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A Curated List of GIJN’s Top Stories from 2021

by Rowan Philp • December 20, 2021

One of our core missions at GIJN is providing journalists in the field with the latest tools and techniques. To do that, we work hard to find original stories that will be of immediate, practical help for watchdog reporters around the world. Here is a curated list of 10 of the notable stories we’ve published this year, reflecting our most popular articles, groundbreaking discoveries, topical issues, and stories you just shouldn’t miss.

Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: Bird Hierarchy, European Trains, Combating Big Tech, Amazon Exports

by Peter Georgiev and Connected Action • December 3, 2021

In the US, lifestyle shifts set in motion by the coronavirus outbreak have led people to relocate. Our weekly analysis of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter highlights a story by The New York Times looking at the best places to live, an examination of the pecking order of different birds, an investigation into the problems of European rail, and a survey on the state of data journalism.

Landsat 9 launch image

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How Environmental Journalists Can Use NASA’s New Landsat 9 Satellite

NASA’S Landsat 9 satellite went into orbit on September 27. After about three months of shakedown and calibration, it will be regularly downloading data to anyone who asks. It can show trends in deforestation (or afforestation or reforestation), forest health, agricultural crops, coastal erosion, drought and flooding, and more.

The Guardian analyzes countries' climate change pledges

Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: Toxic Air, Hidden Emissions, Twitter’s Algorithm, Can Data Die?

by Peter Georgiev and Connected Action • November 19, 2021

Our weekly analysis of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter highlights a story by the Financial Times into how Europe gets its natural gas and the geopolitics of this industry. In this edition, we also feature major investigations into poisonous air and underreported methane emissions by ProPublica and The Washington Post as well as eight must-read newsletters curated by DataJournalism.com.

Data Journalism

Data Journalists Offer Tools for the Future

by Santiago Villa • November 5, 2021

Data journalism has evolved from simple spreadsheet analysis of local government data to the spectacular tracking of the hidden wealth of oligarchs, autocrats, and corporate leaders from gigantic datasets. In a session at GIJC21, leading data journalists looked at this transition but also, at what is next.

Satellite spots Russian methane leak

Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: Disappearing Bumblebees, Russia’s Methane Leaks, Warming Siberia, Top TV Shows

by Peter Georgiev and Connected Action • October 29, 2021

The COP26 climate summit starts in Glasgow, Scotland, this Sunday, and could mark a turning point in the battle to bring climate change under control. In the run-up to the conference, our analysis of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter features several climate change-related pieces, including a project by The Washington Post exploring a large methane leak in Russia, and a story by IStories on rising temperatures in Siberia and the Arctic.

Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: Breaking into Data Journalism, America’s 5G Fail, Thai Pop, Gender Bias, Fake Google Reviews

by Peter Georgiev and Connected Action • October 22, 2021

We often talk about climate change as an issue future generations will confront. But society is already feeling the dangerous impact of rising temperatures as more and more regions around the world slowly become unlivable. The Guardian produced an ambitious data project on this issue as well as another piece examining the shifting carbon center of gravity. The most popular data journalism tweets between October 11-17, as discovered by our NodeXL mapping and human curation, also include stories on the long-expected arrival of 5G technology, the rise of Thai pop, and fake reviews on Google Maps.

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Investigating Cybercrime and the Dark Web

Cybercrime is any criminal activity perpetrated in a digital realm. While we often think of cybercrime as defined by “hacking,” there are many other types of crimes that are part of this world, and everything from trafficking in child pornography, to withdrawing illicit funds, to the theft of source code, falls into the category of “cyber” crimes.

Mass COVID burial site in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

News & Analysis

5 Post-Pandemic Data Story Ideas for Journalists

by Kuek Ser Kuang Keng • October 15, 2021

Since the start of the pandemic in early 2020, data-driven reporting on COVID-19 has gone through several phases, including infection trends and vaccination rates. Here, a leading Malaysia-based data journalism trainer shares five post-pandemic coverage areas where data reporting can be equally effective.

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