The largest-ever African Investigative Journalism Conference (#AIJC2022) drew 375 attendees from 51 countries to Africa’s premier muckraker gathering. The conference looked into how AI is driving a “third wave of journalism,” which new tools and resources are available to watchdog reporters, and showcased some of the world-class exposés being produced on the continent.
This week’s most popular data journalism stories on Twitter include how Google ads fuel disinformation, an analysis of the online bubble of pro-Bolsonaro tweets, what marriages tell us about Russian mobilization numbers, and a timeline of the Itaewon crowd crush tragedy.
Sexual violence is a feature of conflict and war. Its impact is felt by individuals, but also by families and communities, and its destructive effects persist for generations. Reporting criminal acts of any sort in an active conflict is difficult enough; documenting and reporting sexual violence during a conflict poses even more challenges. In this […]
Our weekly curation of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter highlights non-fatal US police shootings, the rise and fall of COVID billionaires, racial disparities in internet service and road safety programs, and Minnesota’s great Halloween blizzard of 1991.
In Flourish’s recent webinar on effective elections and polling visualization, data journalist Mafe Callejón shared essential tips for building an interactive map from election results.
The US government engages with virtually every country in the world and in multiple ways. These can include Presidential and Congressional activity, foreign assistance, criminal investigations, public and private financial transactions, lobbying, arms sales — and much more. In this online Masterclass, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Martha Mendoza is in conversation with GIJN’s David Kaplan. Mendoza […]
This week’s most popular data journalism stories on Twitter highlights efforts to evade Russia’s war mobilization, Xi Jinping’s path to power, abuses of child welfare policing, teacher demonstrations in Hungary, and caesarean birth rates in Spain.
Our curation of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter features a look at Europe’s looming energy crisis, an investigation into a fatal crowd stampede in Indonesia, tracking false reports of active shooter incidents in the US, and an analysis of the most popular Ukrainian war-related memes.
Investigative journalism of environmental issues has grown substantially in recent years in Africa, thanks to a number of new initiatives and reporting projects.
China’s global fishing operation is prompting concerns about overfishing and destruction of marine life and ecosystems and The New York Times mapped its global reach. Our weekly NodeXL and human curation of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter also highlights the queer cinema history in the Southeast Asian region, charted Hurricane Ian’s destructive path through the US, Iran’s protests for womens’ rights, and the social housing issues in Canada.
