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Stories from Balkans, Latin America, Ukraine Win Shining Light Award

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Winners of the sixth Global Shining Light Award were announced at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference tonight in Lillehammer, Norway. The prize honors investigative journalism conducted in a developing or transitioning country, done under threat, duress, or in the direst of conditions. The award drew 76 submissions received from 34 countries, for stories published or broadcast between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2014. First place was awarded to two series: “Unholy Alliances,” on Montenegro as a Mafia state, by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project; and “Empire of Ashes,” by Brazil’s Gazeta do Povo, on tobacco smuggling and organized crime in South America. In addition, the judges in their discretion decided to honor a third series with a citation of excellence:  YanukovychLeaks, for the team investigation that exposed the corruption of Ukraine’s fleeing ex-president.

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Favorite Tips, Tools, and Quotes from #GIJC15

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The first day of the Global Investigative Journalism Conference was a busy and productive one. Below, you can read some highlights of four popular panels on reporting organized crime, teaching investigative reporting, the Migrant Files project, and “finding Africa’s missing money”.

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Google Expert’s Top Research Techniques

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Has your editor ever told you to write a piece about something you know nothing about? No problem. With a few simple tricks, you can become an expert on almost anything.

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Challenges Faced When Reporting on Development Issues

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In a discussion about the challenges journalists face when reporting on development stories, three reporters showcased their multimedia projects as an innovative way to translate complicated and overlooked issues, into compelling stories.

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Skybox: A Tool to Help Investigate Environmental Crime

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Today public companies have to provide reports with data, while many private companies do not have to provide anything. Most companies within the oil, gas and mining sector are private, and to get information can be both expensive and time-consuming. Skybox is a new developing tool used to extract information from an otherwise private industry. Using moving pictures on ground level—captured by satellites—you can monitor different areas up close.

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Visualizing Investigative Journalism

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Investigative journalists in the “Lighting rounds: Visualization” had five minutes each to present their projects which use different visualization techniques. Below, a recap of some of the highlights.

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Swiss Leaks: How to Investigate a Bank

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Timelines, local knowledge and a flash drive: the layers of the Swiss Leaks story. The Swiss Leaks investigation was more difficult to prove than Oliver Zihlmann, head of the investigative team in Le Matin Dimanche and SonntagsZeintung in Switzerland, first thought.

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Top 10 Research Tools for Investigative Journalists

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How do you research thoroughly, save time, and get directly to the source you wish to find? Editor and Cofounder of InfoDOCKET Gary Price, and Research Editor for Investigations at The Intercept Margot Williams, shared their Top 100 Data Research Tools. Overwhelmed with information; we asked Williams and Price to refine their tools and research strategies down to a Top 10.