Uncovering Asia 2018 (https://2018.uncoveringasia.org/tag/data/)
With daily headlines about massive data hacks, everyone should be worried about digital security. But investigative journalists may even be deliberately targeted. Digital security expert Chris Walker shared tips and tactics at Uncovering Asia 2018. Continue Reading →
From how visualizing how war has changed Syria’s landscape to busting a fake science academic racket in Korea, investigative journalists from around the world are exposing crucial stories. A group of journalists at the Uncovering Asia conference in Seoul spoke about important projects being done in their newsrooms with Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. Continue Reading →
Yoichiro Tateiwa had had the data for years before he actually noticed what it had been trying to tell him all along: On March 12 of 2011 the radiation level in Tokyo was ten times higher than the safety limit. Until now the Japanese goverment has claimed that they don’t know anything about risen levels in their capital. With Tateiwas data the public now will. Continue Reading →
In spite of tight censorship and limited access to information, data journalism is growing in China. Three experts shared their experience and varied approaches with hundreds of regional and global muckrakers at Uncovering Asia. Continue Reading →
Ace investigators Giannina Segnini, Pulitzer Prize-winning AP reporter Martha Mendoza and independent investigative journalist Bryan Christy divulged tips on how to find stories in shipping data, and resources on tracking ships, smugglers and supply chains. Continue Reading →