Investigative journalists intending to cover social media and its societial effects must understand the intricacies of the companies that drive them, and think critically about novel angles of coverage.
A panel at the 2023 International Journalism Festival in Perugia explored the implications for journalism of Twitter “dying” and Facebook’s pivot away from news.
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.
GIJN social media editor Holly Pate looked into best practices for increasing impact and audience engagement of investigative stories, gathering real-life examples from journalism sites around the world.
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.
This week’s Top 10 in data journalism looks at Elon Musk’s Tweets, tracking COVID in China via official obituaries, Kontinentalist’s piece on rubber’s history in colonial Malaya, El Confidencial’s analysis of immigration in Spain, The Economist’s look into the secret of creating chart-topping hits, and more.
Our weekly NodeXL and human curation of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter features 2022 World Cup odds and carbon promises, the legal consequences of France’s #MeToo movement, and the problem of pig farm pollution.
In 2022, many of GIJN’s original stories focused on reporting techniques relevant to global threats that grew or emerged this year — including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, democratic decline, growth of far-right populism, the challenge of accountability journalism in the Arabian Gulf, abuse of migrants and minorities, and the exiling, assault, and legal harassment of independent media.
A growing number of journalists and media organizations have established a presence on Mastodon. GIJN’s social media editor Holly Pate answers some common questions about the platform.
Shayan Sardarizadeh, a reporter who covers online misinformation for BBC Monitoring, offers several tips for verifying or debunking suspect Twitter screenshots.
