Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) Global Shining Light Award 2025

Every two years, the Global Investigative Journalism Network presents the Global Shining Light Award, a unique award which honors investigative journalism in a developing or transitioning country, done under threat, duress, or in the direst of conditions. For the 2025 edition, the award is open to stories published or broadcast between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024.

• Table of Content
• About Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
• Global Shining Light Award
• Aim and Benefits of Global Shining Light Award
• Requirements for Global Shining Light Award Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Global Shining Light Award
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)

The Global Investigative Journalism Network was founded in 2003 when more than 300 journalists from around the world gathered for the second Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Copenhagen. Since then it has grown to 211 member organizations in 82 countries. Every two years, GIJN holds the Global Investigative Journalism Conference, which has brought together more than 8,000 journalists from 140 countries since 2001. GIJN also co-hosts the Asian Investigative Journalism Conference, and its member organizations hold regional conferences such as the African Invest... continue reading

Global Shining Light Award

Aim and Benefits of Global Shining Light Award

Top winners will receive an honorary plaque, US$2,500, and a trip to the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to accept the award in front of hundreds of their colleagues from around the world.

Requirements for Global Shining Light Award Qualification

The journalist, journalism team, or media outlet will have produced independent, investigative reporting, which:

• Originated in and affected a Global South country;
• Was broadcast or published between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024;
• Was of an investigative nature;
• Uncovered an issue, wrongdoing, or system of corruption which gravely affected the common good;
• And did so in the face of arrest, imprisonment, violence against them and their families, or threats and intimidation.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Global Shining Light Award

Award Categories

• Small and Medium Outlets (organizations with staff of 20 or less, including freelancers)
• Large Outlets (organizations with more than 20 staff)

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit GIJN website.