Global Investigative Journalism Network (https://gijn.org/tag/ire/)
In June, GIJN will participate in two major conferences alongside global experts in the fields of human rights, technology, and investigative journalism. See you online at RightsCon and #IRE21!
El investigador privado Igor Ostrovskiy le reveló al reportero de investigación estadounidense Ronan Farrow que lo estaba espiando y se convirtió en un denunciante de la amenaza de “cazar periodistas”. Ostrovskiy informó recientemente a los periodistas sobre cómo lidiar con la creciente amenaza de la vigilancia física.
In 2018, private investigator Igor Ostrovskiy revealed to US investigative reporter Ronan Farrow that he was spying on him, and became a whistleblower on the threat of “hunting journalists.” Ostrovskiy recently briefed journalists on how to deal with the growing menace of physical surveillance.
At the recent NICAR21 data journalism conference, organized by Investigative Reporters & Editors, experts shared dozens of new tools and plugins that can save time or add efficiency and insight to any investigation.
From the global coronavirus pandemic to the soul-searching that has come as a result of the Black Lives Matter protests, 2020 has cracked open society’s fault lines. Organizations are questioning their role, and journalism has not been spared this moment of introspection.
This week’s Friday 5, where we round up our favorite reads from around the online world in English, delves into the perils of reporting on preprint research platforms, a snapshot of end-to-end digital advertising and publishing supply chains, and how the French government took down a “fake news” page after being accused of “overstepping its constitutional role and infringing on press freedoms.”
This week’s Friday 5, where we round up our favorite reads from around the online world in English, includes tips for journalists covering COVID-19, news from Investigative Reporters & Editors about a NICAR20 conference attendee testing “presumptively positive” for the virus, and the latest on media conference cancellations around the world — including GIJN’s own Asian Investigative Journalism Conference.
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from June 18 to 25 finds a visual story about fixing household stuff by @xocasgv and @GoogleNewsInit, another about fixing political stuff by @Washingtonpost and @paulbradshaw on teaching data journalism.
In a recent training session in Kyiv, producer Matt Sarnetski and journalist Anna Babinets talked about how they created Killing Pavel, a documentary about the murder of the well-known journalist Pavel Sheremet. GIJN has rounded up the key takeaways.
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from March 5 to 11 finds everyone keenly sharing data tipsheets from @IRE_NICAR’s NICAR18 conference, @texifter discussing how to identify bots versus humans online and @EdjNet talking to @culukaya about the shocking rates of femicide in Turkey.
