Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Using Data Sources to Track Harmful Climate Crisis-Fueled Algal Blooms
For the SEJ’s Reporter’s Toolbox: datasets and sources useful for tracking the harmful impact of climate change-fueled algal blooms.
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Investigating Crime, Climate Change, or Elections? See What’s New in the GIJN Resource Center
From a guide to covering the extractive industries to a resource setting out awards for investigative journalism, here’s a rundown of GIJN’s latest guides and tipsheets.
Data Journalism Top 10
How UK Tories Are Losing Their Majority, Flooding in Southern Brazil, and Mothers Searching for Their Missing Children in Mexico
Also featuring threats to European groundwater, the impact of Soviet engineering on Ukraine’s Dnieper River, and workplace risks to South Korean food delivery drivers.
Climate News & Analysis Reporting Tools & Tips
Climate Reporters Share Tips for Investigating the Fossil Fuel Industry
Environmental reporters share tips for unraveling the mysteries behind carbon credit projects and government ties to the fossil fuel industry.
Data Journalism News & Analysis
Lessons Learned: 10 Common Mistakes in Data Journalism
GIJN asked speakers and attendees in the NICAR conference hallways for the data journalism gaps they see and for under-covered topic areas newsrooms can address.
Data Journalism Top 10
Eclipse Mania, Coastal Earthquakes, Bridge Collapse, and Breaking the Ramadan Fast
Highlighting an analysis of climate change’s effect on European pollen rates, a global look at transportation methods, and results for the state of data journalism in 2023.
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Database for Carbon Offset Reporting
This database includes key resources, watchdog groups, and case studies for investigating the carbon offsets market.
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Reporter’s Guide to Investigating Carbon Offsets
Carbon offsets are truly an international climate change story with potential for cross-border collaboration between journalists.
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The Investigative Agenda for Climate Change
Although there has been progress on the development of affordable green energy, global greenhouse gas emissions are rising inexorably, according to one of the world’s leading authorities, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate change is global, but the causes are not: fossil fuels — largely coal, oil, and gas — account for more than […]
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Full Report: The Investigative Agenda for Climate Change Journalism
What happened when 80 climate change journalists and experts met to discuss the future role of investigative journalism in climate crisis reporting.