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Starting a fact-checking organization in a country with limited media freedom is difficult, but not impossible. Some, like Rouhani Meter, which fact-checks Iran’s president, may have to operate from outside the country and be creative about how they distribute their content. Daniel Funke writes about fact-checkers who have found a way to work in less-than-friendly environments.
An investigative outfit with an advocacy program may raise eyebrows. But in South Africa, amaBhungane has scored major wins for transparency and free speech.
Despite government restrictions, journalists around the world are using freedom of information laws to understand the COVID-19 pandemic and the response of international, national, and local authorities. GIJN’s Toby McIntosh outlines how to craft an effective freedom of information request and provides tips and suggestions on where to make requests and important questions to ask.
Как защищать свои звонки и каналы передачи файлов, проверять документы из сомнительных источников и быстро анализировать массивы неоднородных данных рассказал редактор глобальных расследований Associated Press.
For our series about journalists’ favorite tools, we spoke with veteran American investigative reporter Ron Nixon. Now the global investigations editor for The Associated Press, Nixon shared the most important tools he uses for research, secure communications, and data analysis on many of his groundbreaking investigations.
How widespread is mask use in your country? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from July 13 to 19 finds The New York Times mapping the odds of people encountering other mask wearers in the United States, two university professors quantifying the number of interruptions a parent suffers on average every hour while working from home, the Committee to Protect Journalists talking to data journalists about the struggles of reporting on COVID-19, and openDemocracy documenting cases of mistreatment of women in labor around the world since the pandemic started.
A group of Indian journalists have been calling out the government on social media over its opacity in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The collaborative effort continues to press for official answers on overall health preparedness, such as drug availability, access to care, health inventory, and insurance schemes.
Frustrated by journalism that gave voice to those in power rather than the voiceless, Yasuomi Sawa was inspired to become an investigative journalist. He shares with Scilla Alecci about the state of journalism in Japan, including the limitations to its existing freedom of information laws and how preventing institutional or individual embarrassment can hinder a relentless free press and uncomfortable public debates.
For the first time ever journalists representing all European member states have teamed up to file complaints with the European Court of Justice against the European Parliament (EP). The institution refused to grant the journalists’ requests for access to information related to how the 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) spend their allowances. Journalists filed complaints with the Court of Justice on 13 November.
কোভিড-১৯ মহামারিতে সাংবাদিকদের জন্য তথ্য পাওয়ার সবচেয়ে বড় উৎস হতে পারে তথ্য অধিকার আইন। কিন্তু দেশে দেশে সরকারি কর্মকর্তারা অফিসে যাচ্ছেন না। তাই আবেদন করেও তথ্য পেতে দেরি হচ্ছে গণমাধ্যম ও নাগরিক সংগঠনগুলোর। অথচ এই সময়টিতে সরকার কী ব্যবস্থা নিচ্ছে, সেই তথ্য জানা সবচেয়ে জরুরি হয়ে উঠেছে নাগরিকদের জন্য। তাই জাতিসংঘ থেকে শুরু করে নানান প্রতিষ্ঠানের কাছ থেকে দাবি উঠেছে – স্বচ্ছতা নিশ্চিতের স্বার্থে দ্রুত তথ্য প্রদানের।