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News & Analysis

Crisis and Opportunity: How Independent Media Can Learn from the Pandemic

by JJ Robinson • June 9, 2020

It’s still hard to fathom the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on journalism, even two months into most countries’ lockdowns. On the one hand, sustained and unprecedented demand from audiences for trustworthy information presents an incredible opportunity for independent media; a chance to showcase the value of good journalism and hopefully build lasting relationships with millions of new viewers, listeners and readers.

Investigating the Pandemic: A Guide to Sources of Data

by Toby McIntosh • June 8, 2020

GIJN has created a multi-part guide on where to obtain data about the spread of COVID-19 and its consequences. The document links to official and unofficial international sources on health and economic data, links to information on government policy responses, and more than a dozen sites working on pandemic projection modelling.

Reporting Tools & Tips

Using Geospatial Technology during a Pandemic

by Avneep Dhingra • June 5, 2020

Geospatial technologies and data can be used to contain and respond to the spread of a disease, but can also help in pre-empting and preventing them. Looking at outbreaks of malaria, SARS, H1N1 and Zika, among other viruses, Avneep Dhingra explores how maps and geospatial technology have helped during different outbreaks.

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Lessons on Reporting COVID-19 from Spain, Italy, and Ecuador

by Santiago Villa • June 2, 2020

Investigative journalism has had to adapt to the realities imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Around the world, newsrooms are having to respond to challenges such as social distancing while reporting on the pressure health systems are under. GIJN and the Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS), invited four journalists from some of the countries that have been the most affected by the pandemic to share what they’ve learned during this process.

News & Analysis

How a Canadian Newsroom Launched a Co-Op to Save Itself from Bankruptcy

by David Maas • May 29, 2020

After the group that owned half of Quebec’s daily newspapers went bust, Canada’s Le Soleil newspaper was part of a group that created Canada’s largest newsroom cooperative, counting on the support of their readers and their own staff to ensure their survival. One year on, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, they are thriving.

Case Studies

Exposing How US Universities Profited from Indigenous Land

by Robert Lee and Tristan Ahtone • May 19, 2020

A joint investigation by a historian and a journalist revealed that a number of US universities were beneficiaries from land expropriated from Indigenous communities. The authors, Robert Lee and Tristan Ahtone, reveal what tools helped them uncover the story. They built a geodatabase and traced the money to find out where the land had come from and how much was paid for it.

How Nigeria’s ICIR Pushes for Accountability in the COVID-19 Response

by Benon Herbert Oluka • May 13, 2020

An investigative journalism nonprofit based in Nigeria, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, has pushed the envelope with its approach to investigating the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Executive Director Dayo Aiyetan talks about how the unit has carried out its investigations in the midst of the lockdown and how reporters are holding the government to account over its response.

Case Studies

Exposing Chaos and Repression in Wuhan with User-Generated Content

by Rowan Philp • May 7, 2020

An Australian documentary team used user-generated footage to create a film about Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of China’s COVID-19 outbreak. They used clips filmed on mobile phones that showed people with the virus being dragged into vans by police, and bodies left on the street and on hospital floors, using different tools to verify the material.

Reporting Tools & Tips

Tips for Running an Online Event in the Time of COVID-19

by Alan Soon • May 5, 2020

Splice Media have been running “check-in” sessions with the media startups they support in Asia to find out how organizations and individuals are coping through the coronavirus pandemic. Here are his tips for hosting an online media event like this. His takeaway? The technology is the easy part.

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