The Centre for Investigative Journalism

We provide world-class investigative training and promote investigative journalism. We run #OCRI @cijlogan & @protectsources.
Also on bsky as @tcij.org. Join us

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Four years work, some of it under tortuous legal and moral threat - a powerful investigation into David Walliams by The Guardian and ITV News, written in part by brilliant friends of the CIJ Maeve McClenaghan, Imogen Barrer, Amanda Nunn and Sirin Kale. 
https://t.co/LJwyn48b4V https://t.co/k6n9z3pjcf

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Free training in Cardiff, Gavin MacFadyen remembered and 2027 courses - https://t.co/lcHjkQWyzk

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#COP31 kicks off in a few days, and before the distractions creep in for journalists covering the event, we have the tools and tips to ensure you stay grounded 👇

📽️Our recent webinar featuring @leenay_ sets out the current state of policy structures and intergovernmental debate, giving practical tips and advice for preparations as well as best practices for reporting during #COP31.

Watch here: https://t.co/a20yF2Ynpk

🛠️ Last year, our #CIJSummer Conference speaker @TaisGadeaLara also put together helpful tools and resources that still remain relevant: https://t.co/RV6MhipNvX

📙And if this is your first time and you are not sure where to start, then this COP Reporting Handbook for Journalists by our #OCRI partner, @CJIDAfrica, is your quick guide: https://t.co/nvNfQHSDLZ

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For our last in-person event of the year we’re heading back to Cardiff! We’re delighted to be hosted by JOMEC @cardiffuni to deliver a free one-day conference on investigative skills on Friday 13 November.

We’ll be covering how to investigate financial crime, supply chains and cross-border environmental stories, culminating in a keynote from @chloehadj on her exposé of the truth behind The Salt Path.

Join us there to brush up on your investigative skills, enjoy some free drinks, and network with journalists from Wales and beyond.

Book your free spot: https://t.co/jYtRDqADvq

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@PeterKGeoghegan So proud of you! You definitely punch above your weight! And you are very good at it too! 🦾🦾🦾

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Gavin Millar QC, representing journalists in this hugely important case about a well-known celebrity seeking to use the claim that they might commit suicide to stop reporting of their alleged “exploitative sexual behaviour”, speaks tomorrow about the legal assault on investigative journalism at the CIJ Logan Symposium. Don’t miss it!
https://t.co/n3bfWLwMTG

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Gavin remembered - 10 years on - incl previously unseen old photos! 😍📸 - https://t.co/nqQdPh8fwa

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The third and final part of our free Investigating the Climate Crisis with Results webinar series is fast approaching!

Hosted by @mar_supa, @TaisGadeaLara and @Theyolu will take on conflict, security and climate solutions as important segments of the #climatecrisis to interrogate.

Registration is still on via: https://t.co/Sg5PwGF5y8

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The US revoked my journalist’s visa. Trump has free speech in his sights

This OpEd by our director @James__Harkin published in @ObserverUK explains how foreign correspondents are being denied access to the country over perceived slights against the thin-skinned president and why Americans should be worried.

Read 👇

https://t.co/uP4yAzQtIn

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CIJ Logan Symposium 2 weeks to go + NEW CIJ Cardiff book now - https://t.co/9c11VEqvpb

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One for your diaries: the @cijournalism's Logan Symposium returns to London’s Barbican on 30 October.

Under the theme Overreach, a day of vital conversations on press freedom, surveillance, AI and the threats facing investigative journalism.

Explore the programme: https://t.co/sMxAonc4ZH

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Overreach - CIJ Logan Symposium Updates: Talk highlights

📆 30 October 2026
📍 The Barbican (@BarbicanCentre)
🔦 Talks highlight: The Epstein Files

We don’t know the full extent of the Jeffrey Epstein story because of U.S. government transparency: it was forced out, page by page, by investigative reporters.

Khadeeja Safdar's (@khadeeja_safdar) @WSJ investigation (with Joe Palazzolo @joe_palazzolo) uncovered the 2003 "birthday book" and exposed the government's handling of the Epstein files — Pulitzer-finalist work that helped trigger the release of more than three million Justice Department documents and drew a $10 billion defamation lawsuit from President Trump.

Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) and his team @Bloomberg sued the FBI and DOJ for the files themselves, revealing the chaotic, million-dollar redaction effort behind the government's review.

Together they discuss how the story was built: cultivating sources, using AI to manage all the information and make connections between it, weaponising public records law, and then publishing under legal threat. They also ruminate on what the Epstein files and files like them reveal about official secrecy - and how to beat it. Contributing Chair: Kirsten Danis (@kirstendanis), Investigations Editor, @nytimes.

See the full programme, including networking over ☕ 🫖 🥪 🌮 🍷 🧃

Tickets booking: https://t.co/l31aZL1NRO

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Upgrade your investigative skills with our upcoming online courses.

🌏 Data-Driven Climate Investigations with @stonepeople and @LeilaHaddou.

🤖 Investigating the AI Industry with Anne Alexander.

🚢 Investigating Trade Data with Edoardo Anziano

💻 Investigating Data with R with @stonepeople

Details here: https://t.co/ql6b3NGZZr

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They are receiving award nominations, forcing governments to act, changing laws and improving natural disaster mitigation.

We feature impactful individual and collaborative stories from Emilio Godoy @periodistagodoy (Mexico) Jonathan Palma @JonathanPalmaL (Ecuador), Jorge Rodríguez @elapachabotones (Guatemala), Breidy Hernández @brey_hernandez (Honduras), Pierre-Claver Kuvo @PierreClaverKUV (Togo), Sarah Mangaza @sarah_mangaza (DR Congo), Basant Pratap Singh @bajhangimitra (Nepal), Jessica Ávalos @javaloss (El Salvador) and Shirlie Rodríguez @shirlie_arc (Guatemala).

Read more: https://t.co/zhJTobTeYP

We still have slots in our upcoming Data-Driven Climate Investigations: https://t.co/BAGaCugZOO

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Impact is a buzzword in journalism these days. It is no longer enough to produce well-researched, well written investigations, the audience wants to know, but did it make any difference?

Since we started our Open Climate Reporting Initiative #OCRI nearly 5 years ago, we set ourselves a tough task to teach investigative skills with a specific focus on climate investigations. And we've been very successful!

These featured stories from our OCRI graduates show how climate change impacts livelihoods, health, migration, nature, local communities and economies.

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Have you heard about Overreach - CIJ Logan Symposium 2026 on 30 October?

Our director @James__Harkin talks to The Reva & David Logan Foundation on what to expect, how it is different from other journalism events and why spending a day with us at the Beautiful @BarbicanCentre is worth it.

"I honestly believe that this year’s symposium will be the best I’ve ever seen and you will find it nowhere else in the world. Because we stay close to our original mission to speak beyond the echo chamber, we’re capable of getting the best journalists on earth as well as people you’ve never heard of, with ideas that are super interesting and not discussed at any other journalism conference. "

Read more: https://t.co/YnNsn3mUMa

Book your tickets here: https://t.co/l31aZL1g2g

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What exactly do we teach at our courses and conferences? And how do journalists use these skills?

Hear from @ElizabSalazar, who was one of the inaugural recipients of our Climate Investigations Training Scholarship and attended the 2025 #CIJSummer Conference in London.

She talks about her investigation into Chinese companies which export seaweed from Peru without licenses. She also shares the skills she learned with the CIJ and how our training helped her with the investigation.

Want to improve your own climate investigative skills? Join us on Thursday to learn how to report on #COP31 which takes place in Türkiye on 9-20 Nov 2026.

Free Webinar: https://t.co/Sg5PwGExIA
Thu 1 Oct at 3pm UK time

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The Centre for Investigative Journalism is holding a day-long series of panels and talks on 30 October at the Barbican in London looking at everything from AI to the Epstein Files https://t.co/kdCrA1Mgew

[James Harkin @James__Harkin]

I'm a little biased, but this is the best journalism conference on earth. No echo-chamber love-ins, zero fluff, just the best investigative journalists and their allies anywhere showing off their work and asking questions. https://t.co/WEMZiuYaet