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When using data for investigative stories, it is important to learn how to obtain and clean the information. But it is also vital that you interpret your findings correctly and extract the right conclusions from the numbers, filters, and spreadsheets. If you do the math correctly but fail to read the answers properly, you may end up misleading your audience.
For digital-first news outlets in Latin America, lessons learned from reader-funding experiments are being transformed into highly tailored membership programs that offer a chance at a more sustainable future. Independent, mission-driven or subject-specific news sites, in particular, are leading the way, converting close relationships with audiences into funding through editorially-linked, labor-intensive initiatives.
Serie de consejos extraídos de las experiencias de varios periodistas internacionales sobre la recopilación y creación de bases de datos efectivas para realizar periodismo de investigación.
Las investigaciones periodísticas sobre la política, la corrupción y el crimen organizado en pequeñas y medianas ciudades de Brasil, México, Colombia y Honduras fueron la causa de 139 casos de asesinato de profesionales de los medios registrados por Reporteros sin Fronteras (RSF) entre 2011 y 2020. La mitad de estos periodistas había informado de que recibieron amenazas a causa su trabajo.
Mais de 130 jornalistas foram mortos no Brasil, México, Colômbia e Honduras entre os anos 2011 e 2020, muitos deles atacados enquanto investigavam questões políticas, corrupção e crime organizado. A RSF analisou os ataques e descobriu que metade dos jornalistas havia recebido ameaças relacionadas ao seu trabalho.
More than 130 journalists were killed in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Honduras in the years between 2011 and 2020, many of them attacked while investigating political issues, corruption, and organized crime. RSF has analyzed the attacks and found that half of the journalists had received threats related to their work.
El tráfico ilegal de animales y plantas silvestres está dañando la biodiversidad en todo el mundo. Para los periodistas investigativos, hay grandes oportunidades para realizar coberturas en prácticamente todos los países. La nueva guía de GIJN fomenta informes profundos sobre el tema con consejos y herramientas para cubrir el tema de manera global.
The illegal trafficking of wild animals and plants is damaging biodiversity worldwide and spreading diseases. It’s an international story, with great opportunities for investigations in virtually every country. GIJN’s new guide encourages deep reporting about the subject with tips and tools for covering a global trade.
Colombian media outlet Cerosetenta joined the international collective of journalists and researchers Bellingcat and research agency Forensic Architecture to map police violence during ongoing protests in Colombia and, in a second step, to reconstruct crimes committed in this context.
Según el proyecto colaborativo de investigación Tierra de Resistentes, al menos seis defensores ambientales fueron asesinados en la región desde que la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declaró que la crisis COVID-19 era una pandemia y abril 2020, la fecha de publicación de este trabajo.
