Global Investigative Journalism Network (https://gijn.org/tag/investigative-journalism/)
GIJN member Danwatch was launched in 2007 by civic groups in Denmark with a focus on both research and journalism. Danwatch has since grown to have one of the largest specialized investigative journalism teams in Denmark, with 13 reporters, one of them based in South America.
Social media platforms are among the most difficult sites to scrape for data across the internet. A recent session at NICAR23 unveiled several dynamic new tools — including Junkipedia, a possible CrowdTangle replacement — that can perform a wealth of social media monitoring tasks, from tracking down who is behind harmful ads to identifying conspiracy groups or influencers spreading disinformation.
In an era where corruption, financial crime, and illicit trade routinely span the globe, so too must the investigations that uncover them. But one of the least discussed and often unexpected obstacles in that pursuit involves the difficulties investigative journalists can face when traveling and physically crossing borders.
GIJN’s weekly round-up of the best in data journalism looks into algorithmic bias in welfare investigations in Rotterdam, mapping the rise of femicides in Europe, and the deadly impact of cold temperatures in India.
From birth control disinformation to cross-border surrogacy, from high-level sexual harassment to the brutality of “everyday” violence against women, 2022 was a year marked by a number of noteworthy investigations into stories with a gender angle.
The introductory chapter and table of contents to GIJN’s new reporting guide to investigating disability issues, which provides a brief primer on the purpose and scope of this guide.
In this reporting guide we’ve included some of the various definitions of disability, important resources, and key issues for journalists to investigate.
As part of the GIJN guide to investigating disability issues, a list of case studies and reporting projects from around the world.
As in all stories, choosing who your sources are makes a difference. A lot of journalists fail to actually quote a person living with the disabilities they’re writing about, and there are also many disabled and neurodivergent people who are experts in the fields that you might need for your story.
The second chapter in GIJN’s reporting guide to disability issues focuses on key topics and potential storylines to pursue.