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Tipsheet for Using Ocean Data in Your Investigations
Investigations into what happens on, under, and around the ocean can often be answered thanks to the vast amount of data available online.
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Best Practices for Working With Mass Shootings Data
There can be confusion among journalists about “mass shootings” data, which leads to wildly different numbers and deeper confusion among audiences.
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Mapping Conflict: Using Satellite Radar Data to Track the War Damage in Gaza
Gaza’s urban landscape has changed profoundly since the start of Israel’s military campaign. Researchers Jamon Van Den Hoek and Corey Scher have been mapping the impact.
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Trump’s Disappearing Donors, Tracking the Mars Rover, and the Ongoing Wars in Gaza and Ukraine
Our column of the best in data journalism also features stories on AI’s ability to forecast the weather, analyzing the Argentine president’s Tweetstorms, and apathetic EU voters.
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Updating the Inverted Pyramid of Data Journalism
Data journalist and instructor Paul Bradshaw has updated the Inverted Pyramid of Data Journalism — and brought together resources for every stage.
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Unlocking the Secrets of Algorithms: Q & A with Investigative Data Journalist Leon Yin
The investigative data journalist touches on his work interrogating social media algorithms and how reporters can determine what is a worthwhile story to pursue.
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Q & A with Sigma Awards Executive Director Marianne Bouchart
Sigma Awards executive director talks with GIJN on how the data journalism has evolved and where it’s likely to go next.
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Airplane Accidents, 2024 Elections, Europe’s Lost Snowfall, and Recycling Movies
With pieces on the global campaign landscape, airplane accidents, European snowfall, and the toll of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.
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Diversity through Data: A Conversation with Kontinentalist’s Pei Ying Loh
How the team at Kontinentalist use data and creative data storytelling to tell nuanced stories that highlight the diversity of Asia.
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Data-Driven Journalism: Roundup of Recent Standout Stories
The best of modern data journalism tells powerful stories that test assumptions. At GIJC23, two experts discussed strong recent investigations and what makes them stand out.
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Tips to Guide Investigative Journalists in Document Text Analysis
Investigative journalists often face the challenge of reviewing and combining large documents or data in text forms. This can be very exhausting and labor intensive.
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Expert Tips for Journalists on Building Your Own Datasets
What do you do when you don’t get the dataset you need from authorities, or it doesn’t exist? Two experts provided tips at GIJC23.
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No Coding Required: A Step-by-Step Guide to Scraping Websites With Data Miner
Knowing where to look for data — and accessing it via scraping data from websites — can be a powerful force multiplier for investigative journalists.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Global Causes of Death, Forced Disappearances in Mexico, German Citizenship Trends, and the Best Pizza in US
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Data Journalism Top 10: US Wage Theft, Russia’s Brain Drain, and the Great Kantō Earthquake
Featuring wage theft mapping in New York, the alarming rise in US airliner near misses, Russia’s brain drain, and a historical analysis of the Great Kantō earthquake in Japan 100 years ago.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Global Water Stress, Fentanyl Proliferation, Maui Fires
With stories about global water stress, the boom in fentanyl trafficking at the US-Mexico border, the devastating fires in Maui, and strategies for taking penalty kicks.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Armed Groups in the Amazon, US Gun Exports, and Myanmar’s Airstrikes
This edition highlights a cross-border exposé of the different underworld groups operating in the Amazon’s border areas, and a look at the global impact of violence from US gun exports.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Wagner’s Corporate Network, Barbie’s Career History, and Spain’s Election Results
GIJN’s weekly round-up of the Top 10 in Data Journalism looks at the Wagner Group’s vast corporate network in Russia, the many careers of Barbie, and Spain’s surprising election results.
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Data Journalism Top 10: A Scorched Earth, Hot French Baby Names, and Women’s World Cup Stars to Watch
This week’s column features stories on the record-breaking global heat, popular French baby names, Russia’s war dead, and the likely breakout stars of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Retracing a Migrant Tragedy at Sea, Nepotism in US Politics, and French Police Brutality
This week’s Top 10 in Data Journalism looks into a deadly migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean, nepotism in US politics, French police brutality, and record-breaking global warming.
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4 Common Angles Data Journalists Use to Tell Stories
At the Online Journalism Blog, data journalism expert Paul Bradshaw analyzed 100 pieces of data that journalists use and found that there are several common story angles.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Spanish Marital Rates, Gender Income Disparities in Singapore, and Tropical Deforestation
This week in GIJN’s Top 10 in Data Journalism, we highlight stories on marital status across Spain, tropical deforestation around the world and, especially, the Amazon, and gender income disparities in Singapore.
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Data Journalism Top 10: UK Housing Affordability, Russian Casualty Count, US Book Bans, and Redefining Poverty
In this week’s Top 10 in Data Journalism, GIJN looks at the perilous state of UK housing affordability, tabulating a true Russia casualty count, and the common traits among US banned books.
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Data Journalism Top 10: AI Bias, Targeted Ad Labeling, Remote Work Trends, and Korea’s Space Industry
In this week’s Top 10 in Data Journalism, GIJN features a look at racial and gender bias in generative AI, how targeted advertising labels consumers, remote work trends post-pandemic, and the nascent Korean space industry.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Dodgy Climate Finance Deals, Tracking Dark Fleets, and the Rise and Fall of Argentine Kidnappings
In this week’s Top 10 in Data Journalism, GIJN features a look at dodgy climate finance deals, a hidden fleet of ships moving Russian oil, and the historical rise and fall of ransom kidnappings in Argentina.
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How a Global Team Used Data to Interrogate Green Claims for Deforestation Inc.
The latest cross-border investigation by the ICIJ — Deforestation Inc. — used thousands of pages of documents, court records, green certificates databases, trade data, and audit reports to expose how a lightly regulated sustainability industry overlooks forest destruction and human rights violations.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Everest’s Deadly Legacy, Paris Metro Pollution, Migrant Worker Struggles in Singapore
This week, GIJN’s Top 10 in Data Journalism examines why the world’s tallest mountain has become increasingly deadly for those trying to climb it, pollution in Paris metro stations, US laws expanding gun access one year after the Uvalde mass shooting, and migrant worker struggles in Singapore.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Bats and the Next Pandemic, China’s Electric Battery Dominance, and Brazil’s Healthcare ‘Holes’
GIJN’s weekly, curated look at the Top 10 in Data Journalism highlights bats and predicting the location of the next pandemic, China’s electric battery dominance, and mapping out Brazil’s healthcare “holes.”