Together with @jackie_botts, we analyzed thousands of records related to climate finance. We found that billions of dollars meant to help developing countries cope with climate change are flowing back to wealthy nations through loans, interest and work contracts ➡️@specialreports
Heavily indebted countries face a vicious cycle: Debt payments limit their ability to invest in climate solutions, while extreme weather causes severe economic losses, often leading them to borrow more https://t.co/9l5z191JDW
🗳️ With elections underway, you may be exploring individual campaign contributions using FEC data. Use our story recipe to learn how to work with the most up-to-date data: https://t.co/tHLNPaiOGd
Big Local News is hiring a senior data journalist! We collect, clean & analyze data in collaboration with newsrooms, train reporters in data analysis, and collaborate with Stanford students on data related projects. Check out all the details here ➡️ https://t.co/rUQd77JLmK
Reminder for folks at #IRE24: Join us today to talk local investigations. If you can't make it and want to hear more about the program, I'll be here through Saturday.
Are you struggling to use the data in your data-driven story? Don’t miss our quarterly virtual open office hours. June 14th, between 9 am and 12 pm Pacific Time, Big Local News' team will be available to resolve your questions. Save the date! ➡️ https://t.co/OrkoiC22n2
Since fentanyl, the overdose death rate in Baltimore has climbed up and up, now 2x as high as the next big city’s. When we first started reporting last year, I knew that things were bad, but not this bad.
Turns out, even city leaders didn’t know. 🧵
In some cases, #climate finance loans provide greater benefits to developed countries that the developing countries the system was designed to support, eroding trust and deepening a sense of injustice. @euanritchie in this piece from @irencs and @jackie_botts.
Wealthy countries have sent climate funding to the developing world in recent years with interest rates or strings attached that benefited the lending nations, a Reuters data analysis found. https://t.co/Wgqh2Q2m3x
Exciting news: The Outlaw Ocean Project has won The 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights journalism award in the International Print category for work published in collaboration with the @NewYorker, a series titled "China: The Superpower of Seafood." https://t.co/INaldYIb6G
A $100 billion annual climate funding pledge included a tacit recognition of wealthy nations’ responsibility to help solve climate-related problems they had an outsized role in creating, said Rachel Kyte, former World Bank climate envoy https://t.co/mWR5ugkoCc 1/3
So excited to see this story among the finalists for the @PulitzerPrizes! A true honor to have worked with such a great team @esagara@MSTODAYnews & @nytimes! Don't miss it ⬇️
https://t.co/nc5gUVUqvO
We're thrilled to have collaborated with @MSTODAYnews & @nytimes on this story, a finalist for the @PulitzerPrizes. @esagara & @irencs supported this project: extracting & analyzing Taser data, revealing the extent of abuse by MS sheriff’s deputies. https://t.co/aftDnNXhA0
Use our migrant child labor data!
More children are crossing the border on their own than ever before, and thousands are ending up doing dangerous, illegal jobs.
We sued the government for a huge trove of data about these kids, and shared it all here: https://t.co/lpse7uYK4G
For almost a year, I worked with @esagara@BigLocalNews, @CivilBeat's Blaze Lovell and the @nytimes digging into campaign finance contributions from government contractors in Hawaii. So fortunate to work with such a fantastic team and so happy to see the story out today! ⬇️
After Hawaii barred government contractors from donating to political campaigns, late-night fund-raising parties showed just how completely the reform effort failed, a New York Times investigation found. https://t.co/IJP6rcpq3S
The Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative #CIJI is offering journalists in Europe a free online course to enhance their training expertise.
Apply by April 15: https://t.co/NM5t0P3ET4
"For Young Offenders in Maine, Justice Varies With Geography." So lucky to have worked with such a great team, @calliecferguson @nytimes and Justin Mayo @BigLocalNews ⬇️