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Wildfire Reporting — Expert Advice on Emerging Issues, Recurring Risks
Two California-based journalists offer some reporting best practices, logistical tips, and safety precautions to take when covering wildfires.
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Data Journalism Top 10
California’s Raging Wildfires, Iran’s Forbidden Oil Cargoes, and Falling Birth Rates in Japan
Our fortnightly column also highlights attacks on the LGBT community in Russia, fentanyl production in Mexico, and a NYT analysis of its own past travel recommendations.
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How Collaboration Exposed Impacts of Wildfire Pollution-Reporting Rules
A legal loophole in the Clean Air Act allows air pollution to be erased from EPA statistics and regulatory decisions if the pollution was caused by “natural” or “uncontrollable” events.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Global Water Stress, Fentanyl Proliferation, Maui Fires
With stories about global water stress, the boom in fentanyl trafficking at the US-Mexico border, the devastating fires in Maui, and strategies for taking penalty kicks.
Data Journalism
Data Journalism Top 10: Chaos in Kabul, Heat Deaths, Earth’s Biomass, Mapping Global Wildfires, Smearing the Greens
Our mapping of top data journalism links from August 16 to 22 found maps by The New York Times and Washington Post showing chaos at Kabul airport as thousands flee the Taliban, an investigation into heat-related deaths by NPR and Columbia Journalism School, a look at a mysterious poster campaign attempting to smear Germany’s Green party, and a comprehensive visualization of Earth biodiversity.
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GIJN Toolbox: Satellite Data, Tracking Usernames, and Facial Recognition
In this edition of The GIJN Toolbox — which surveys the latest tips and tools for investigative journalists — we’ll take a look at the process of analyzing satellite imagery derived from infrared radiation, a technique The New York Times used to cover a West Coast wildfire. We’ll also explore the controversial practice of using facial recognition technology, how to request NASA satellite data, a new document search tool from Google, and more.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Ranking Halloween Candy, Formula 1, Canadian Prisons, COVID-19 Indoors
Gearing up for Halloween? You’ll want to refer to our NodeXL #ddj mapping from October 19 to 25. We found FiveThirtyEight’s ultimate Halloween candy ranking from the archives to please the palates of finicky trick-or-treaters. This edition also includes The Economist’s mathematical model to determine whether Formula 1 racing success depends on its driver or the car engineer; The Globe and Mail examines bias in Canada’s prison system; and El Pais looks into how to reduce the probability of COVID-19 transmissions indoors.