Unpacking the story: Brazil’s hidden shark meat trade
Mongabay journalists Carla Mendes and Philip Jacobson reveal that toxic shark meat is being served in schools, hospitals, and prisons.
Jelani Cobb on freedom of speech, the Press, and White House reporting
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.
“It’s a feature, not a bug” – How journalists can spot and mitigate AI bias
Three years after ChatGPT’s debut, nearly half of newsrooms use AI despite ethical concerns, reflecting evolving attitudes across journalism and academia.
Unpacking the story: Baby lions, birds and bullets
Journalist Ingrid Gercama speaks to iMEdD about investigations that revealed how wildlife crime is not limited to distant regions but is thriving even in the Balkans.
GIJC25: Our curated itinerary for must-attend sessions
A few weeks before this year’s Global Investigative Journalism Conference, we’ve highlighted key discussions, talks, and workshops from the schedule and added them to our itinerary.
Journalism about journalism
Journalism, by its very nature designed to serve the public interest and to be present in others’ struggles, often has little capacity to turn its gaze inward. Practicing journalism about journalism is, then, an opportunity — for others, but also for oneself.
Nieman Lab’s editor on words, violence, and the (US) Press
Laura Hazard Owen, Harvard’s influential online publication for media, spoke to iMEdD about violence, censorship, and why she still believes in defending the First Amendment.
New Pentagon policy is an unprecedented attempt to undermine press freedom
The Pentagon’s new policy forcing reporters to seek government approval before publishing marks an unprecedented assault on U.S. press freedom.
Follow the Money’s investigation into Russia’s shadow fleet received the 2025 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism
The investigation “The Secrets of the Shadow Fleet”, coordinated by Follow the Money in collaboration with 13 media outlets from across Europe – two of them Greek – was honoured with a symbolic award for press freedom.