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Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: Uber Files, A New Notre-Dame, Saudi Sportswashing, Boris Johnson’s Legacy

by Peter Georgiev and Connected Action • July 15, 2022

The Uber Files leak contains reams of data and documents that detail the inner workings of the ride-hailing company, and has led to a global investigation into the firm’s practices. Also in this week’s edition of the top 10 stories in data journalism, we look at the dubious legacy of the UK’s scandal-hit leader Boris Johnson, the reconstruction of Notre-Dame cathedral, and the widespread epidemic of US gun violence.

News & Analysis

Who Was Behind the Killing of Sri Lankan Journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge?

by Steven Butler • July 6, 2022

The renowned Sri Lankan journalist was driving to his office when motorcycle riders stopped his car and bludgeoned him to death in broad daylight on the streets of Colombo in 2009. Now, a former detective who ran an official probe into the attack has given new testimony, raising questions about who may have been complicit in the killing.

Masterclass FT's Wirecard Investigation

Case Studies Reporting Tools & Tips

How the Financial Times Exposed a Billion-Dollar Fraud

by Rowan Philp • June 29, 2022

How do you tackle a fraudulent blue-chip corporation that has the means to deploy teams of lawyers, private investigators, hackers, and even foreign spies to stop your investigation? Dan McCrum, an investigative reporter at the Financial Times, told GIJN how he took down a fraudulent $30 billion company, and offered tips on how reporters can tackle bad actors with almost unlimited resources.

Methodology News & Analysis

9 Tips for Investigative Journalists to Improve Their Writing

by Laura Dixon • June 27, 2022

From respecting that different journalists have different styles of reporting to using voices from the field to tell the story, and from keeping it simple with clear language to just ‘getting started,’ here are tips from two experienced reporters for the write-up stage of an investigation.

Methodology Reporting Tools & Tips

Megha Rajagopalan: What I’ve Learned About Investigative Journalism

by Tactical Tech • June 22, 2022

Megha Rajagopalan has reported from over 23 countries in Asia and the Middle East, on stories ranging from the North Korean nuclear crisis to the peace process in Afghanistan. Her team’s investigation into prison camps in Xinjiang, China won a Pulitzer Prize. In this podcast, she discusses how she got into investigative journalism and gives her tips for speaking to vulnerable sources.

News & Analysis

How Collaboration Enables Transcendent, World-Changing Journalism

by Marina Walker Guevara • June 13, 2022

The Pulitzer Center’s Marina Walker Guevara sees collaboration as one of the most significant paradigm changes in journalism of the past 50 years. In a keynote speech at the Collaborative Journalism Summit, she said that by working together, reporters can investigate stories that “transcend us, transcend our competitive instincts, our newsrooms’ politics, and our own egos.”

Russian Asset Tracker racehorses

Case Studies Methodology

Tracking Down Horses Owned by Families of the Oligarchs

by Lara Dihmis • June 8, 2022

Reporters at the OCCRP are used to cataloging shell companies and trawling through bank records in search of assets. But when they received a tip-off about show jumping horses linked to the oligarchs, they decided to dig into the subject as part of the Russian Asset Tracker project.

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