MEDIA HAT
Our monthly column with tools and resources for journalists
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?
STORIES
iMEdD’s highlights from the 20th International Journalism Festival in Perugia
From AI to press freedom. These are the moments we kept in our notebooks and bookmarks, to revisit as part of our ongoing professional reflection and growth.
FEATURE
Live journalism at Reid Hall: six stories of resistance on stage
ALL STORIES
A pianist at the edge of the stage; minimal theatrical lighting; six journalists taking turns at the microphone.
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.
Vouliwatch and Solomon speak to iMEdD about their new joint investigation and the platform designed to serve as a tool for mapping and monitoring the data for anyone interested.
PRESS FORWARD
Features and analyses about the present and future of journalism
Journalists worldwide navigate internet shutdowns, using risky workarounds to report news, exposing censorship, infrastructure failures, and personal, professional costs.
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.
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.
Best practices for tracing cryptocurrencies built to evade banks and borders, as ICIJ investigation shows how reporters follow them.
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.
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.
A digital exhibition by the International Press Institute brings to light just a small sample of a treasure trove of archives. We spoke with the IPI team about the organization's major project to organize and make available the archives, which represent the history of freedom of the press around the world.
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
