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Tipsheet: How Journalists Can Use a UN Process to Evaluate National Human Rights Records
The UN process for evaluating national human rights records is long and complex, but offers valuable material for journalists.
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Reporting Tools & Tips Research
How Planespotter and Other Transportation Enthusiast Sites Can Unlock Investigations
At NICAR25, data reporters detailed how amateur transportation enthusiasts are a valuable, media-friendly, and underused source of critical tips and information for investigations.
How They Did It
Exposing Extremism Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa Using Open Source Tools
As extremism spreads across sub-Saharan Africa, journalists are turning to open source tools to track the networks and physical movement of these often violent groups.
Data Journalism Top 10
Europe’s Paths to Future Population, Germany’s Election Results, US Tariff War Woes, and Chinese State Real Estate
Our column also features stories on the history of African borders, Spain’s prisoner release algorithm, and the global impact of USAID funding cuts.
News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
Veteran Environmental Journalists Offer Tips on Covering the Second Trump Administration
Covering Trump 2.0 poses stark challenges for news outlets, but many environmental journalists who reported on Trump between 2016 and 2020 can offer perspective.
News & Analysis Sustainability
Donor Interest vs. Editorial Independence: How to Defend Your News Integrity During a Global Funding Crisis
The current funding challenges facing nonprofit media make it more important than ever for newsrooms to “walk the talk” on transparency and to maximize their independence.
Databases News & Analysis
A New Digital Archive to Preserve an Investigative Legacy in Central America
The Central American Independent Media Archive (CAIMA) seeks to preserve reporting from threatened or shuttered accountability media sites across the region.
Getting the Story Out
Forbidden Stories Goes to the Theater
For one night, the French nonprofit media site brought its staff and projects to a Paris theater to share its investigations into journalists who have been killed or silenced.
Databases Research
Here’s a List of Non-Governmental Data Alternatives and Archives
To help data journalists with their reporting, here is a curated list of non-government websites and archives that preserve or maintain public health data.
How They Did It News & Analysis
How This Oscar-Nominated Director Turned the Lens on Herself to Investigate the Man Who Sexually Assaulted Her
Journalist Shiori Ito directed the Oscar-nominated documentary ‘Black Box Diaries,’ spending years reporting on her attacker and helping to spark the #MeToo movement in Japan.