In the run-up to the 2017 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg on November 16 to 19, we are rolling out the 12 extraordinary investigative projects which are finalists in the seventh Global Shining Light Award. Today’s finalist: “Wild Land: Violence, Devastation and Death in the Heart of Brazil.”
Every four days, a journalist is killed somewhere in the world. This data comes from UNESCO, which estimates that between 2006 and 2016, 930 journalists were killed worldwide. On Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists released their 10th annual Global Impunity Index, just before the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists on November 2.
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from October 23 to 29 has @fedfragapane and @piaaaac visualizing six asylum seekers’ routes, @Recode breaking down the Gates Foundation’s philanthropic contributions by category and @lisacrost offering tips on how to choose a color palette for choropleth maps.
In the run-up to the 2017 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg on November 16 to 19, we are rolling out the 12 extraordinary investigative projects which are finalists in the seventh Global Shining Light Award. Today’s finalist: “Dirty Gold: Chasing the Trace of the London Bullion Market.”
In the run-up to the 2017 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg on November 16 to 19, we are rolling out the 12 extraordinary investigative projects which are finalists in the seventh Global Shining Light Award. Today’s finalist: “Corruption and Organized Crime in Serbia.”
Earlier this month, the Omidyar Network and the Democracy Fund released a report examining six key issues presented by social media participation and manipulation, inspired, they say, because the current instability in democracies is causing potentially irrevocable harm to fundamental rights. Here is an excerpt.
In the run-up to the 2017 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg on November 16 to 19, we are rolling out the 12 extraordinary investigative projects which are finalists for the seventh Global Shining Light Award. Today’s finalist: “Making a Killing,” on the arms pipeline from Europe to the Middle East.
In Malaysia, the Sinar Project has taken up the challenge of collating patchy government statistics to provide the public, and journalists, with useable data.
Due to overwhelming response, the Global Investigative Journalism Conference has sold out. We’re sorry we can’t accommodate everyone who would like to attend, but with 1100 participants, we’ve now reached the capacity of our host facilities. As there may be cancellations, we encourage those still interested to get on the waiting list through our registration page.
In the run-up to the 2017 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg on November 16 to 19, we are rolling out the 12 extraordinary investigative projects which are finalists for the seventh Global Shining Light Award. Today’s finalist: “Death in Service,” on the deaths of 13 military conscripts in Egypt.
