Additional learning material

Thanks for participating in the course! I hope you learned and improved your skills and are ready to launch your own investigation!

Before you do that, I want to share with you some good sources that can help you in your work. Here they are:

1. Resources from Global Investigative Journalism Network

https://helpdesk.gijn.org/support/home

BIRN Investigative Resource Desk // https://bird.tools/

Resources from an international media organization First Draft

https://firstdraftnews.org/training/

A UNESCO manual for investigative journalists. Free, and available in many languages besides English  //  https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000193078

Data Harvest: European Investigative Journalism Conference // https://dataharvest.eu/

Investigate Europe: A collective of journalists investigating pan-European stories. Has three languages (English, French, and German) // https://www.investigate-europe.eu/en/

Digital Security Tools from the Society of Professional Journalists // https://www.journaliststoolbox.org/2020/07/25/security-tools/

Some interesting investigations:

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/01/revealed-johnson-allys-firm-secretly-ran-facebook-propaganda-network

A great environmental story https://stundin.is/grein/9920/an-icelandic-fishing-company-transfered-70-million-dollars-through-a-tax-haven-in-norways-largest-bank/

Transparency International https://www.transparency.org/en/

Some movies we recommend:

Spotlight (2015): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/

All the President’s Men (1976) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119/

Shattered Glass (2003) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323944/

Kill the Messenger (2014) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216491/