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What We’re Reading: Pegasus and The New York Times Journalist
This week’s Friday 5 surfaced some of our must reads from around the English-language web, including research from Citizen Lab on Pegasus targeting a New York Times reporter, the Media Impact Fund’s insight for nonprofit media donors, and the out-of-beta Google Dataset Search.
Data Journalism
GIJN’s Data Journalism Top 10: Mapping Coronavirus, Saving the Nile, Protests in Hungary, Annotating Visualizations
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from January 20 to 26 finds the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering mapping the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, Al Jazeera analyzing the impact that Ethiopia’s mega-dam project will have on the Nile river and its surroundings, Der Tagesspiegel outlining the changes in America over the course of Donald Trump’s presidency, and Alberto Cairo highlighting the importance of annotating data visualizations.
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4 Sundance Documentaries That Shed Light on the Perils of Journalism
This year’s Sundance Film Festival, which runs from January 23 to February 2 in Utah, includes four films which put journalism front and center. The films take viewers to Kenya, the US, Saudi Arabia, and the Philippines, tackling the perils reporters around the world face.
Reporting Tools & Tips
How Tos for Investigative Journalists, Part 1: From Plane Spotting to PDF Extraction
What tools do you need to master as you head into your next investigation? We’ve rounded up some of GIJN’s most popular how tos from our story archives, as well as select items from our growing Resource Center.
News & Analysis
5 Business Models for Local News to Watch in 2020
Predictions are a tricky business, but there is one sure thing for 2020: local news publishers cannot depend on the old ways of doing business. Mark Glaser, a media consultant and advisor, shares five interesting business models that are cropping up, from the co-op ownership model to government subsidies and “information districts,” to state-level ecosystem support.
News & Analysis
11 Tips for Investigative Reporters From a Pioneer in the Arab World
After 14 years at the helm of the Arab world’s leading network of investigative journalists, Rana Sabbagh reflects on what she’s learned and offers advice to investigative reporters, in a farewell letter to Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism.
News & Analysis
The Friday 5: What Investigative Journalists Are Reading This Week
From the “cybercrime” charges against Glenn Greenwald in Brazil to the ICIJ-powered Luanda Leaks and a 25-minute video tutorial on OSINT, here are some of GIJN’s favorite reads in English this week.
Data Journalism
GIJN’s Data Journalism Top 10: Luanda Leaks, A Disappeared Lake, Animated Graphics, Data Mapping, NICAR
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from January 13 to 19 finds the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists exposing how Africa’s richest woman really made her fortune, The Washington Post using satellite imagery to show the disappearance of an entire lake in the Philippines, El País sharing the behind-the-scenes process of their work, and Mike Reilley curating a mega list of useful data journalism tools.
Case Studies
10 Lessons from Our Global Collaboration on Pangolin Trafficking
The Pangolin Reports brought together more than 40 journalists in 14 countries to investigate the illegal trade in pangolins, a harmless ant-eating mammal which is close to extinction. This is what they learned about collaborative journalism.
Reporting Tools & Tips
My Favorite Tools: Lionel Faull
For our series about journalists’ favorite tools, we spoke with Lionel Faull of the London-based investigative newsroom and training outlet Finance Uncovered. He told GIJN’s Olivier Holmey all about the tools he uses to encrypt his communications, convert PDFs to readable text, find data on company ownership, sync his written and audio notes, and more.
News & Analysis
Watch the Oscar-Nominated Feature Documentaries
The nominees for the best feature documentaries for the Academy Awards include powerful films from Syria, Brazil, North Macedonia and the United States. Here’s a brief introduction.
News & Analysis
The Friday 5: What Investigative Journalists Are Reading This Week
Each day, GIJN editors scan the web for the latest news on investigative and data journalism, reports and analysis on sustainability and innovation in journalism, as well as tips and tools which support the craft. Our new weekly series rounds up some of our favorites from around the web. Here’s what we’re reading this week.
Data Journalism
GIJN’s Data Journalism Top 10: Partisan School Books, Holy Walks to Nando’s, Brazil’s Bolsonaro, How to Become UK Prime Minister
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from January 6 to 12 finds the New York Times exposing partisan editing in school textbooks, a new data science platform from Turkey, Delayed Gratification’s infographic on how to become the British prime minister, Alberto Cairo making his graphics available for free, and an analysis of fact-checks of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
News & Analysis
What Investigative Journalism Will Look Like in 2020
GIJN asked investigative journalists around the world to look ahead at what’s in store for 2020. Here are the trends, key forces, and challenges they expect will affect investigative and data journalism in the coming year, as well as the new skills and approaches we should be thinking about.
Case Studies
‘Reality Journalism’ Turns Investigative Reports into Pop Idol-Style Shows
Around the world, millions of people seem to be tuning serious journalism out, as the fallout from misinformation, fatigue, and rival information sources overwhelm audience attention. But in three developing countries, large new audiences are now tuning in – to watch investigative reporting teams compete in Pop Idol-style reality shows.
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In Benin, Journalist Sentenced to 18 Months for Publishing 3 Tweets
Investigative journalist Ignace Sossou was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $338 for “harassment ” by a court in Benin. His crime? Sossou posted three tweets quoting the country’s public prosecutor, who had been speaking candidly about digital regulations.
Data Journalism
GIJN’s Data Journalism Top 10: Australia’s Deadly Wildfires, Sigma Awards, Best of Data Viz 2019
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from December 30, 2019 to January 5, 2020 finds The New York Times examining Australia’s brutal fire season, the launch of The Sigma Awards to honor outstanding data journalism, Der Tagesspiegel analyzing the major changes across the globe in the past decade, and inspiring best-of data visualization lists by Nathan Yau, Pew Research Center, ZEIT ONLINE, the Los Angeles Times and the Financial Times.
Case Studies
How to Make Your Journalism More ‘Memberful’
The Membership Puzzle project went around the world to identify “memberful” routines that incorporate community members’ knowledge and produce value for news organizations. Here is what they found.
Case Studies
How Reveal Expanded Its Impact — and Reach — by Building Local Reporting Networks
Investigating a big story can create an abundance of leads — sometimes, more than one journalist or even one newsroom can use. Here’s how Reveal created its Reporting Networks to share those leads with local journalists across the United States.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Here’s Your New Year’s Resolution: Take Digital Security More Seriously in 2020
Just by committing any act of journalism, you are worthy of a data breach. Whether you’re a freelancer or on staff, here are some tips from digital security experts about what you can do to keep yourself safe from attacks.
News & Analysis
The 15 Most Influential Journalism Stories in US History
Historian and journalist Daniel Strieff has compiled a list of the most influential news stories in US history. Among them, investigations that deeply affected the country, from The Jungle to Watergate — but also lots of lesser-known stories.
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As democracy and human rights retreat from a growing worldwide assault, increasingly the public looks to independent, watchdog reporters to hold the line on truth and accountability. And those reporters, in turn, depend on GIJN for the latest tools, technology, and training. But we can’t do it without your help…
Case Studies
Engaging Journalism Audiences Through Satire
Satire can make journalism more entertaining and accessible for new audiences. But how can you turn your headline into a punchline? To find out, Amina Boubia from the Open Society Foundations’ Program on Independent Journalism spoke to two veterans of political satire: Isam Uraiqat and Juan Ravell.
Reporting Tools & Tips
Most Popular Resources on GIJN in 2019
GIJN’s ever-growing Resource Center added many new or substantially revamped guides this year, including packages on climate change, land ownership, women journalists, data journalism, tracking planes, and working with whistleblowers.
Data Journalism
GIJN’s Data Journalism Top 10 for 2019: People Are The Story, Pirates vs. Princesses, Open Source Journalism, How Charts Lie, UN Votes
Throughout this year, we’ve brought you weekly “snapshots” of the Twitter conversation surrounding data journalism. But this week, we look at what the global data journalism community tweeted about the most during all of 2019. Below you’ll find links to stories from Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, the US, and elsewhere.