Tools & Techniques
10 Tips for Tracking Russian-Owned Assets
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OCCRP senior investigator Tom Stocks shares 10 best practices for tracking the mansions and superyachts of Russian oligarchs and officials deemed closest to President Vladimir Putin.
How They Did It
How They Did It: Tracking Phosphate Smuggling From Syria Into Europe
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SIRAJ founder Mohammad Bassiki collaborated with OCCRP and Lighthouse Reports to investigate the illicit smuggling of sanctioned Syrian phosphates into Europe.
Top 10 in Data Journalism
Editor’s Pick: Top 10 Data Journalism Projects from 2022
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Throughout 2022, journalists have used data projects to track and assess the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ongoing impacts of climate change, and important political elections around the world. Here, GIJN selects our top 10 data journalism projects of the year, which also includes a look at the polarization of the COVID vaccines in the US, a historical analysis of how debt burdened Haiti for centuries, irregularities in Spanish caesarean delivery rates, and the privatization of UK’s water resources.
Editor's Pick
2022’s Best Investigative Stories in Russian and Ukrainian
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GIJN’s Olga Simanovych offers her editor’s picks for the best investigative reporting in the Russian and Ukrainian languages in 2022.
Editor's Pick
Top 10 Guides and Tipsheets from GIJN’s Resource Center in 2022
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From investigating elections around the world to tracking the fallout from the war in Ukraine to digging into organized crime in the Golden Triangle, here are the best guides and tipsheets from GIJN Resource Center’s in 2022.
Tools & Techniques
Investigating Russia Around the World: A GIJN Toolkit
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GIJN has assembled a kind of starter-toolkit to help journalists track Russian money, political interference, and disinformation in their own countries. From oligarch planes to sanctions trackers, you’ll find over 30 useful sites here.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Protesting the War, Russian Sanctions, Mapping Refugees, and NICAR Tips
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Data teams across the globe are still focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with The Economist examining the anti-war protests that have brought Russian citizens to the streets. Others have looked at the impact of flight bans, or been producing trackers to monitor and assess the sanctions that have been imposed as a result of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order to go to war.
data journalism
Data Journalism Top 10: Shark Attack!, City Cool Spots, Illegal Mines, Extreme Weather, Summer Vacation
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Our weekly NodeXL and human curation of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter features an investigation into the illegal mining industry in the Amazon, an exposé about sanctioned oligarchs in the UK, a report on links between human-caused climate change and extreme weather events, and the frequency of shark attacks.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Russia’s Achilles’ Heel, Baby Names, Bike Shortage, Dataviz Color Guide
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Our weekly look at some of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter examines the logistical Achilles’ heel of the Russian invasion, ongoing gaps in the sanctions of Russian oligarchs, Europe’s selective support for refugees, a historical analysis of Scottish baby names, and a deep dive into how organizations should choose their data visualization color palettes.
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Data Journalism Top 10: Ukraine’s Destruction, Russia’s Isolation, 007’s Cars, Oscar Movies
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This week’s Top 10 in Data Journalism features in-depth analysis of the massive destruction being wrought on Ukraine, the harassment of scientists working on COVID-19, the various ways global corporations are changing their footprint in Russia, and the ranking of Oscar-nominated films.