Investigative Journalism Fund
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Funds investigative reporting on corruption, in a media environment where journalists have faced documented harassment for such coverage.
Why this matters in the Philippines
Large shares of infrastructure, health and disaster budgets pass through local governments and contractors with weak oversight, and corruption in that spending often comes to light only when reporters and auditors dig through documents. The flood-control scandal that broke in 2025, over projects that were substandard or never built, showed how much public money can vanish this way and how much depends on people willing to trace it.
That reporting carries real risk. Journalists have been killed, particularly radio broadcasters in the provinces, and others face cyber-libel complaints, 'red-tagging' that labels them communist sympathizers, and coordinated online harassment. Commercial networks have cut investigative desks as advertising moved online, and the 2020 shutdown of ABS-CBN's broadcast franchise showed the commercial price of critical coverage. Independent, donor-supported newsrooms can spend months on a story, check it carefully, and publish without depending on advertisers or political patrons.
What your gift pays for
- Reporter time for long investigations into public contracts, budgets and procurement
- Records requests, travel to verify projects and data analysis of government spending
- Legal review before publication and defense against libel and cyber-libel suits filed to harass reporters
- Training for regional journalists in records research and data journalism
Organization
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) · Philippines
Founded 1989 · Headquarters: Quezon City
Independent nonprofit media organisation in Manila, founded in 1989, producing investigative reporting on corruption and governance.
How they work: PCIJ builds stories from the public record: audit reports, procurement data, asset declarations and court files, combined with field reporting to check what the documents say. Its reporters and partner freelancers work on long timelines, and stories go through careful editing and fact-checking before release. The center has long shared its reports with other news outlets so investigations reach wider audiences, and it trains journalists and students in investigative and data reporting.
Track record: Founded in 1989, PCIJ published over 1,000 investigative reports in 27 years, some forming part of the evidence in President Estrada's impeachment.
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Giving in the Philippines
Spread across thousands of islands and struck by typhoons several times a year in some provinces, the Philippines poses problems of reach as much as of resources. The causes listed here pre-position relief supplies before typhoon season, build elevated water storage that survives repeated storms, and provide boats so children in remote island and coastal communities can get to secondary school. A fourth supports reporting on corruption through the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, in a media environment where journalists have faced harassment.
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