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2014 IRE Award winners Announced

by Investigative Reporters and Editors • April 4, 2015

The annual awards are out from Investigative Reporters and Editors, the world’s largest and oldest association of investigative journalists. Each year the organization honors “outstanding investigative work” with its highly regarded IRE Awards. The prizes are given in 16 categories that include small to large markets, broadcast and multimedia, books, FOI, students and more. A GIJN founding member, IRE began in 1975 and is based at the University of Missouri Journalism School.

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South African Awards Showcase Inspiring Investigative Reports

by Anton Harber • April 2, 2015

The just announced 9th Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism is South Africa’s highest prize for investigative journalism. The award recognizes “outstanding examples of journalism, that reveal untold stories, hold the powerful to account and question those in public life.” GIJN is pleased to reprint below the awards speech by Wits University Journalism Professor Anton Harber, given March 27 in Johannesburg.

Data Journalism

Top Ten #ddj: The Week’s Most Popular Data Journalism Links

by GIJN and Connected Action • March 30, 2015

What’s the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting about? Investigating unusual trading patterns at a Chinese solar company (@FT), tracking the rising Right in France (@Rue89Strasbourg), looking back on a year of fighting Ebola (@MSF), and announcing @ICFJKnight fellowships. Read on!

Data Journalism

Top Ten #ddj: The Week’s Most Popular Data Journalism Links

by GIJN and Connected Action • March 23, 2015

What’s the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting about? Top Ten links for March 13-20 feature investigating water aid from El Confidencial, IndiaSpend’s manipulating data in India’s most populous state, explaining the Middle East in 40 maps from Vox; & Poynter’s interactive storytelling lessons.

Investigative Events in Four Nations Showcase Muckrakers on the Move

by David E. Kaplan • March 22, 2015

(Tonsberg, Norway) From an international film festival in London to bustling conferences in Scandinavia and Latin America, investigative journalists turned out by the hundreds over the weekend in search of training and inspiration. The events, sponsored by GIJN member organizations in four countries, are part of an increasingly crowded calendar sparked by the growing global practice of investigative journalism.

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Lies & Statistics: Fudging Data in India’s Most Populous State

by Amit Bhandari, IndiaSpend • March 19, 2015

Statistics collected by state governments across India can be and are easily fudged. GIJN Member IndiaSpend–India’s first data-driven journalism initiative–analyzes reported data on disease outbreaks, crime, and traffic accidents in the country’s most populous state and compares it to better governed and richer neighbors. What unfolds is a story of lies and statistics.

Data Journalism

Top Ten #ddj: The Week’s Most Popular Data Journalism Links

by GIJN and Connected Action • March 16, 2015

What’s the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting about? Tracking EU politicians on data protection regulations (@LobbyPlag), updated #NICAR15 tools + tutorials (@MacDiva), Big Pharma profits from taxpayers (@SRFData), and more…

GIJN Joins OSCE in Call for Release of Crimean Centre Editor Kokorina

by GIJN Staff • March 13, 2015

The Global Investigative Journalism Network joins OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović in calling for the immediate release of Natalya Kokorina, an editor with GIJN member Crimean Centre for Investigative Journalism. Ms. Kokorina was detained today by authorities in Crimea.

Case Studies

Behind the Scenes of Swiss Leaks — ICIJ’s Biggest-Ever Collaboration

by Hamish Boland-Rudder • March 13, 2015

The Swiss Leaks team included more than 160 journalists from 50 countries and 63 media outlets — ICIJ’s biggest collaboration yet. Here’s an inside look at how they did it and what they learned.

Awards

March 12, 2015

Data Journalism

Top Ten #ddj: The Week’s Most Popular Data Journalism Links

by GIJN and Connected Action • March 9, 2015

What’s got the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting about? Here are the week’s Top Ten links for Feb 27-Mar 5: cool #NICAR15 tools + tutorials (@MacDiva), mapping power in Africa (Guardian), how to find, extract + use #OpenData (IJNet), and the history of immigration in England + Wales (Times of London).

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Muckraking Environmental Documentary Too Much for Beijing

by GIJN Staff • March 7, 2015

The 103-minute documentary on pollution that has taken China by storm — Under the Dome — has proven too much for officials in Beijing, who have removed the film from popular Chinese video sites. After the video’s online release on February 28, Under the Dome garnered an extraordinary 100 million views in under 24 hours.

Data Journalism

Digging for Truth with Data: Computer-Assisted Reporting

by Brant Houston • March 5, 2015

The media’s now widespread embrace of data journalism has made the book Computer-Assisted Reporting as relevant as it was 20 years ago. With this newly revised, fourth edition, Brant Houston has expanded on his previous work. Take a look at how to use the tools of the trade.

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Jailed Journalist in Azerbaijan Denies Charges, Rebukes Regime

by Khadija Ismayilova • March 5, 2015

Khadija Ismayilova is an internationally recognized investigative journalist known for her work digging into the hidden financial dealings of Azerbaijan’s first family. In jail and facing up to 12 years in prison, Ismayilova released her closing statement at her most recent trial through her lawyer. It’s published here.

GIJN Welcomes Seven New Members from Six Countries

by GIJN Staff • March 4, 2015

Seven journalism organizations from six countries are the latest groups to join the Global Investigative Journalism Network. This increases GIJN’s membership to a record 114 organizations in 53 countries. Please join us in welcoming our newest members!

Data Journalism

Putting the “Open” in Open Data: Creating a Global Standard

by Steven Adler • March 3, 2015

Open Data is spreading across the globe and transforming the way data is collected, published, and used. But all of this is happening without well-documented standards, leading to inconsistent metadata, no or little corroboration of sources, and conflicting terms of use. The Data on the Web Best Practices Working Group is working to change this.

Data Journalism

Top Ten #ddj: The Week’s Most Popular Data Journalism Links

by GIJN and Connected Action • March 2, 2015

What’s the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting about? Here are the week’s top ten data journalism links for Feb. 20-26: @jeffrey_heer on data viz’s future (O’Reilly Media), measles in Germany (Der Spiegel), Open Data boosts democracy (Guardian), Greece’s debt (WSJ), cheap data tools (@nilmulvad), and more.

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Untold Stories: A Survey of Freelance Investigative Reporters

by Project Word • February 27, 2015

Project Word asked about the challenges and opportunities facing contemporary freelance investigative reporters. The organization surveyed more than 250 journalists in 36 states in the U.S. and 26 countries. Among its key findings: increasingly dire conditions in the freelance economy are forcing many journalists to abandon public-interest stories.

Data Journalism

Drilling Down: A Quick Guide to Free and Inexpensive Data Tools

by Nils Mulvad • February 25, 2015

Newsrooms don’t need large budgets for analyzing data–they can easily access basic data tools that are free or inexpensive. Editor and Associate Professor Nils Mulvad explains how.

Data Journalism

Top Ten #ddj: The Week’s Most Popular Data Journalism Links

by GIJN and Connected Action • February 23, 2015

What’s hot on Twitter for #ddj? Here are the week’s most popular links for February 13-19.

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21st Century Muckraking: Investigative Reporting Unleashed

by Brant Houston • February 20, 2015

During the first decade of the 21st century, a transformation in journalism began in Europe and spread to other continents. A movement in the use of data for investigations has helped lead to a resurgence of investigative reporting and has spurred the creation of small online newsrooms, as well as non-profit journalism. As ever, the conundrum of paying for it remains.

Crowdfunding for Journalists

February 17, 2015

Data Journalism

Top Ten #ddj: The Week’s Most Popular Data Journalism Links

by GIJN and Connected Action • February 16, 2015

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U.S. Muckrakers: Top Worry Is Newsroom Resources, Not Spying

by Jesse Holcomb, Amy Mitchell, and Kristen Purcell • February 12, 2015

Despite concerns over government surveillance, a recent survey by the Pew Research Center of investigative journalists found that few have let those worries prevent them from pursuing a story or reaching out to a source. The survey also found a more pressing concern–decreasing newsroom resources.

Data Journalism

Top Ten #ddj: The Week’s Most Popular Data Journalism Links

by GIJN and Connected Action • February 9, 2015

What’s the data-driven journalism (#ddj) crowd tweeting about? They are sharing links about the NYTimes’ Upshot’s “redesign of news,” Vox’s data journalism approach, avalanche myths from France’s ESJ Lille, and much, much more.

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Think Tanks: Why Journalists Should Be More Skeptical

by Ilya Lozovsky • February 4, 2015

Think tanks are no less susceptible than any other institution to the temptations of money and power. There is a real need to address the single most important ingredient of a think tank’s quality: the integrity of its research. Journalists can do their part by treating claims of impartiality more skeptically and providing context about possible conflicts of interest.

Data Journalism

Top Ten #ddj: The Week’s Most Popular Data Journalism Links

by GIJN and Connected Action • February 2, 2015

What’s the data-driven journalism (#ddj) crowd tweeting about? Why does the world have more men than women; where is the most expensive place in Africa to run a presidential campaign; and what is “precision medicine?” Find out here!

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Investigative Journalism Under Fire: A Case Study from Serbia

by Branko Čečen • January 30, 2015

A growing number of reports of self-censorship, hacked websites, and intimidation and arrest of writers in Serbia has prompted public warnings by the U.S. government, EU and OSCE. One of the country’s top journalists, Branko Čečen, is firing back with a hard-hitting critique on the sorry state of the nation’s media. He asks: Who’s really interested in accountability and real reporting in Serbia today?

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