Information overload and lack of transparency in government are perennial challenges for journalists, so having reliable and powerful tools can make the difference between a hunch and a major ...

At the NICAR 2026 conference, dozens of leading data journalists shared some of their favorite digital tools and databases for investigating numerous topics.

Anna Behrend is a self-taught data journalist who has found in data-driven reporting and visualization a way to combine her academic background in science with her creative interests.

Thirty journalists from Ashanti, Greater Accra, and the five Northern regions of Ghana have completed a three-day intensive training on data journalism and fact-checking aimed at enhancing their ...

India's government uses tax, regulation and advertising budgets to constrain media freedom, with new laws weakening investigative journalism and press accountability.

Last year, I led a team of ProPublica journalists as they exposed the deaths of five women who couldn’t get lifesaving care under state abortion bans. While impact of that magnitude is rare — the kind ...

Hosted by Investigative Reporters and Editors, the recent NICAR 2025 data journalism summit unpacked a treasure trove of investigative tools and techniques for the 950 attendees and data experts ...

“Deep South Today, the nonprofit network of local newsrooms that includes Mississippi Today, Verite News in New Orleans, La., and The Current in Lafayette, La., announced that it will create a new ...

“Basically, we get paid to be right, to be rigorous. Because if the story is wrong, the investment or the lawsuit fails. Markets and courts, while severely flawed, are still fairly good at getting to ...

Anna Wolfe, an editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for Mississippi Today, will join the staff of the newly formed Deep ...