GIJC25
GIJC25: Our curated itinerary for must-attend sessions
INTERVIEW
How journalists Karla Mendes and Philip Jacobson uncovered an alarming public-health risk hidden in plain sight across Brazil’s public institutions.
PROFILE
Bearing witness and public service reporting
Martha Mendoza has spent her career chasing stories that the world would rather ignore. She talks about the investigations that defined her path, and what it means to report for the public good.
AI
“It’s a feature, not a bug”
ALL STORIES
Consultant and executive coach Ramaa Sharma spoke to leading figures in the newsroom AI space to identify the risks and potential solutions of AI bias
DATA
STORIES
Tools, news and practices from the data journalism community, useful for everyone
A guide for journalists on how to observe and measure the reduction of water reserves in water bodies, like the Aposelemi Dam in Crete, with the use and the analysis of satellite images.
We have collected historical data on the water reserves in Attica's reservoirs and are publishing it as an open dataset.
We attended the 5th European Conference on Data Journalism and Computational Journalism, held for the first time in Athens. Here, we gather some of the key takeaways.
Although social media is an important “channel” for publishing journalistic investigations, it is also a rich source of information for all kinds of journalistic research. At the Dataharvest 2025 conference, we learned useful ways in which journalists can gather data from platforms for their investigations.
PRESS FORWARD
Features and analyses about the present and future of journalism
INTERVIEW
Jelani Cobb, Dean of the Columbia Journalism School, author, and longtime staff writer for The New Yorker, speaks to iMEdD about academic freedom in the United States, the challenges facing the press today, so-called “Trump coverage,” and the public interest as journalism’s enduring mission.
With the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas being a reality, five journalists and media professionals share their perspectives on covering a war that has resulted in the highest number of journalist casualties in history.
Professor Nick Diakopoulos speaks to iMEdD about how generative artificial intelligence is affecting newsrooms and journalism’s comparative advantage in content production.
Can a cartoon be "born" from an algorithm? If so, what does this mean for the future of satire and commentary? An AI researcher and four cartoonists speak to iMEdD. The latter explain why, after experimenting, they chose to leave it out of the picture —for now.
EDITOR’S
PICKS
Curated stories and reports from the iMEdD journalism team.
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Stories
“Never a good time to break down” – Journalists in Gaza continue to report amidst fear for their lives
Four Gazan journalists reflect on how it feels to be reporting after nearly 20 months of war.
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Interview
“I need to see his face”: The photographer of Trump’s assassination attempt
Award-winning Washington Post photographer Jabin Botsford spoke to iMEdD about the story behind the photo of Donald Trump's assassination attempt.
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Stories
MATRIX: A murdered journalist and the mafia’s crypto-phones
How the murder of a journalist in Amsterdam is linked to the investigation of organized crime in Athens.
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Data
Armaments: Israel and the others
Data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on international arms transfers to Israel, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Yemen and Palestine. What does the data on the quantity and origin of transfers show?
UNPACKING THE STORY
A video series about investigations that shed light into systemic problems and social injustices
OPINIONS
Showcasing insights that challenge perspectives
