Global Investigative Journalism Network (https://gijn.org/category/resources/)
With the global spread of data journalism, the advent of artificial intelligence and the increasing use of big data moving alongside a rapid rise of disinformation, GIJN asked data journalism experts around the world what they anticipate for 2019. Here are their thoughts on the major trends, ideas and technologies that will affect how we do our jobs.
GIJN has launched its latest regional language edition, GIJN in Bangla, in partnership with Bangladesh-based member, the Management and Resources Development Initiative. Each day, we’ll be sharing the best investigative tips and tools, groundbreaking stories, grants and fellowships, data sets and more.
Anglais
La majorité des objets que nous utilisons ont été transportés d’un point A à un point B – et c’est une bonne chose pour les journalistes d’investigation. Cela signifie qu’il est possible de remonter à la source de production d’à peu près tous ces objets. « Le commerce international fonctionne car il existe un langage international utilisé dans le monde entier », a expliqué Giannina Segnini, de l’Ecole de journalisme de Columbia aux journalistes présents à la conférence Uncovering Asia 2018, qui s’est tenue à Séoul (Corée du Sud) entre le 5 et 7 octobre.
Giannina Segnini était accompagnée de deux confrères journalistes d’investigation, deux fois auréolés du Prix Pullitzer, Martha Mendoza d’Associated Press (AP), et Bryan Christy, ancien Directeur des enquêtes spéciales pour le magazine National Geographic. Ils ont tous les trois dévoilé leurs tactiques pour trouver des idées d’enquêtes grâce aux données du commerce maritime et sur les manières de traquer des cargos, des trafiquants et d’enquêter sur la chaîne d’approvisionnement . 1.
Anglais
En juillet 2018, une vidéo extrêmement violente a commencé à circuler sur les réseaux sociaux. Elle montre deux femmes et deux petits enfants emmenés à l’écart d’un village à la pointe du fusil par un groupe de soldats. Les soldats leurs bandent les yeux avant de leur tirer dessus 22 fois à bout portant. Sur les réseaux sociaux, on affirme que les militaires viennent du Cameroun mais le gouvernement camerounais discrédite rapidement la vidéo en la qualifiant de “fake news”. Dans la vidéo, on voit un terrain qui pourrait se trouver n’importe où sur la planète et des personnes qui pourraient être de n’importe quel pays d’Afrique.
How do freelancers carry out a yearlong investigation when they only get paid at the end? Investigative reporter Samantha Sunne has a tiered approach to keep you from spending precious time and resources.
Satellite imagery has become an indispensable tool in journalism, whether it’s for fact-finding or gauging the impact of a particular situation, reporting on climate events or understanding more about conflict zones, Geospatial tech wiz Anusuya Datta breaks down how satellite imagery has become an indispensable tool, sharing resources and providing guidelines for beginners.
Quando se trata de gerenciamento de documentos, uma das minhas ferramentas favoritas é o DocumentCloud. Alguns dos excelentes recursos do DocumentCloud incluem sua capacidade de criar versões em texto de PDFs e gerar estatísticas a partir dos arquivos que você sobe no sistema. Mas e se você precisar analisar milhares ou até centenas de milhares de documentos? Então, provavelmente você vai querer dar uma olhada no Overview, uma ferramenta de mineração de documentos construída tendo jornalistas investigativos em mente. O Overview pode importar documentos de diversas fontes, incluindo o DocumentCloud, e pode manipular desde algumas dezenas de páginas até milhões de páginas.
The power of the pen — writers are so dangerous that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation deemed it necessary to start surveillance on many of them, including Hannah Arendt, Allen Ginsberg, Ernest Hemingway, Susan Sontag, and Hunter S Thompson. The book “Writers Under Surveillance” gathers some of these investigation files that were obtained with Freedom of Information Act requests by MuckRock.
An internal report of Danske Bank, the largest financial institution in Denmark, found a series of “major deficiencies in controls and governance” that allowed $235 billion in questionable transactions to be made in its branch in Estonia.
Ace investigators Giannina Segnini, Pulitzer Prize-winning AP reporter Martha Mendoza and independent investigative journalist Bryan Christy offer up tips on how to find stories in shipping data, as well as resources for tracking ships, smugglers and supply chains.
How can a journalist request Federal Bureau of Investigation’s files on an individual? MuckRock’s JPat Brown prepared a useful step-by-step flowchart guide for all scenarios to help you make sure you’ve gathered all the materials you need before you file that FOIA.
