The power of “positive deviant” data investigations
How good outliers can expose systemic misconduct or policy failure
How close is the nearest school? Mapping distances across Greece
How far away is the nearest school? We used secondary schools across rural Greece as a case study to map distances to an essential service and demonstrate how isodistances can be calculated and visualized on a map.
From weeks of work to days: How I rebuilt two data journalism projects with AI
Award-winning Italian data journalist Jacopo Ottaviani explains how he leveraged GenAI to reproduce and update two civil journalism data visualisations.
Fire News Alerts Greece: Real-time wildfire updates on Telegram
An automated Telegram channel, Fire News Alerts Greece, sends real-time notifications about new wildfires and de-escalations of active fire fronts.
Guide to mapping analysis using QGIS
A detailed guide in using QGIS, from downloading to analysing data.
The water reserves of Attica in live charts that update daily
Using the RSS feed of Αthens Water Supply and Sewerage Company, we collect the latest data on extractable water reserves in Attica on a daily basis. The data is visualized in charts that update automatically, allowing the water reserves in the basin's reservoirs to be monitored.
I vibe-coded a complex data visualization and analysis dashboard. Here’s what I learned.
It takes a lot of drudgery out of data cleaning and web development, but you still need an editor’s eye — and some software engineering skills — to get things ready for publication.
10 data projects win 2026 Sigma Awards
Ten outstanding data-driven journalism projects, from as many countries, were chosen from among the 31 finalists – 26 individual projects and five portfolios – by a diverse Prize Committee of 17 judges.
Fuel prices in Greece: Live charts and maps that visualize the latest data on a daily basis
We have compiled data on liquid fuel prices in Greece from 2017 to the present in the form of interactive charts that automatically update with the latest data. The visualizations are freely available for integration as a tool to observe price developments at service stations across the country.