In this chapter from a new book on investigative journalism and civil society in sub-Saharan Africa, the advocacy head for CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society organizations, describes the campaign to raise awareness about the persecution of human rights defenders and journalists.
At the recent NICAR21 data journalism conference, organized by Investigative Reporters and Editors, experts shared dozens of new tools and plugins that can save time or add efficiency and insight to any investigation.
No law enforcement agency announced any criminal investigation into the attempted murder of Russia’s leading opposition figure, Alexey Navalny, after he was poisoned with a chemical weapon in Russia last year. Instead, investigative journalists stepped forward. In a GIJN webinar, journalists from Bellingcat and Russia’s The Insider explained how, and why, they used black market data to help expose the true culprits behind that attack.
As COVID-19 cases surged throughout the past year, so did data visualizations. Data-minded scientists, journalists, health care providers, and philanthropists discussed how the pandemic and data journalism have shaped each other at a US symposium, and shared new visualization tools.
In 2020, journalism students at Roosevelt University in Chicago embarked on a project to highlight the lives of 51 women who were murdered over the course of 17 years in the US city. Dorian Geiger of Oxygen detailed the project, and the growing effort to revive dignity and justice for neglected victims.
In a GIJN webinar on audience engagement, editors and digital marketing experts shared tips and resources on how to reach and engage with audiences by maximizing the impact of stories, and by using carefully curated newsletters.
In this excerpt, drawn from “The Data Journalism Handbook,” GIJN’s Eunice Au and sociologist Marc Smith explain how the widespread use of the #ddj hashtag among data journalism communities has made it a prominent resource for sharing projects, as well as the ability to track the evolution of data journalism work.
In this excerpt from his new book on protecting democracy, Larry Diamond, founding co-editor of the Journal of Democracy, outlines 10 steps to combat kleptocracy around the world. Among them is the need to end the use of anonymous shell companies and “increase international support for investigative journalism.”
Community news co-op advocates see the new model they’re shaping as having a high chance for success in places where existing approaches to digital sites might struggle or fail, including in many news deserts. The Banyan Project’s Tom Stites writes about how news co-ops work, pointing out the pros and cons of the model.
In this Q&A, New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth details the little-understood threat posed by zero-day exploits — hacking capabilities that leverage mistakes in the code populating phones and computers around the world.
