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Data Journalism Top 10: Europe’s Drying Rivers, US Student Debt, Revisiting the Moon, Censoring Big Bang Theory

Our weekly analysis of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter features the mapping of Europe’s drought-stricken rivers, NASA’s plans to return to the moon, how the war in Ukraine compares to other modern conflicts, tracking a stolen truck, and examining Chinese censorship of foreign content with edited episodes of The Big Bang Theory.

Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: Google and Abortion, Crisis in Emergency Care, Future Heatwaves, Marvel’s Cinematic Network

Our weekly analysis of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter spotlights a Bloomberg investigation on Google search results for abortion, a story on the impact of state meddling in the finances of Canada’s Indigenous First Nations, data revealing a crisis in accident and emergency services in England, heat wave predictions for the year 2053 in the US, and for the film fans, a network visualization of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

CBC heat islands graphed by economic diversity

Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: Sweltering Cities, Digital Inequity, Climate & Sleep, COVID & Schools

As parts of the world endure record-breaking temperatures, a highlight from the world of data journalism this week involves an analysis of how “heat islands” in Canadian cities vary based on economic strata. Our weekly Top Ten in Data Journalism also looks at the global spread of Pegasus spyware, digital inequity in the US, and how the COVID-19 pandemic affects school children in Latin America.

Reduced river gradients, higher rainfall in the Ganges-Meghna-Brahmaputra river basins, and the melting of glaciers in the Himalayas, are considered the major reasons for migration in the context of climate change in Bangladesh over all. Credit: Moniruzzaman Sazal / Climate Visuals Countdown

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GIJN’s Guide to Investigating Sea Level Rise

For journalists, explaining the causes and consequences of rising sea levels is a critical and challenging assignment. To address this aspect of the climate crisis, GIJN is publishing an extensive guide to support journalists covering the impact of rising seas around the world.

NYT Maps Impact of Roe Abortion Ruling

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Data Journalism Top 10: Abortion Ban Burdens, China Surveillance, Heat Wave Threats, and Russia’s Degraded Army

This week’s Top 10 in Data Journalism looks at the impact of the Dobbs US Supreme Court ruling on travel time for women seeking an abortion in the US, China’s intensifying surveillance on its population, the impact of heat waves on fragile populations in Germany, the state of the Russian army after four months of war, and the gender inequity in speeches in the Zurich Parliament.