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Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips

Research Desk: Databases on Ag, Insider Trading; Reports on Migration, LGBTI, Food Supply

by Gary Price • September 16, 2015

The Internet is an amazing research resource but often discovery of quality reference tools and reports can be challenging, especially when you think about how quickly new resources appear and often disappear. I hope that these columns not only alert you to useful material but will help you build up your own collection of reference resources, which you can save on your own computer, or utilize a tool like The Wayback Machine to archive it for yourself and others.

News & Analysis

Reporter’s Journal: A Malaria Arrest

by Francis Mbala • August 24, 2015

What happens when a journalist investigates treatment facilities for malaria patients in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo? For Francis Mbala, it led to his arrest and a Kafkaesque tale about the dangers of investigating in one of the world’s most corrupt countries. Mbala’s story comes from the ZAM Chronicle and is reprinted with permission.

Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips

Research Desk: Nuclear, Health Databases, New Int’l Reports

by Gary Price • August 20, 2015

Time for a new collection of resources and research reports. Today’s roundup features two online databases — one on nuclear reactors, the other on health — and the latest international research reports from Brussels, London, and Washington. Global Health Facts from the Kaiser Family Foundation is an organized and frequently updated collection of browsable and searchable data.

Chinese Media Investigate Deadly Explosion in Tianjin

by Ying Chan and Karen Chang • August 17, 2015

In spite of official efforts to control news coverage of last week’s deadly explosions in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, Chinese media have responded swiftly not only to cover the fast-moving disaster, but also to probe the why and how of the tragedy. Within hours of the blast, leading Chinese media, both traditional and online, began investigating reasons for the toxic facilities to be built next to residential developments, the ownership of the storage, the failure of government oversight, and the botched response to the disaster.

Resource

The Research Desk: The Latest Databases and Int’l Reports

It’s time for another roundup of resources and research reports that we’ve curated from around the web. Most of these selections are new on the web in the past few weeks. Several of the reports listed below are full of data including visualizations and can be thought of as reference tools for both current and future research.

Case Studies

How China’s Top Investigative Newsroom Digs for Data

by Huang Chen • July 8, 2015

China’s leading investigative news company, Caixin.com, is pushing the boundaries of data journalism in that country. In this exclusive look, Caixin Data Editor Huang Chen writes on how its journalists are using data in one of the toughest countries in the world to report on. Caixin’s challenges will sound strikingly familiar to Western data journalists: messy formats, unreliable data, and problems with access. Despite this, the team at Caixin is pushing forward in ways that should bring a cheer from its colleagues around the world.

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