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#CIJSummer 2024 Talks and Training Proposals
We are opening submissions of talks and training proposals for the #CIJSummer 2024. We would welcome proposals on new, innovative or emerging investigative practices from journalists, researchers, experts and technologists. Subjects usually covered include (but are not limited to): Data Journalism, Open-Source Intelligence, FOI and other information access law, Information Security and Source Protection, Financial […]
CIJ Recommends 2023: Good reads, podcasts and documentaries
Each year we select the books, articles, podcasts and documentaries that we liked the most. Here is the 2023 lineup - in case you get bored of playing charades. Books The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion, By investigative journalist and CIJ Trainer Tansy Hoskins An in-depth look at the global garment industry taking in workers’ right, supply chain investigations and the social harms of fashion marketing and media.
Gavin MacFadyen
Gavin MacFadyen, Mentor and Defender of WikiLeaks's Founder, Is Dead at 76 The New York Times - 28 October, 2016 Gavin MacFadyen, an American investigative journalist who became an early mentor and defender of the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, died on Saturday in London, where he lived and spent much of his professional life.
CIJ 2021: A Year in Review
We mainly spent 2021 online, yet we managed to travel far and wide. From training all over the world to opening an “office” in Lagos. Here is our year in review. 2021 at a glance Number of online scheduled courses: 101 Number of online bespoke training courses: 33 Number of people attending our training: just over 1650 Number of people attending talks and events: over 1000 Number of outreach training programmes: 6 Number of training programme fellows: 184 Number of countries reached: 51 Number of online events and conferences: 2 Number of in-person events and conferences: 0 Number of Zoom meetings: lost count Number of people joining the CIJ team: 2 (1 in London + 1 in Lagos) From our director Happy Christmas and a happy and healthy new year from everyone at the CIJ.
Adeolu Adekola to lead CIJ’s Open Climate Reporting Initiative
Former Senior Programme Officer at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, Adeolu Adekola has been appointed Project Manager for the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) in London. This is a new post created to oversee a two-year programme of training in investigative skills with the aim of raising the standard of climate-focused investigations.