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Uncomfortable Questions, Difficult Answers and a Moving Journalism Conference in Central America

by Catalina Lobo-Guerrero • June 10, 2019

The last time GIJN Spanish Editor Catalina Lobo-Guerrero was in El Salvador, she was so shaken up by stories of violence and sexism towards women there that she ended up writing an Op-Ed for The New York Times with the following opening line: “I don’t want to go back to El Salvador.” But last month she returned to the country to attend the ForoCAP, the Central American Journalism Forum.

Data Journalism

GIJN’s Data Journalism Top 10: European Election, Data via Audio, Tax Fraud & Parserator

by Eunice Au & Connected Action • June 6, 2019

What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from May 27 to June 2 finds immense buzz around the recent European Parliament elections, with @SZ explaining the EU political landscape, @morgenpost looking at the results in Berlin, and @journocode collecting data journalism pieces related to the election. There’s also @datajournalism’s tips on presenting data through audio and @BIRNSrbija’s data investigation into major corporate tax fraud in Serbia.

Reporting Tools & Tips

Finding People Online: A Tipsheet From Paul Myers

by Paul Myers • June 5, 2019

GIJN recently hosted a webinar with Paul Myers, a leading international expert in online investigation. More than 300 people from approximately 70 countries joined as Myers, who works for the BBC and is a big favorite at GIJN’s conferences, shared his tips on the best tools and strategies for digging up information about people. This tipsheet is an overview of some of the techniques he shared.

Resource

How to Track Aircraft Around the World: A New GIJN Reporting Guide

Tracking aircraft has become an increasingly valuable tool for investigators of corruption, government surveillance and military operations. GIJN’s new resource on planespotting is an in-depth guide on how to track airplanes, identify their owners and much more.

Planespotting flight tracking resources map of southern England

Guide Resource

Planespotting: An Updated Guide to Tracking Aircraft Around the World

In 2019, GIJN first launched its guide to planespotting and flight tracking around the world. In the wake of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which led to a great migration of Russian oligarchs and their assets, as well as Elon Musk’s efforts to block bots from tracking planes in real time on Twitter, we’ve now […]

Reporting Tools & Tips

Tracking Illegal Funding Campaigns via Cryptocurrency

by Brenna Smith • May 31, 2019

How do you track cryptocurrency transactions? Brenna Smith, an undergraduate researcher at UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Investigations Lab, who specializes in investigating disinformation and the illicit use of cryptocurrencies, has created a tutorial using Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades’ bitcoin funding campaign as a case study to show you how.

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