SIGMA AWARDS
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PODCAST
Today, well-coiffed podcasters – increasingly, celebrities – with gleaming smiles chat with their guests in set-designed studios. Funded by Big Tech, which has snapped up the formerly independent studios that used to produce podcasts, now most successful podcasts have some sort of video component.
INTERVIEW
Two decades of fact-checking: Louis Jacobson on a profession under pressure
Speaking to iMEdD, Louis Jacobson of PolitiFact, described a profession constantly adapting to a fractured and fast-moving information ecosystem.
STORIES
The quiet absence: disability in the newsroom
ALL STORIES
Across newsrooms from India to the U.S. and the U.K., disabled journalists struggle to be seen, even as diversity, equity, and inclusion policies promise fairness.
DATA
STORIES
Tools, news and practices from the data journalism community, useful for everyone
We’ve created dozens of charts that update automatically every day without any intervention on our end, thanks to a few lines of Python code and the Datawrapper API.
An analysis by CORRECTIV.Europe reveals where housing is becoming unaffordable for workers in critical sectors of the economy across Europe.
A guide on non-coding journalists using AI to build web scrapers and access complex public data for their investigations.
The journalists from Mongabay and CNN behind the recent investigation into the activity of the Chinese deep-sea mining fleet discuss the idea, the data-centric approach, the methodology, and the steps they followed for a collaborative investigation that lasted one year and was carried out with the support of the Pulitzer Center.
PRESS FORWARD
Features and analyses about the present and future of journalism
FEATURE
The nexus point where AI slop and propaganda meet is journalism’s latest challenge. When institutions are posting deepfakes of regular citizens and journalists themselves are being targeted, how can the public know what is real?
Journalists worldwide navigate internet shutdowns, using risky workarounds to report news, exposing censorship, infrastructure failures, and personal, professional costs.
Sudanese journalists who have been forced to flee the country, international reporters, researchers, and experts speak to iMEdD about the challenges of covering the civil war, explaining how, beyond the cities themselves, even information is under siege.
Europe is building at a relentless pace. Logistics hubs rise on former farmland. Wind turbines pierce mountain ridgelines. Industrial zones replace wetlands. What was once green is turning grey.
GLOBAL
Τhree women who run Afghan newsrooms explain the challenges of practicing journalism under Taliban rule, managing editorial work remotely, and the ongoing struggle to keep their outlets operating.
After Maduro's ouster, Venezuela's journalists face a harsh reality: the struggle to report truth continues, both at home and in exile.
Jelani Cobb, Dean of the Columbia Journalism School, author, and longtime staff writer for The New Yorker, speaks to iMEdD about academic freedom in the United States, the challenges facing the press today, so-called “Trump coverage,” and the public interest as journalism’s enduring mission.
From “seggs” to “unalive,” online language is evolving to bypass automated moderation. What started as a workaround for content creators is now changing journalism itself. This is the story of algospeak.
EDITOR’S
PICKS
Curated stories and reports from the iMEdD journalism team.
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Feature
A visual essay of U.S. local newsrooms: humor and survival
Photographer Ann Hermes has spent six years capturing the fading world of U.S. local news. She spoke with us about the current state and the future of local journalism.
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Interview
Eliot Higgins: Algorithms, spies and Trump in the mix
The founder of the investigative platform Bellingcat speaks about algorithms and democracy in the 21st century, the world of intelligence services, and how investigative journalism is funded in the era of Trump.
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Feature
Gaza’s storyline: the coverage and the silence
With the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas being a reality, five journalists and media professionals share their perspectives on covering a war that has resulted in the highest number of journalist casualties in history. They assess the experience of the last two years and comment on the prospect of the next day –which has yet to come.
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Stories
MATRIX: A murdered journalist and the mafia’s crypto-phones
How the murder of a journalist in Amsterdam is linked to the investigation of organized crime in Athens.
UNPACKING THE STORY
A video series about investigations that shed light into systemic problems and social injustices
OPINIONS
Showcasing insights that challenge perspectives
