Investigative Journalism
Organizations, resources, and tools for investigative journalists and researchers.
Organizations & Bureaus
Resources
FOIA & Data Access
- National Freedom of Information Coalition (NFOIC) — FOIA
- The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) — FOIA Resource
- CU-CitizenAccess: FOIA Guide — FOIA
- Sunlight Foundation — Open Data
- Sunlight Foundation - GitHub Data Sets — Open Data
- Public Accountability — The Accountability Project
- DataHub
- RUPEP — Public Database of Politically Exposed Persons (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan)
- OCCRP Aleph — Global archive of research material for investigative reporting
- Global Terrorism Database (GTD) — University of Maryland
- W3.org - DataSetRDFDumps
International Investigative Organizations
- International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
- Reveal News: The Center for Investigative Reporting
- Global Anti-Corruption Consortium
- Transparency International — The global coalition against corruption
Misinformation, Disinformation & Fact-Checking (Watchdogs)
Investigative Reporters & Editors
Libraries, Data & Resource Search
Activism
- FAIR - Challenging Media Bias Since 1986
- ProPublica — Exposing government, business, and other institutions via investigative journalism
Ethics
- Markkula Center for Applied Ethics — Subramaniam Vincent
Free Access
- OSINT.Industries: Free Access for Investigative Journalists
- The Center for Public Integrity — Investigating Inequality
Laws (Worldwide)
Miscellaneous
Datasets & Public Records
- Public Accountability — Search across 1.9 billion+ public records
- GIJN Datasets — Global Investigative Journalism Network