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Burn pit at US military base in Afghanistan

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Q & A: How a Reporter Uncovered the US Military Burn Pits Scandal

by Sonner Kehrt • August 31, 2022

The reporter who first broke open the US military burn pits scandal and its hazardous environmental impact on veterans discusses how she reported the story and tracked its evolution to the halls of the US Congress.

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Data Journalism Top 10: Remembering 9/11, TikTok Sex & Drugs, Global Forest Fires, Indigenous Schools

by Peter Georgiev and Connected Action • September 16, 2021

Tracking the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter from September 6 to September 13, we found a visual project by the South China Morning Post explaining the global impact of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil in US history, a Guardian investigation into the history of Canada’s residential schools, and a video project by Le Monde exploring the recent history of forest fires around the world.

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Q & A: How a Reporter Uncovered the US Military Burn Pits Scandal

Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: Remembering 9/11, TikTok Sex & Drugs, Global Forest Fires, Indigenous Schools