Sometimes we find the data we need only to realise they are scattered across dozens or hundreds of Excel reports, divided by year, month etc. They have the same structure, they're could be even nice...

Genetically modified crops, also called transgenic plants or GMO, have been in existence for over thirty years and have been used in agriculture for more than twenty years. They now represent more t...

According to a study by Forrester Research, a one-minute video has the same communication effectiveness as about 1.8 million words. Cisco has estimated that by 2019 Internet will be inundated with a...

How IRPI conducted an international investigation working with 15 victims of sexual violence after the story was leaked to reporters. The story, nicknamed "the couchsurfing rapist" was published in ...

The protection of sources is one of the foundations of a journalist’s work. Not surprisingly, it is the law itself that establishes a legal protection so that the journalist is allowed not to disc...

The Snowden revelations delineated new frontiers in the world of intelligence and cyber-security. This session will analyse the so-called Datagate Affair (NSA scandal) and the recent happenings in K...

This session gives you an introduction into how to do investigative work. How do you get an idea to work on, shape your hypothesis, think about documents and freedom of information requests as well ...

Learn how to use Advanced Search and search operators in order to improve your chances to find the right informations on the web: lower the background noise, choose the proper archives, reduce the s...

The panel will consider the case of the Umbrian regional newspaper Il Giornale dell’Umbria: the recent transfer of ownership, the collapse in copies sold due to controversial editorial choices, th...

This is a session to learn the main tools and methods to collect, organize, enrich and analyze data. Data journalists of the Dataninja School will provide practical examples to enable participants t...