Centre for investigative journalism
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The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) is a non-profit organisation providing training to journalists, researchers, producers and students in the practice and methodology of investigative journalism
. Founded in 2003, using grants from the Lorana Sullivan Foundation, the Centre organises annual three-day summer schools, and has provided training to hundreds of journalists, researchers and students from over 30 countries. CIJ is based at the Department of Journalism at City University, in London .
The Centre supports and encourages Freedom of Information , Computer Assisted Reporting , and the protection of whistleblowers . The CIJ offers particular assistance to those working in difficult environments where free speech and freedom of the press are under threat and where truthful reporting can be a dangerous occupation . CIJ's training programmes are designed to encourage in-depth reporting on injustice, corruption, the integrity and transparency of institutional power and to hold the powerful to account.
The CIJ’s supporters include reporters from the Sunday Times Insight Team , World in Action producers, BBC Radio and Television, Channel Four, Private Eye, Canal Plus (Paris), CBS 60 Minutes and the New York Times .
In 2007 the CIJ acquired registered charity status and attracted support from a number of foundations including the Open Society Institute, The David & Elaine Potter Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Park Foundation, City University London and several smaller private trusts.
In 2009, the CIJ has been instrumental in helping found the Bureau for Investigative Journalism , an independent, foundation-supported producer of in-depth reporting in defence of the public interest.
Investigative journalism
Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, often involving crime, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report. Investigative journalism...
. Founded in 2003, using grants from the Lorana Sullivan Foundation, the Centre organises annual three-day summer schools, and has provided training to hundreds of journalists, researchers and students from over 30 countries. CIJ is based at the Department of Journalism at City University, in London .
The Centre supports and encourages Freedom of Information , Computer Assisted Reporting , and the protection of whistleblowers . The CIJ offers particular assistance to those working in difficult environments where free speech and freedom of the press are under threat and where truthful reporting can be a dangerous occupation . CIJ's training programmes are designed to encourage in-depth reporting on injustice, corruption, the integrity and transparency of institutional power and to hold the powerful to account.
The CIJ’s supporters include reporters from the Sunday Times Insight Team , World in Action producers, BBC Radio and Television, Channel Four, Private Eye, Canal Plus (Paris), CBS 60 Minutes and the New York Times .
In 2007 the CIJ acquired registered charity status and attracted support from a number of foundations including the Open Society Institute, The David & Elaine Potter Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Park Foundation, City University London and several smaller private trusts.
In 2009, the CIJ has been instrumental in helping found the Bureau for Investigative Journalism , an independent, foundation-supported producer of in-depth reporting in defence of the public interest.