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FEATURE
With a media-hostile administration aggressively enforcing law enforcement mechanisms, independent news outlets across the US are rethinking how they manage their sources and material.
FEATURE
“Consultocracy”: A tool to investigate consulting services in the Greek public sector
Vouliwatch and Solomon discuss their new joint research and the platform that aims to serve as a tool for mapping public sector contracts with consulting firms.
OPINION
Local journalism, with love — and as an antidote to alienation
ALL STORIES
If the ambition is real systemic change, then backing locally embedded, community-rooted journalism is not charity. It is common sense.
DATA
STORIES
Tools, news and practices from the data journalism community, useful for everyone
Data sonification is making a comeback in journalism. We spoke with professionals about its development, future, and usefulness in the field.
Methods and tools for reading PDF files and extracting data from them, for different levels of difficulty.
A guide on non-coding journalists using AI to build web scrapers and access complex public data for their investigations.
Professor Nick Diakopoulos speaks to iMEdD about how generative artificial intelligence is affecting newsrooms and journalism’s comparative advantage in content production. He comments on the competitive pressures media face in distribution and sees the opportunity for trust in journalism as still very much alive.
PRESS FORWARD
Features and analyses about the present and future of journalism
Best practices for tracing cryptocurrencies built to evade banks and borders, as ICIJ investigation shows how reporters follow them.
Ann Hermes has spent six years photographing the fading world of U.S. local news, capturing the humor and humanity of newsroom life alongside the melancholy of an industry in retreat. She spoke with iMEdD about the state of local journalism today — and what it might become tomorrow.
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.
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.
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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Data
Armaments: Israel and the others
Data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on international arms transfers to Israel, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Yemen and Palestine. What does the data on the quantity and origin of transfers show?
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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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Stories
“Never a good time to break down” – Journalists in Gaza continue to report amidst fear for their lives
Four Gazan journalists reflect on how it feels to be reporting after nearly 20 months of war.
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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
