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How the Trump Administration Went Easy on Small-Town Police Abuses
Mon Aug 27 2018
The Obama Justice Department thought Ville Platte, Louisiana — where officers jail witnesses to crimes — could become a model of how to erase policing abuses that plague small town...
Document of the Day: YouTube Video SEO Tips
Sat Aug 25 2018
If your investigative documentary or journalism video is hosted on YouTube, you might want to check out this useful graphic on YouTube SEO statistics created by tech enthusiast Sak...
Lack of trust in law enforcement hinders reporting of LBGTQ crimes
Sat Aug 25 2018
Violent crimes and other hate incidents targeting LGBTQ Americans consistently are unreported and often not prosecuted...
Egyptian Bots, Pocket Inequality, Loner Jobs and Knife Emergencies
Fri Aug 24 2018
What’s the global data journalism community tweeting about this week?...
Sanitation Salvage Ordered to Halt Trash Collections
Fri Aug 24 2018
The Business Integrity Commission suspended the license of one of New York’s biggest garbage haulers after it was involved in two fatal accidents and a spate of collisions....
Why Manafort and Cohen Thought They’d Get Away With It
Fri Aug 24 2018
It takes a special counsel to actually catch white-collar criminals....
‘Dark money’ boosts Democratic super PAC that’s battling ‘corrupt campaign finance system’
Fri Aug 24 2018
Most of BlackPAC’s July income came from a limited liability company...
Winsome diverted $750 million to promoter’s firms abroad: Probe
Thu Aug 23 2018
Winsome Diamonds, which was declared as a “wilful defaulter” in 2016, has claimed that it did not divert funds and was a victim of non-payment by Obaidah’s firms....
In Ernakulam, A Navy-Run Community Kitchen Works Day And Night To Serve Relief Camps
Thu Aug 23 2018
Since 18 August, a team from INS Venduruthy, a naval base located on Willingdon Island in Kochi, has been working round-the-clock at this makeshift community kitchen to prepare foo...
Saudi Arabia 'seeks death penalty' for female activist
Thu Aug 23 2018
Israa al-Ghomgham documented demonstrations in the kingdom's Eastern Province from 2011, before being arrested in 2015....
Louisiana Senate President Sank Ride-Sharing Bill. His Close Pal Sells Insurance to Cabs.
Thu Aug 23 2018
Widely supported legislation would have allowed Uber and Lyft to operate throughout Louisiana. But John Alario took steps to kill it, and colleagues point to his long-standing ties...
Kerala flood survivors face 'great struggle' to rebuild lives
Thu Aug 23 2018
More than one million people remain sheltered in temporary relief camps, officials say, as flood waters begin to recede....
Investigative Journalists Propel #MeToo Reporting at China’s Universities
Thu Aug 23 2018
This is the first in a series on the wave of investigative reporting behind the #MeToo movement in China, written by GIJN’s Hong Kong bureau....
“We Left In Three Boats. We Saved Around 500 People”: The Fishermen Rescue Team Of Kerala’s Neendakara Port Return Home
Wed Aug 22 2018
At around 7 pm, 11 fishermen returned after three days of rescue operations. Russo Alexander, one of the fishermen, said, ''We are coming back after completing our rescue duties. W...
One-on-One Mentoring at IJAsia18: Data Journalism and Sustainable Journalism
Wed Aug 22 2018
GIJN is excited to offer one-on-one mentoring on data journalism and sustainable journalism practices at the upcoming Asian Investigative Journalism Conference in Seoul this Octobe...
How Trump’s tax cuts favor whites over minorities
Wed Aug 22 2018
Data analysis shows people of color will get much smaller tax breaks over time...
Political Cartoonist Zunar to Keynote IJAsia18 in Seoul
Wed Aug 22 2018
Famed Malaysian political cartoonist Zunar will keynote the 3rd Asian Investigative Journalism Conference this October 6 in Seoul, South Korea. A cartoonist since 1973, Zunar (Zulk...
Tax Case Flips the Script for Democrats and the GOP. But What About for Jurists?
Wed Aug 22 2018
A lawsuit attacking last year’s tax cut will test whether judicial conservatives align with Republicans, who find themselves defending Congress’ power, or with the states’ rights d...
Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort: Two Cases That Shook the Trump World — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast Extra
Wed Aug 22 2018
Our “Trump, Inc.” colleagues break down the guilty plea and conviction for two of the president’s top aides....
“The Bed, The Cupboard, The Table … Nothing Is There … The Water Had Risen Above Our Heads”
Tue Aug 21 2018
The whirring blades of a descending helicopter drew the attention of everyone present in Christian College in Angadickal village in Chengannur, late in the afternoon on 19 August....