Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2023: A trove of ideas and connections
More than 2100 investigative journalists from over 130 countries came to the 13th Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC), which took place in the Swedish city of Gothenburg last month. GIJC is a working conference, and the program was packed with practical workshops on basic and advanced data journalism tools, using satellite imagery, finding and using corporate data, tracking planes and ships, data visualisation, dealing with online harassment, and managing stress and burnout. Hot topics for plenaries and presentations ranged widely, from AI to war crimes, money-laundering to climate change, First Nations issues and threats to elections and democracy. Opening the conference, Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) Executive Director David E. Kaplan said watchdog journalism has never been more under threat worldwide than it is today; and yet it has never been more necessary to fight creeping autocracy and a growing backlash against civil society and democracy. And while journalists are targets of new technologies used for hacking and covert surveillance, they now harness that same tech to track and speed up investigation of corruption and organized crime. And they connect, share knowhow, and create networks via gatherings such as GIJC.
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