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How The Bureau of Investigative Journalism Used Crowdsourced Data to Expose Cigarette Advertising Near Schools

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism | July 2024

TBIJ investigated cigarette advertising near schools in Lima, Peru, as a part of their Global Health project implementing domestic legislation prohibiting outdoor advertising of cigarettes within 500 meters of schools.

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How ProPublica and Palm Beach Post Investigated Florida Communities Affected by Sugar Cane Burning Pollution

Palm Beach Post, ProPublica | August 2023

The reporters consulted with researchers who said that the pollution levels could lead to “health risks both in the short term and over the course of the monthslong burn season.”

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How Searchlight New Mexico Used Crowdsourcing to Investigate Restraint and Seclusion

Jahlysa Azaret, Searchlight New Mexico | October 2020

In 2019, the year-long Criminalizing Disability project investigated special education in New Mexico. One of the four most common experiences parents described was the restraint and seclusion of disabled students within the Albuquerque School District.

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Three tools for journalists to explore systems change

Cole Goins, Journalism+Design, Kayla Christopherson, The Baltimore Sun, Yvonne Wenger | October 2020

Kayla Christopherson and Cole Goins (The New School’s Journalism + Design program) guide us through three powerful exercises from their systems thinking toolkit, and Yvonne Wenger of the Baltimore Sun shares a practical take on how each exercise deepened her reporting process.

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Workshops by Important Stories

Important Stories | April 2020

Important Stories (iStories) share their knowledge, techniques, skills, code and the apps we use for stories. For Russian-speaking journalists.

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