Global Investigative Journalism Network (https://archive.gijn.org/tag/political-influence/)
This week’s Top 10 in Data Journalism looks into a deadly migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean, nepotism in US politics, French police brutality, and record-breaking global warming.
Our weekly round-up of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter looks at mapping of the destruction in the Turkey-Syria earthquake, insight into Russia’s digital censorship apparatus, an alarming lack of snow on Swiss ski slopes, and a tool to help you save energy.
Our most popular data journalism stories of the week include a UK political money tracking tool, Central Asia’s perception of the Russian war in Ukraine, and an analysis of the sentencing of rioters involved in the 2021 US Capitol attack.
The government of the United States engages with virtually every country in the world on some level. From presidential actions to criminal investigations, and from aid programs to military assistance, many of these areas are traceable at some level through public-facing databases. Here’s GIJN’s tipsheet to show you where to start digging into the data.