SJV Water & CCIJ win Journalism Partnership of the Year award

We are thrilled to announce to that we have been awarded the Institute for Nonprofit News’ inaugural (INN) Journalism Partnership of the Year award for our collaboration with SJV Water for, “The Central California Town That Keeps Sinking.”

Taming Messy and Dirty Data: Tips to Cleaning and Structuring Data

If you are struggling with messy data and don’t know how to make sense of them, join us for our next training session on November 11 where we will provide tools, tips and tricks to transform your data into a clean, structured, and useful spreadsheet to accomplish your journalism goals!

Gráficos interactivos para periodistas de datos

Acompáñanos el viernes 17 de septiembre en la primera sesión de capacitación de CCIJ en español. Compartiremos herramientas y trucos para crear gráficos útiles para revelar noticias con datos.

CCIJ Weekly Roundup

Thank you to everyone who came to our Metaverse Launch Party!  From there, read about CCIJ member Sonja Smith’s recent reports on Namibian Prime Minister Saarah Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, who may be leveraging her governmental position for personal gain. And learn about Executive Director Jeff Kelly Lowenstein’s 2017 investigation that preceded a recent federal indictment of a Massachusetts family on counts of fraud, money laundering and tax evasion.

Nat Nakasa Award Community Media awarded to CCIJ member Raymond Joseph and Nathan Geffen of GroundUp

CCIJ’s Metaverse Launch Party

Join us Wednesday, August 25 at 6 PM Central Africa Time / 12 PM U.S. Eastern Time for CCIJ’s Metaverse Launch Party! The metaverse is a collective virtual space that will reimagine how we engage with our community. 

CCIJ Weekly Roundup: Grant proposal training and metaverse launch party announcement

We continued our monthly trainings with award-winning independent journalist Sonja Smith, who showed us the dos and don’ts for writing journalism grant applications. Thank you to everyone who joined and made this workshop a record-breaker for attendance! We’re also excited to announce our Metaverse Launch Party will be held on August 25. We hope to see you there!

CCIJ Weekly Roundup: Update on lottery corruption and COVID-19 in South Africa

This week, learn about the latest wave of COVID-19 in South Africa through the eyes of our former Southern African Hub Leader, Ray Joseph. You can also read Joseph’s latest investigation on a bungled corruption probe in South Africa. Next, make sure to attend our next training session on August 5 and our metaverse launch […]

How to write a winning journalism proposal

Join us Thursday, August 5, 2021 for our CCIJ session where we will talk you through how to write a winning journalism proposal. We’ll cover the do’s and don’ts of grant writing, offer you insider tips and tricks to impress your reviewers and give you the tools necessary to pull together a detailed application quickly and painlessly.

CCIJ member Winston Mwale wins Southern Africa Media Award in Social Accountability Reporting

CCIJ Member Winston Mwale’s investigation on a maternity ward in Mchinji was recognized at the virtual Highway Africa event, coming in second for the 2021 Southern Africa Media Award in Social Accountability Reporting and winning $200. Last Thursday, our ongoing training series continued with a photography workshop featuring Nengi Nelson and Benedicte Kurzen. And on Sunday, the CCIJ hosted our first ever Midyear Report Fundraising Event to raise money for our community.