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Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: The Taliban’s March, Border Walls Quadruple, Kenyan Corruption, White Men Like the Office

by Peter Georgiev and Connected Action • August 20, 2021

Two decades after US-led troops invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban regime, the organization has retaken control of the country. Our NodeXL mapping from August 9 to 15, found an animated map by the Financial Times showing how the Taliban captured various districts across the country before surging into the capital Kabul earlier this week. In this edition, we also feature an investigation into America’s diabetes crisis by Reuters, a look into Lionel Messi’s legacy at Barcelona by The Economist, and a piece on the history of data journalism by the Guardian.

Reporting Tools & Tips

Investigative Tools That Reporters Love

by Rowan Philp • August 18, 2021

There are scores of muckraking techniques that can help journalists gain access to elusive sources and data. Here we share the dozen online tools that leading reporters commonly praised in interviews with GIJN in the past year — and especially those that require few or no special digital skills.

Press Freedom

In a Hostile Climate, Reporters in Guatemala Fight for Investigative and Community Journalism

by Marina Estarque • August 16, 2021

In an environment of increasing restrictions on civic organizations and impunity for crimes against press professionals, independent media in Guatemala are battling threats on several fronts. Here, journalists from three Guatemalan digital media outlets detail the strategies and tools they are using both to survive and to produce quality investigative stories.

Forbidden Stories' Pegasus Project exposé

Safety & Security

Pegasus Project Reveals Added Risks for Corruption Reporters

by Madeline Earp • August 13, 2021

The digital security risk to investigative journalism was reaffirmed this month with the release of the Pegasus Project. This involved collaborative reporting by 17 global media outlets on a list of thousands of leaked phone numbers allegedly selected for possible surveillance by government clients of Israeli firm NSO Group. At least 180 journalists are implicated as targets. It also sheds light on four chilling cases profile here.

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Reporting Tools & Tips

Investigative Tactics That Reporters Love

by Rowan Philp • August 12, 2021

In interviews over the past year, dozens of leading journalists have told me about the scores of tools and techniques that proved helpful in their investigations. But, again and again, these top muckrakers point to about a dozen tactics that they rely on all the time. We share those favorite techniques in this roundup.

Registration Opens for Global Investigative Journalism Conference

by GIJN Staff • August 10, 2021

Registration is now open for the 2021 Global Investigative Journalism Conference, which will feature an extraordinary lineup of the world’s most enterprising journalists with an international schedule that shifts across the globe. The conference will take place online in November.

Media Capture: Cementing Control through Financing and Ownership

by Snezana Green • August 10, 2021

In the first article in a short series, the Media Development Investment Fund looked at the first two of the four major elements of media capture: capture of the media regulator, and control of the public service broadcaster. In this article, it looks at the use of state financing as a control tool, and taking ownership to interfere in editorial.

News & Analysis

Investigating Forest Fires Amid a Data Vacuum in Venezuela

by Katherine Pennacchio • August 9, 2021

In March 2020, environmental journalist Helena Carpio, leaned out of her window to see Caracas filled with smoke. Something was burning, but no one knew where and there was no official news on what was happening. She started to investigate, and the resulting project analyzed two decades of satellite data on hotspots to explore the when, where, and why of forest fires in Venezuela and across Latin America.

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