Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: Snowless Winter Olympics, Food’s Carbon Footprint, Illegal Mining

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Our weekly NodeXL curation of the most popular data journalism stories on Twitter features several climate change-related stories: snowless Winter Olympics, a look at the carbon footprint of popular food, how the world’s largest beef producer is fueling deforestation in the Amazon, and a Climate Promise Detector project reviewing the stance of presidential candidates on climate change in Costa Rica.

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স্যাটেলাইট ছবি এখন অনুসন্ধানী সাংবাদিকতার নির্ভরযোগ্য হাতিয়ার হয়ে উঠেছে। সত্যানুসন্ধান থেকে শুরু করে কোনো নির্দিষ্ট পরিস্থিতির প্রভাব অনুধাবন বা অবস্থার নিখুঁত বিবরণ জানতে, হরহামেশাই এর ব্যবহার দেখা যাচ্ছে। সংঘাতপ্রবণ এলাকায় মানবাধিকার লঙ্ঘন বা চলমান ঘটনাবলীর প্রকৃত ও সঠিক চিত্র তুলে আনার ক্ষেত্রেও স্যাটেলাইট ছবি কার্যকর ভূমিকা রাখছে। এখানে তেমন কিছু উদাহরণ।

Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: Beirut Blast, Predicting Crime, US Election Simulators, and COVID in Ukraine

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What was the magnitude of the Beirut port blast and how did it compare to other infamous explosions in history? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from August 31 to September 6 finds Reuters illustrating just how powerful last month’s blast was in relation to the Chernobyl disaster and other explosions. The Tampa Bay Times highlighted how a county sheriff’s office is using an algorithm to supposedly predict and intercept the criminals of the future, while The New York Times used satellite maps to show how physical and political geographies interact across the United States. ESPN has been looking into the potential of people in college football crowds to become COVID-19 super-spreaders, and Slate analyzed the overuse of the word “murmur” in the popular Twilight novel series.

Data Journalism

Data Journalism Top 10: Unequal Pandemic Impact, COVID Contracts, Tainted Water, Data Ethics

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Which communities are most economically affected by the coronavirus pandemic? Our NodeXL #ddj mapping from May 25 to 31 finds the Toronto Star looking at the effects of Canada’s lockdown on different communities in the country, ProPublica sharing a tool that lets you explore United States federal government contracts related to the coronavirus, the Financial Times analyzing excess mortality in 19 countries, and the Knight Center for the Journalism in the Americas offering a free online course on ethics in data journalism.

Member Profiles

Mobile-First and Local Language: Innovative INK Spreads Investigative Journalism in Botswana

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Two investigative editors took huge pay cuts to launch Botswana’s first nonprofit newsroom. A year later, they took another, temporary cut just to pay for a single satellite image that proved that the country’s president had abused state funds to build a private lodge. Here’s Rowan Philp on the INK Centre for Investigative Journalism for GIJN’s member series.