The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) is a non-profit media organization specializing in
investigative journalism. It is based in
Quezon City,
Philippines. Established in 1989 by nine Filipino journalists, the organization funds investigative projects for both the print and broadcast media.
It has published over 1,000 investigative reports and over 1,000 articles in Philippine newspapers and magazines, produced
documentaries
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and published more than two dozen books
on current issues. The center also offers writing
fellowships to deserving reporters, journalists, and academics.
Its PCIJ Story Project, launched in 2017, provides grants for projects that expose human rights abuses, misuse of public funds, and threats to free expression and press freedom.
PCIJ is one of two Philippine organizations belonging to the
Global Investigative Journalism Network
The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) is "an international association of nonprofit organizations that support, promote and produce investigative journalism." The association is headquartered in the United States, and its membership i ...
.
Organization
A board of editors, mostly composed of the center's founders, holds monthly meetings. A board of advisers also convenes to help determine the direction the center's endeavors will take. The center employs a 13-person staff headed by an
executive director. The staff also includes five journalists, an
office manager
Office management is a profession involving the design, implementation, evaluation, and maintenance of the process of work within an office or other organization, in order to sustain and improve efficiency and productivity.
Office management is ...
, a
marketing coordinator, a
researcher
Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...
, and a
librarian.
The PCIJ organized a series of workshop on investigating election finance in 2016, funded by the
National Endowment for Democracy.
Awards
The PCIJ has been awarded nine
National Book Awards
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The Na ...
, a Catholic Mass Media Award, and dozens of Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Investigative Journalism.
The PCIJ has also won the
Agence France-Presse
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AFP has regional headquarters in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong and Washington, D. ...
's Kate Webb Award and the AJA Award for Press Freedom from the Asia Journalist Association.
See also
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Center for Investigative Reporting
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) is a nonprofit news organization based in Emeryville, California. It was founded in 1977 as the nation’s first nonprofit investigative journalism organization, and has since grown into a multi-plat ...
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Center for Investigative Reporting (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
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List of journalists killed in the Philippines
This is a list of journalists killed in the Philippines, sorted by date of death.
Background
Statistics
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) had said that the Philippines is one of the world's deadliest country for journalists, adding that violence ...
References
External links
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism OnlineGlobal Investigative Journalism Network
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Investigative journalism
Philippine journalism organizations
Organizations established in 1989
1989 establishments in the Philippines