Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Using Data Sources to Track Harmful Climate Crisis-Fueled Algal Blooms
For the SEJ’s Reporter’s Toolbox: datasets and sources useful for tracking the harmful impact of climate change-fueled algal blooms.
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environmental journalism
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Data Journalism Reporting Tools & Tips
Harnessing the Power of Global Forest Watch for Data-Driven Reporting on Land Cover Change
A Mongabay senior editor shares tips for unlocking the full capabilities of Global Forest Watch, a free-to-use online platform that she says has been instrumental in her reporting.
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships Reporting Tools & Tips
Investigating ‘Cattle Laundering’ and Deforestation in the Amazon: Interview with the 2024 Goldman Prize Winner
The 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize went to a multi-year exposé tracing the connection between meat sold in Western supermarkets and illegal deforestation in Brazil.
Investigative Techniques News & Analysis
Exposing the Money Behind Environmental Destruction
The Pulitzer Center discusses how it has developed different methodologies to uncover environmental wrongdoing, adapted to the region, jurisdiction, and industry.
Database Resource
Resources on Environmental Data
With details of the information available from satellite observation programmes, plus where to find data on biodiversity, greenhouse gasses, and the ozone layer.
Resource
Reporter’s Guide to Investigating Carbon Offsets
Carbon offsets are truly an international climate change story with potential for cross-border collaboration between journalists.
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Short Version
News & Analysis
Center for Cooperative Media’s Top 10 Journalism Collaborations of 2023
Stefanie Murray, director of the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University, shares her Top 10 journalism collaborations of 2023.
Editor's Picks News & Analysis
NarcoFiles, Political Influencers, Digital Mercenaries: 2023’s Best Investigative Stories from Spain and Latin America
This year’s round-up of the top investigative stories in Spanish explores a wide range, from deforestation in the Mexican Caribbean to drug trafficking on Spain’s Costa del Sol.
Data Journalism Data Journalism Top 10
Data Journalism Top 10: Latin America Deforestation, Twitter Censorship, and Bankrupt Coal Mines’ Toxic Legacy
In this week’s Top 10 in Data Journalism, GIJN looks into stories about Latin American deforestation, Twitter’s censorship compliance, and the toxic legacy of bankrupt coal mines in the US.
Data Journalism Data Journalism Top 10
Data Journalism Top 10: US Anti-Trans Bills, Russia’s Convict-Conscripts, French Same-Sex Marriages, and Less Snowy Alps
This week’s data journalism roundup digs into the wave of legislation across the US targeting trans rights, Russia’s prison-to-front lines pipeline, French same-sex marriages 10 years after legalization, and the dearth of snow across the Alps this past winter.