking off an exciting week in KL.
Here’s what’s ahead 👇
“This is a time for radical collaboration.”
— @mariaressa.bsky.social
At #GIJC25, the Nobel laureate urged journalists to unite amid rising authoritarianism, disinformation, and shrinking press freedom – warning that 2026 may be a crucial year for media survival.
🔗 More: https://twp.ai/9PYUeX
— @mariaressa.bsky.social
At #GIJC25, the Nobel laureate urged journalists to unite amid rising authoritarianism, disinformation, and shrinking press freedom – warning that 2026 may be a crucial year for media survival.
🔗 More: https://twp.ai/9PYUeX
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“This is a time for radical collaboration.”
— @mariaressa.bsky.social
At #GIJC25, the Nobel laureate urged journalists to unite amid rising authoritarianism, disinformation, and shrinking press freedom – warning that 2026 may be a crucial year for media survival.
🔗 More: https://twp.ai/9PYUeX
— @mariaressa.bsky.social
At #GIJC25, the Nobel laureate urged journalists to unite amid rising authoritarianism, disinformation, and shrinking press freedom – warning that 2026 may be a crucial year for media survival.
🔗 More: https://twp.ai/9PYUeX
Illegal mining is a global crisis fueling corruption, destroying ecosystems, and threatening Indigenous lands across Brazil, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
"Illegal mining is not chaos – it’s an informal system with its own power lines."
– Linda Mujuru
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"Illegal mining is not chaos – it’s an informal system with its own power lines."
– Linda Mujuru
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Investigating Illegal Mining: Tips on Angles, Sourcing, and Post-Publication
twp.ai
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Illegal mining is a global crisis fueling corruption, destroying ecosystems, and threatening Indigenous lands across Brazil, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
"Illegal mining is not chaos – it’s an informal system with its own power lines."
– Linda Mujuru
🔗
"Illegal mining is not chaos – it’s an informal system with its own power lines."
– Linda Mujuru
🔗
At #GIJC25, Nobel laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social urged journalists to embrace radical collaboration as press freedoms face mounting threats.
“Everything we knew as an industry has been destroyed…This is a time for radical collaboration...a time for creation."
“Everything we knew as an industry has been destroyed…This is a time for radical collaboration...a time for creation."
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At GIJC25, Nobel Prize Laureate Maria Ressa Calls for ‘Radical Collaboration’ to Combat Misinformation and Preserve Press Freedom
twp.ai
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
At #GIJC25, Nobel laureate @mariaressa.bsky.social urged journalists to embrace radical collaboration as press freedoms face mounting threats.
“Everything we knew as an industry has been destroyed…This is a time for radical collaboration...a time for creation."
“Everything we knew as an industry has been destroyed…This is a time for radical collaboration...a time for creation."
The online investigations toolkit by @bellingcat.com helps reporters discover tools in categories like satellite imagery, maps, and social media, and is designed to help researchers learn how to use each tool with in-depth descriptions.
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Struggling to Find the Right Open Source Tool? Try Bellingcat’s New Online Investigations Toolkit
twp.ai
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The online investigations toolkit by @bellingcat.com helps reporters discover tools in categories like satellite imagery, maps, and social media, and is designed to help researchers learn how to use each tool with in-depth descriptions.
Journalism is facing its deadliest moment since @pressfreedom began tracking in 1992. As democracy retreats and autocracy rises, attacks on a free press are surging – from killings and imprisonment to surveillance and exile.
In Gaza alone, 240+ journalists have been killed.
In Gaza alone, 240+ journalists have been killed.
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Journalism is facing its deadliest moment since @pressfreedom began tracking in 1992. As democracy retreats and autocracy rises, attacks on a free press are surging – from killings and imprisonment to surveillance and exile.
In Gaza alone, 240+ journalists have been killed.
In Gaza alone, 240+ journalists have been killed.
✨ Day 1 of #GIJC25 is HERE! ✨
Kuala Lumpur is buzzing as journalists, editors, data experts, and investigators from 100+ countries come together to learn, connect, and dig deeper.
Workshops, keynotes, new tools, big ideas — let’s go.
🔗
Kuala Lumpur is buzzing as journalists, editors, data experts, and investigators from 100+ countries come together to learn, connect, and dig deeper.
Workshops, keynotes, new tools, big ideas — let’s go.
🔗
gijn.org
GIJC25 Kicks Off with Global Summit on AI and Tech Reporting
twp.ai
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
✨ Day 1 of #GIJC25 is HERE! ✨
Kuala Lumpur is buzzing as journalists, editors, data experts, and investigators from 100+ countries come together to learn, connect, and dig deeper.
Workshops, keynotes, new tools, big ideas — let’s go.
🔗
Kuala Lumpur is buzzing as journalists, editors, data experts, and investigators from 100+ countries come together to learn, connect, and dig deeper.
Workshops, keynotes, new tools, big ideas — let’s go.
🔗
Reporting on food crises isn’t just about numbers.
GIJN’s guide highlights key tools: using IPC classification, satellite data, FOI requests, and even following money flows.
GIJN’s guide highlights key tools: using IPC classification, satellite data, FOI requests, and even following money flows.
gijn.org
Guide to Investigating Food Insecurity
twp.ai
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Reporting on food crises isn’t just about numbers.
GIJN’s guide highlights key tools: using IPC classification, satellite data, FOI requests, and even following money flows.
GIJN’s guide highlights key tools: using IPC classification, satellite data, FOI requests, and even following money flows.
Want to turn messy spreadsheets into trustworthy stories? Join the hands-on data cleaning workshop at #GIJC25.
Learn how to prepare, standardize, and validate datasets so your reporting is accurate, reproducible, and airtight.
Learn how to prepare, standardize, and validate datasets so your reporting is accurate, reproducible, and airtight.
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Data Cleaning Tools and Techniques for Non-Coders
twp.ai
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Want to turn messy spreadsheets into trustworthy stories? Join the hands-on data cleaning workshop at #GIJC25.
Learn how to prepare, standardize, and validate datasets so your reporting is accurate, reproducible, and airtight.
Learn how to prepare, standardize, and validate datasets so your reporting is accurate, reproducible, and airtight.
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We’re excited to take part in #GIJC25 this week in Kuala Lumpur! Attending workshops and panels on investigative skills, offshore data, and Big Tech.
📝 Our Journalists for Transparency #J4T initiative will also be present ➡️ Learn more: j4t.org
📝 Our Journalists for Transparency #J4T initiative will also be present ➡️ Learn more: j4t.org
#GIJC25 Program Highlights
Hands-on workshops & panels to sharpen your investigative skills, from ethnographic reporting to tracking offshore data and Big Tech.
🗓️ THIS WEEK! Nov 20–24, Kuala Lumpur
🔗 Explore sessions: https://twp.ai/9PYD4A
Hands-on workshops & panels to sharpen your investigative skills, from ethnographic reporting to tracking offshore data and Big Tech.
🗓️ THIS WEEK! Nov 20–24, Kuala Lumpur
🔗 Explore sessions: https://twp.ai/9PYD4A
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Are you at the @gijn.org Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia? Meet me there! I’ll be sharing some of the tips, tricks & red flags in a session on unlocking investigations into #publicprocurement gijc2025.org/program/sche...
Unlocking Investigations Into Government Procurement
Government procurement corruption is a growing problem in an increasingly kleptocratic world, draining public coffers in sectors such as security,…
gijc2025.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Are you at the @gijn.org Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia? Meet me there! I’ll be sharing some of the tips, tricks & red flags in a session on unlocking investigations into #publicprocurement gijc2025.org/program/sche...
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The 2026 Sigma Awards are open!
Submit your best data journalism published in 2025. Open to individuals, small newsrooms & large teams – no categories, just the strongest work.
🗓 Deadline: Jan 11, 2026
Apply now: https://twp.ai/9PYX7y
Questions: sigmas@gijn.org
Submit your best data journalism published in 2025. Open to individuals, small newsrooms & large teams – no categories, just the strongest work.
🗓 Deadline: Jan 11, 2026
Apply now: https://twp.ai/9PYX7y
Questions: sigmas@gijn.org
gijn.org
Sigma Awards 2026 for Data Journalism Are Open for Entries
twp.ai
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🎉
The 2026 Sigma Awards are open!
Submit your best data journalism published in 2025. Open to individuals, small newsrooms & large teams – no categories, just the strongest work.
🗓 Deadline: Jan 11, 2026
Apply now: https://twp.ai/9PYX7y
Questions: sigmas@gijn.org
Submit your best data journalism published in 2025. Open to individuals, small newsrooms & large teams – no categories, just the strongest work.
🗓 Deadline: Jan 11, 2026
Apply now: https://twp.ai/9PYX7y
Questions: sigmas@gijn.org
‼️ Tomorrow, Friday, Nov 21 marks the first full day of #GIJC25!
Get ready for hands-on workshops, cross-border collaborations, and inspiring talks from investigative journalists around the world.
🗓️ Check the full program & plan your day: https://twp.ai/9PYD7m
Get ready for hands-on workshops, cross-border collaborations, and inspiring talks from investigative journalists around the world.
🗓️ Check the full program & plan your day: https://twp.ai/9PYD7m
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
‼️ Tomorrow, Friday, Nov 21 marks the first full day of #GIJC25!
Get ready for hands-on workshops, cross-border collaborations, and inspiring talks from investigative journalists around the world.
🗓️ Check the full program & plan your day: https://twp.ai/9PYD7m
Get ready for hands-on workshops, cross-border collaborations, and inspiring talks from investigative journalists around the world.
🗓️ Check the full program & plan your day: https://twp.ai/9PYD7m
🎬 From documentary screenings and cultural showcases to the Welcome Reception, SkyBar meet-up, and the #GSLA Awards Night — this year’s lineup is packed.
Even if you’re not attending, follow along with recaps & coverage using #GIJC25!
Even if you’re not attending, follow along with recaps & coverage using #GIJC25!
gijn.org
What to Expect — and Prepare For — at GIJC25 in Kuala Lumpur
twp.ai
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
💫 NEW! This week's Data Journalism round-up highlights which countries are following through on their climate change commitments, a deep-dive into the challenges facing Saudi Arabia’s vertical city, and modeling whether today’s AI boom is headed for a dot-com style crash.
gijn.org
X’s Right-Wing Bias in UK, Tigray’s Illicit Gold Rush, Financial Risks of AI Bubble, and What People Ask ChatGPT
twp.ai
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
💫 NEW! This week's Data Journalism round-up highlights which countries are following through on their climate change commitments, a deep-dive into the challenges facing Saudi Arabia’s vertical city, and modeling whether today’s AI boom is headed for a dot-com style crash.
Data cleaning is an ethical responsibility. Small inconsistencies – dates, spellings, categories, formats – can lead to major reporting errors.
Tools like Google Sheets, OpenRefine, Power Query, Airtable, Tabula & more help journalists clean data without writing code.
Tools like Google Sheets, OpenRefine, Power Query, Airtable, Tabula & more help journalists clean data without writing code.
gijn.org
Data Cleaning Tools and Techniques for Non-Coders
twp.ai
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Data cleaning is an ethical responsibility. Small inconsistencies – dates, spellings, categories, formats – can lead to major reporting errors.
Tools like Google Sheets, OpenRefine, Power Query, Airtable, Tabula & more help journalists clean data without writing code.
Tools like Google Sheets, OpenRefine, Power Query, Airtable, Tabula & more help journalists clean data without writing code.
🎉 #GIJC25 kicks off tomorrow, Nov 20 with our Pre-Conference Day and we’re celebrating in style!
🥂 Join us for the Welcome Reception
🕕 6:00–8:00pm | 📍 Hall 8, Level 4, KL Convention Centre
Reconnect, meet new colleagues & toast the start of an extraordinary conference!
https://twp.ai/9PYD7Z
🥂 Join us for the Welcome Reception
🕕 6:00–8:00pm | 📍 Hall 8, Level 4, KL Convention Centre
Reconnect, meet new colleagues & toast the start of an extraordinary conference!
https://twp.ai/9PYD7Z
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎉 #GIJC25 kicks off tomorrow, Nov 20 with our Pre-Conference Day and we’re celebrating in style!
🥂 Join us for the Welcome Reception
🕕 6:00–8:00pm | 📍 Hall 8, Level 4, KL Convention Centre
Reconnect, meet new colleagues & toast the start of an extraordinary conference!
https://twp.ai/9PYD7Z
🥂 Join us for the Welcome Reception
🕕 6:00–8:00pm | 📍 Hall 8, Level 4, KL Convention Centre
Reconnect, meet new colleagues & toast the start of an extraordinary conference!
https://twp.ai/9PYD7Z
🗓️ Pre-Conference Day at #GIJC25 – Nov 20
Before the main event kicks off, join a day of exclusive, high-impact workshops led by top investigative journalists worldwide.
💻 Tech Journalism
🌍 Global Health
🛡️ Securing Your Information
🔗 Details: https://twp.ai/9PYD4W
Before the main event kicks off, join a day of exclusive, high-impact workshops led by top investigative journalists worldwide.
💻 Tech Journalism
🌍 Global Health
🛡️ Securing Your Information
🔗 Details: https://twp.ai/9PYD4W
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🗓️ Pre-Conference Day at #GIJC25 – Nov 20
Before the main event kicks off, join a day of exclusive, high-impact workshops led by top investigative journalists worldwide.
💻 Tech Journalism
🌍 Global Health
🛡️ Securing Your Information
🔗 Details: https://twp.ai/9PYD4W
Before the main event kicks off, join a day of exclusive, high-impact workshops led by top investigative journalists worldwide.
💻 Tech Journalism
🌍 Global Health
🛡️ Securing Your Information
🔗 Details: https://twp.ai/9PYD4W
🇧🇷 #GIJC25 speaker @nataliaviana.bsky.social, co-founder & exec director of @apublica.org, has long exposed human rights abuses & disinformation.
Now she’s investigating Big Tech’s growing power & its threat to democracy.
Hear her at #GIJC25: https://twp.ai/ImshTw
More: https://twp.ai/E6DSHs
Now she’s investigating Big Tech’s growing power & its threat to democracy.
Hear her at #GIJC25: https://twp.ai/ImshTw
More: https://twp.ai/E6DSHs
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🇧🇷 #GIJC25 speaker @nataliaviana.bsky.social, co-founder & exec director of @apublica.org, has long exposed human rights abuses & disinformation.
Now she’s investigating Big Tech’s growing power & its threat to democracy.
Hear her at #GIJC25: https://twp.ai/ImshTw
More: https://twp.ai/E6DSHs
Now she’s investigating Big Tech’s growing power & its threat to democracy.
Hear her at #GIJC25: https://twp.ai/ImshTw
More: https://twp.ai/E6DSHs