🎉 Welcome to Day 2 of the Global Investigative Journalism Conference!
📣 Today is International Day to #EndImpunity for Crimes against Journalists.
👇 We mark this at #GIJC21 with an array of sessions on combating attacks on journalists and new tools for safety and security.
Headlining a full track on journalist safety at #GIJC21, this panel assembles investigators, including @laurentrichard0, @kavithalankesh, @Jos_Bartman, @daddyhope, Roman Anin, and Deborah Nelson. They track down those behind attacks, spying, and harassment on the press.
Climate change will be the story of the 21st century. @hans_nich, @margosmit1, @naberacka, and @gufalei, offer tips on how to follow the money, methane, and maneuvers of embedded interests.
This session with expert investigators @malachybrowne, @singhvianjali, and @muyixiao will give you an inside look at the extraordinary work by @nytimes' pioneering Visual Investigations team.
This exciting panel of reporters and producers showcases how to use powerful audio storytelling for projects around the world. Come and hear from podcast experts @liu_chihhsin, @s_reber, @ramseygeorge, and @tajatop.
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"We have over-reliance and dependence on technology due to COVID-19, a lot of criminal hacking groups are taking advantage of that," @geminiimatt warns of the exceptional need for journalists to prioritize security. #GIJC21
"The best possible approach you can take is not to have assumptions. Try to really understand the work the other person is doing, what they do, and how they do it," @runasand on how to approach media organizations on setting up security protocols. #GIJC21
Today’s globalized organized crime poses extraordinary challenges for journalists. @marcelaturati, @IDashboard & @DrDonnaYates shared tips on investigating criminal enterprises, from finances & disappearances to the antiquities black market. Guide: gijn.org/reporters-guid…#GIJC21
"They have money, they have power, you have to be aware of where you keep your information and the most important: that you stay safe," @quintoelab's @marcelaturati on being careful while investigating. More tips here: gijn.org/organized-crim….
"In the western world, where criminals do money laundering & use banks, we don’t see the violence but we need to dig deep in these countries; show how they impact lives there & in the Global South," @OCCRP's @IDashboard on investigating money laundering: gijn.org/organized-crim….
🚨 November 2 is International Day to #EndImpunity for Crimes against Journalists and #GIJC21 is joining with @UNESCO and others to mark the occasion with this panel and a full track of sessions on safety and security.
💡 The panel is starting shortly. Join us or follow here!
In many countries, there is confusion about the role of journalists, says @laurentrichard0 of @FbdnStories. This makes it more dangerous to be a reporter. News organizations need to earn the trust of their audiences and show them they are working in the public interest.
Journalists should be putting facts, not just opinions, at the center of public debate, believes @edwyplenel, co-founder of groundbreaking French online investigative site @Mediapart.
#Disinformation will come from trolls, bots, partisan "news" sites & officials in the few days prior to the Nov 3 #USElection2020. So, in this tweet thread, GIJN packaged 6 quick-reference tools to help reporters deal with the deluge of misinformation. #gijnElectionWatchdog 1/7