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Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: Social Distancing Interactive, Epidemic Modeling, Germany’s Low Death Rate, and Zuckerburg TikTok Video

by Eunice Au & Connected Action • April 2, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the production of various interactives, charts, and simulations by data journalists and citizens around the world. This week’s NodeXL #ddj mapping from March 23 to 29 finds The New York Times explaining the dangers of ending social distancing measures by Easter, Germany’s Der Spiegel and Der Tagesspiegel measuring traffic levels and COVID-19 cases respectively, the Tampa Bay Times monitoring the situation in Florida, Kevin Simler making an interactive simulation to explain how general epidemics unfold, and Mona Chalabi creating a viral TikTok video on Mark Zuckerberg’s donation to advance coronavirus research.

News & Analysis

How to Minimize the Impact of COVID-19 on Your Media Business

by Harlan Mandel • April 1, 2020

Media managers, editors, and publishers understandably may be feeling powerless at the threat posed to media businesses globally by the coronavirus. Harlan Mandel, chief executive officer at the Media Development Investment Fund, recommends steps news executives can take to limit the losses they are facing and to give direction to their business decisions.

GIJN Webinar Series: Investigating the Pandemic

by GIJN Staff • March 31, 2020

GIJN is pleased to introduce its first webinar in a series of free hour-long programs on COVID-19, featuring three veteran journalists: Gloria Riva, who covers health and business for Italy’s weekly l’Espresso, is reporting from the epicentre of one of the worst-hit countries; Joey Qi, GIJN’s Chinese editor, has chronicled the resurgence of investigative stories coming out of China and what journalists everywhere can learn from their experience; and Drew Sullivan, editor-in-chief of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Center, is focused on how criminal groups and corrupt officials may benefit from the pandemic.

News & Analysis

What We’re Reading: COVID-19’s Global Press Crackdown

by Tanya Pampalone • March 27, 2020

This week’s Friday 5, where we round up our favorite reads from around the online world in English, includes a report on the spike in crackdowns on journalists and media organizations reporting on COVID-19 , Transparency International’s suggestions for what to look out for with corruption and coronavirus, and a Citizen Lab report about how China manages social media censorship.

Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: COVID-19’s Spread, Death Rates, and Curve Flattening; The Shape of Dreams; Transphobia Tracking

by Eunice Au & Connected Action • March 26, 2020

The attention of the global data journalism community remains very much tuned in to the developing COVID-19 pandemic, which is reflected in our NodeXL #ddj mapping from March 16 to 22. The New York Times mapped the movements of millions of people to trace how the virus spread out from China, The Financial Times tracked how coronavirus case trajectories compare among countries, while Robert Kosara explains the brilliance of a “Flatten the Curve” cartoon.

Case Studies

Investigative Journalism on the COVID-19 Crisis

by GIJN Staff • March 25, 2020

Journalists around the world are investigating many angles of the coronavirus pandemic. GIJN has collected some of the best reporting to date, hoping these 50 examples from 17 countries will inspire even more investigative journalism.

Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: Social Distancing, Coronavirus Clusters, Flattening the Curve, Trump Cherry-Picks Data

by Eunice Au & Connected Action • March 19, 2020

The novel coronavirus is very much dominating the Twitter chatter among the global data journalism community this week. Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from March 9 to 15 finds The Washington Post simulating different social distancing scenarios and their effects on slowing the spread of COVID-19, South China Morning Post highlighting research into a cluster case, Süddeutsche Zeitung charting the exponential growth in countries with high infection rates, and The New York Times spotlighting the jobs which put workers at the greatest risk of contracting the virus.

News & Analysis

9 Lessons from Chinese Journalists on Covering COVID-19

by Joey Qi • March 18, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak has sparked a new wave of Chinese muckraking, despite years of suppression of investigative reporting. GIJN’s Chinese Editor Joey Qi speaks with Chinese journalists on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak about their tips for reporters around the world covering the pandemic.

Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: COVID-19 Data Viz, Brazil President’s Tweets, Beach Erosion, India’s Influencers, London by Bike, Syllabi

by Eunice Au & Connected Action • March 12, 2020

What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from March 2 to 8 finds a list of COVID-19 related data visualizations selected by health activist Joel Selanikio, Folha De S. Paulo analyzing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s tweets, VoxEurop highlighting the potential disappearance of the world’s beaches due to climate change, and Davis Vilums mapping every central London street over four years by cycling.

Reporting Tools & Tips

Tips for Journalists Covering COVID-19

by Miraj Ahmed Chowdhury • March 10, 2020

It is difficult to fathom how far the novel virus might spread, and what the ultimate consequences will be. With all the uncertainties, journalists around the world are faced with the many challenges of covering the epidemic — including combating misinformation and health risks to reporters in the field — while not fueling panic.

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