The Dirty Words Journalists Have to Say Without Blushing
The following text is a translation from the Spanish version of a lecture James Breiner gave at the University of La Sabana in Bogotá, Colombia, on August 22. | Read more|
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Company using foreign workers botches U.S. Senate campaign finance records
A new spending bill contains a fix for an error-prone disclosure system. But will Congress act? | Read more|
White extremist groups are growing — and changing
Experts say the term 'hate group' is increasingly difficult to define, as extremist groups grow in number, diversify in ideology and use codewords to spread their messages | Read more|
Millions could lose low-cost phone service under FCC reforms
Government wants to cut Lifeline program citing waste, fraud and abuse | Read more|
How to Share Sensitive Documents, Mine Twitter and Monitor Website Updates
When it comes to document management one of my favorite tools is DocumentCloud. | Read more|
The Imam’s Widow
As the wife of a Muslim religious leader, she came to America with uncertainty and hope. A suspected hate crime snuffed out the hope. | Read more|
CJI Dipak Misra recommends Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has written to the government recommending Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor. | Read more|
The Database Documenting 60 Years of Conflict in Colombia
For five years, about 100 people processed 10,236 datasets from 592 sources and documented 353,531 facts for the Memory and Conflict Observatory, a project that seeks to document the violent events that occurred during the Colombian war. The results can be summarized into a shocking number: 262,197 fatalities over 60 y | Read more|
The Many Plots To Assassinate Narendra Modi
The circumstances surrounding all the purported assassination plots against Narendra Modi are intriguing—for the backgrounds of the individuals allegedly plotting the murder, for the political climate in which they were revealed, and for the media organisations that break the news. | Read more|
If You Raise Questions, You Are Anti-Government, Anti-National: Adivasi-Rights Activist Stan Swamy On The Bhima-Koregaon Crackdown
On 28 August, the Pune Police raided the homes of nine prominent human-rights activists and intellectuals across the country. | Read more|
From Ministry to Muckraking: The Biblical Basis for Investigative Reporting
Some people say journalists are “godless.” But I spent five years in full-time Christian ministry, and my faith has made me a better reporter. | Read more|
Despite outrage over immigrant detention, private prisons' bottom line is still strong
Two of the nation’s largest private prison companies expect to cash in on additional federal contracts, according to August earnings calls. | Read more|
Jain monk Tarun Sagar passes away at 51
Tarun Sagar was born as Pawan Kumar Jain on 1967 in Damoh, Madhya Prdaesh. | Read more|
n Kerala’s Alappad Village, RSS Workers Attacked A Fisherman Who Returned From Flood-Rescue Operations
On the evening of 25 August, the day after he returned from flood-rescue operations, Chinthu Pradeep was attacked with swords by activists from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. | Read more|
New Mexico Senators Speak Out Over Order They Say Would Hamper Nuclear Safety Board
They want Congress to suspend a move that would limit access to information about facilities and could hinder the panel’s ability to oversee worker health and safety. | Read more|
How La Nación’s Data Team Produces Award-Winning Stories
Data journalism has experienced a boom in Latin America, and several countries have been recognized for the quality of their work, despite difficulties accessing government data. | Read more|
Why Did Facebook Stop The Promotion Of The Caravan’s Story On Amit Shah And Jay Shah?
On 10 August, The Caravan published an article detailing how the BJP’s national president Amit Shah mortgaged two of his properties to enable his son Jay Shah’s firm Kusum Finserve LLP to obtain credit facilities from a cooperative bank. | Read more|
Senators Seek Answers From HUD About Public Housing Crisis in East St. Louis
Last year, HUD Secretary Ben Carson gave control of the city’s public housing complexes back to local officials after a lengthy federal receivership. He said problems had been fixed, but an investigation by The Southern Illinoisan and ProPublica found deteriorating conditions. | Read more|
Marines Move to Tackle Racial Extremists in the Corps
An updated order emphasizes that participating in white supremacist groups is prohibited and calls on service members to report those who violate the policy. | Read more|
Muslims to Mecca, Women (Not) in Netflix, Inside Airbnb Europe, London’s Foul Air
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week? | Read more|
Social media: Where voices of hate find a place to preach
This report is part of the “Hate in America" project produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative, a national investigative reporting project by top college journalism students and recent graduates from across the country and headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Ari | Read more|
Aniruddha Bahal, Editor Cobrapost, talks about The perils of investigative journalism at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
Editor of Cobrapost, Aniruddha Bahal, spoke at the UNESCO Head Quarters on August 29 | Read more|
India's Supreme Court criticises police for arresting activists
Activists' arrest over alleged caste incitement also draws condemnation from rights groups and opposition parties. | Read more|
White, male and millennial: Hate groups tap bro culture to recruit members
This report is part of the “Hate in America" project produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative, a national investigative reporting project by top college journalism students and recent graduates from across the country and headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Ari | Read more|
Why I Think Slovak Journalist Jan Kuciak’s Murder Will Never Be Investigated
The Slovak authorities are not doing enough to investigate the murder of my friend and colleague. If journalists have to do the police’s job to discover the truth, then we will. | Read more|
Is the U.S. government wasting millions on trips abroad?
Compared to other countries, American officials often receive more generous reimbursements for food and lodging | Read more|
Nuclear Safety Board Slams Energy Department Plan to Weaken Oversight
The Trump administration defended an order that could be used to withhold information about nuclear facilities from a federal board, but its leader says the action is not consistent with the U.S. Atomic Energy Act. | Read more|
JNU Is Being Destroyed So The Jio Model Can Succeed
In the past two years of the JNU vice chancellor's tenure, the university’s students witnessed crackdowns on nearly every expression of free thought and critical thinking. | Read more|
When The Solution Became The Problem: The Controversy Over Failing VVPATs
Since their first use in 2013, for the Noksen assembly seat in Nagaland, the VVPAT slips have been tallied over 500 times. In each case, the EVM votes have matched the VVPAT slips. | Read more|
Elgaar Parishad probe: 3 arrested activists to be produced in Pune court today
Elgaar Parishad probe: Pune police sources have claimed that Tuesday's arrests followed a probe into at least 200 communications between the five people arrested in June. | Read more|
US, Russia engage in war of words as Syria attack looms
Washington and Moscow trade chemical attack warnings as Russian naval buildup grows ahead of strike on Syria's Idlib. | Read more|
Embattled Garbage Hauler Co-Owns Dump With Person Expelled From Trash Industry, Records Show
A ProPublica review found that the agency that oversees New York City’s commercial trash industry may have overlooked another potential impropriety involving Sanitation Salvage. | Read more|
10 Investigative Tools You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
Investigations, the saying goes, are just regular stories with a lot more labor put in. Investigative reporters spend inordinate amounts of time sifting through documents, verifying sources and analyzing data — and that’s if they can even get the data. As an investigative reporter with way too many stories I want t | Read more|
Asbestos concerns arise at the Federal Election Commission
Union representing agency employees warns of ‘potential exposure’ | Read more|
US vows to fight Iran lawsuit in international court
Tehran accuses Washington of 'naked economic aggression' and urges UN's top court in The Hague to nullify US sanctions. | Read more|