Reporting Tools & Tips
Q & A: Lessons Learned from Investigating the Wagner Group in Africa
Nigerian investigative journalist Philip Obaji Jr. discusses the threats and challenges he has faced covering the Russian mercenary outfit, the Wagner Group.
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Vladimir Putin
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Data Journalism Top 10
Danube’s Warming Water, Missing US Railroad Safety Data, and Russian Election Anomalies
Our column on the best in recent data journalism also looks into the warming Danube river, Spain’s ominous water shortages, and the gender pay gap in Latin America.
Data Journalism
Data Journalism Top 10: Misrepresenting Women, Bubble Tea, and India’s Nightingale
Our weekly NodeXL curation of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter includes a look at how women in the headlines can be used to perpetuate existing stereotypes, an examination of how large pockets of unvaccinated individuals are driving the pandemic in the US, and a fun make-your-own bubble tea interactive adventure.
Case Studies
What Journalists Can Learn from Navalny’s Investigative Team in Russia
Despite its overt political objectives, the research section of FBK — an anti-corruption nonprofit founded by Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny — has emerged as a potent investigative team that recently attracted 110 million YouTube views for a video that exposed massive corruption at a Black Sea palace. FBK’s head of investigations told GIJN about the methods the team uses for these investigations, and what professional journalists can learn from their approach.
News & Analysis
Do Russian Media Get a Boost from Bots on Twitter?
Hundreds of what appear to be Twitter bots are artificially inflating the retweet and favorite counts of tweets with links to articles from some of Russia’s top news agencies. Lawrence Alexander discovered that these same fake accounts have previously mass-posted links to scores of pro-Kremlin LiveJournal blogs—themselves part of a network of thousands. In this piece, which originally appeared on Global Voices, Alexander walks us through his research process.
