The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) is a British independent charity providing training to journalists, researchers, producers and students in the practice and methodology of

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. It was incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee in June 2005 and registered as a Charity in March 2007. Using grants from the Lorana Sullivan Foundation, the CIJ organises annual three-day summer conference and courses in data journalism and investigative techniques. It has provided training to thousands of journalists, researchers and students from over 35 countries. The CIJ is based at the School of Journalism at

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, which has held the CIJ summer conference each year since 2014. 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. The 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. This work has been supplemented by publication of Logan handbooks on investigative methods and techniques and mentoring journalist youth groups and young filmmakers. The CIJ's supporters include reporters from the

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and Television,

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(Paris),

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, ''

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'', ''

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'' Insight Team, ''

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'', and

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. In 2007 the CIJ acquired registered charity status and attracted support from a number of foundations including the

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, the David and Elaine Potter Foundation, the

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, the

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, the Reva and David Logan Foundation, Democratie en Media,

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, and several smaller private trusts. In 2009, the CIJ was instrumental in helping to found the

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and censorship. These events are titled the CIJ Logan Symposia. In 2020, the Centre organized a Spanish-language training program for

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...

n journalists and other investigators, to help improve their investigative skills and analyze common problems they might face when investigating corruption, environmental harm or other misconduct affecting the public interest."International Investigative Practice: Latin America,"
2020,

Centre for Investigative Journalism The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) is a British independent charity providing training to journalists, researchers, producers and students in the practice and methodology of investigative journalism. It was incorporated as a Company L ...

, retrieved February 25, 2023 By 2022, they had partnered with 3 Latin American enterprises -- Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS), Fundación Connectas, and Fundación Gabo -- to deliver the training program."Latin America: 1 April 2022 –31 March 2023,"
2022,

, retrieved February 25, 2023

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Centre For Investigative Journalism Investigative journalism Freedom of information Types of journalism United Kingdom journalism organisations Whistleblower support organizations Organizations established in 2003 2003 establishments in England Non-profit organisations based in London