Our weekly curation of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter features stories on the future impact of deadly cold temperatures, ATM explosions in Germany, mapping buildings damaged by the earthquake in Turkey, and several open source mapping alternatives to Mapbox.
There are different tools reporters can use to make video and audio files searchable, they should be an essential part of any investigative journalist’s toolkit.
In the 12 months since Russia invaded Ukraine, investigative journalists have navigated enormous information challenges and personal risks to expose everything from war crimes and sanctions busting to hidden oligarch loot and Russian “filtration” camps.
Our weekly round-up of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter looks at mapping of the destruction in the Turkey-Syria earthquake, insight into Russia’s digital censorship apparatus, an alarming lack of snow on Swiss ski slopes, and a tool to help you save energy.
When news outlets report that new research studies prove something, they’re almost certainly wrong. They find evidence — sometimes, extraordinarily strong evidence. It’s important journalists understand that science is an ongoing process of collecting and interrogating evidence, with each new discovery building on or raising questions about earlier discoveries.
GIJC23 will be the biggest-ever conference, with 150 technique-focused panels, practical workshops, and networking sessions, and 2,000 watchdog journalists expected. Here are seven other reasons you should attend.
The Greek wiretapping story has become an international scandal. But for months, the only outlets covering the story were small independent ones like Reporters United, whose dogged reporting has shaken up the country’s media landscape.
The award-winning Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora is the founder of elPeriódico, a publication known for its investigations focused on government corruption. When he was arrested last year, local and international organizations called for his immediate release amid concerns of rising hostility to the press in the Central American country.
This week’s Top 10 in data journalism looks at Elon Musk’s Tweets, tracking COVID in China via official obituaries, Kontinentalist’s piece on rubber’s history in colonial Malaya, El Confidencial’s analysis of immigration in Spain, The Economist’s look into the secret of creating chart-topping hits, and more.
The crises of South America’s giant rainforest basins ignore national borders. So should journalism, writes Andrés Schäfer, in this article exploring how different outlets in the region are investigating what is happening along the banks of the region’s largest rivers.
This is a call for submission of abstracts by March 27, 2023, of no more than 300 words for a short paper and panel presentation at the 2023 Global Investigative Journalism Conference.
In this GIJN webinar, we bring together four senior investigative journalists who have investigated the war in Ukraine. They will offer tips, tools and advice on how to cover this particular conflict — but also what they have learned about integrating different investigative methods.
Pavla Holcová is an investigative journalist and founder of the Czech Centre for Investigative Journalism, an independent outlet that does cross-border investigations on organized crime and its impact on the Czech Republic (Czechia) and Slovakia.
All news companies face challenges when it comes to retaining audiences and building revenue. But African independent media sites may find an even steeper hill to climb and must look for fresh solutions. During the final installment of INMA’s 2022 Africa Webinar series, two experts from the continent shared their advice.
Our weekly look at the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter reveals a global urge to migrates as well as analyses of a US Congressman’s lies, the use of pesticides in EU apple farming, the online patterns of Brazil’s coup plotters, and an interactive US snowfall chart.
Hungarian investigative media outlet Átlátszó and its editor-in-chief, Tamás Bodoky, have become targets in the latest smear campaign by pro-government news outlets, aimed at discrediting what remains of the country’s independent media.
As part of our ongoing “10 Questions” interview series, GIJN’s Spanish editor Andrea Arzaba speaks with Omaya Sosa, founding co-director of Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism.
GIJN’s Document of the Day: The 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) from Transparency International concludes that 95% of countries have made little to no progress fighting corruption since 2017, and notes the link between corruption and increased violence around the world.
A recent Reuters Institute webinar dug into a highly embarrassing, retracted investigation by India’s The Wire and also laid out best practices for investigative newsrooms to avoid both deliberate and unintentional source errors.
Our weekly NodeXL and human curation of the most popular data journalism stories looks at mapping migrant deaths in Singapore, tracking Russian airstrikes and Ukraine power outages, “authorized deforestation” in Mali and Côte D’Ivoire, and analysis of the best value when skiing in Switzerland.
Academic research is a crucial tool for investigating societal problems and holding the powerful accountable. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Neil Bedi, criminologist Rachel Lovell, and Denise-Marie Ordway of The Journalist’s Resource share practical advice on using academic research in investigative journalism.
To confront the ongoing legal threats to independent media around the world, the Vance Center and OCCRP are launching Reporters Shield, a multi-million dollar legal support program and defense fund for investigative journalism and newsrooms.
In a new book on undercover reporting, Australian journalism professors Andrea Carson and Denis Muller examine whether deception is ever an acceptable method for journalists to use.
GIJN’s global team has reviewed some of our favorite investigative podcasts from 2022. Some dig into scandals and allegations of sexual assault. Others take a deep dive into the backgrounds of leading political figures or explore national scandals. There are tragedies, public interest stories, politics, crime, and corruption, with stories drawn from around the world.
Our most popular data journalism stories of the week highlight a project cataloging Indigenous remains in the US that have yet to be repatriated, a look into the socioeconomic disparities between French school districts, a deep dive into how caste discrimination affects India’s academia, and a German examination of 100 years of student housing.
Practicing good mental hygiene is a continuous process for investigators that requires active input at all times. Bellingcat offers these small steps to minimize and mitigate your exposure to distressing content, to possibly save you from burnout or worse.
How investigative journalist Olanrewaju Oyedeji, from Nigeria’s Dataphyte, exposed corruption in government notebook contracts by analyzing data from the state’s online procurement portal.
The Uğur Mumcu Investigative Journalism Foundation plays a unique role in Turkey. Decades after its creation, it is still training investigative journalists in the country’s increasingly polarized media environment.
