Dozens of Russian elites received Serbian passports after the invasion of Ukraine.
Serbian authorities have issued passports to dozens of Russians with Kremlin ties since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the investigative news outlet IStories reported Wednesday, citing government data.
A new wave of #AI #enshittification is now targeting #journalists. #Expert voices are needed, #experts should be quoted. And people don't want to quote Twitter so often anymore.
Problem: these experts don't exist. Pure #LLM fantasy. Journalist request services specialise on this lucrative "service".
An #investigation by @pressgazette.co.uk - https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/virtual-reality-the-widely-quoted-media-experts-who-are-not-what-they-seem/
NiemanLab: A Hungarian investigative news site finds YouTube success with an “old-fashioned” documentary. “Mixing records and information from previous investigations and new hidden camera footage, ‘The Dynasty’ documentary chronicles how Orbán’s family and friends have grown wildly wealthy as his political star has risen. In its first month, the hour-long documentary has earned more […]
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis.
A new film lays bare the existential threat driven by antibiotic overuse – and comes after years of warnings.
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis.
A new film lays bare the existential threat driven by antibiotic overuse – and comes after years of warnings.
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis.
A new film lays bare the existential threat driven by antibiotic overuse – and comes after years of warnings.
Important! [NYTimes - gifted]: Can the Media’s Right to Pursue the Powerful Survive Trump’s Second Term? By David Enrich, March 3, 2025
New York Times v. Sullivan and other landmark Supreme Court decisions protect the press’s ability to investigate public figures. But a growing right-wing movement seeks to overturn them.
Tennessee's Channel 5 News does great investigative journalism in politics, culture, economics, often risking their personal safety.
Inside the influential hate group that's expanding in Tennessee
#Journalism #InvestigativeJournalism #Culture #Politics #whiteSupremacy #whiteTerrorism #EthnoNationalism #Christofascism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi4Vftj9uFk
"She weighed less than 30 kg": Ukrainian journalist Roshchina was brutally tortured in Russian captivity
Ukrainian journalist Viktoriya Roshchina, who was captured by Russian forces in the summer of 2023, was brutally tortured - there were knife wounds on her body, the journalist weighed less than 30 kilograms, and the employees of the Russian colony hid her from checks.
A documentary describing how PM Orban's family became so wealthy attracts millions of viewers in Hungary.
'The Dynasty' effectively traces how those close to the Hungarian prime minister have become miraculously wealthy alongside his political career for at least 15 years.
Brandi Morin in #Ecuador: A #Canadian #mining giant vs. the guardians of the #Amazon.
Around the world, mining operations have deepened #poverty in #Indigenous communities & destroyed traditional livelihoods, leaving #environmental devastation in their wake.
2 part #InvestigativeJournalism piece:
https://ricochet.media/indigenous/brandi-morin-in-ecuador-a-canadian-mining-giant-vs-the-guardians-of-the-amazon
How the #BBC exposed #MI5's lie about its violent abusive agent. #SecurityService #InvestigativeJournalism
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx25m231n8xo (~20 mins)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0c7v2mt/the-big-cases-the-abuser-working-for-mi5 (11 mins)
Who keeps the shadow fleet afloat?
Since the start of the war, Russia has generated over 800 billion euros from fossil fuel exports.
The G7 2022 oil price cap forced Russia to seek alternatives. It faced a major challenge: how to keep its oil flowing without the vessels it once relied on. To sustain its fossil fuel trade Russia had to build a new fleet, fast. It quickly found willing sellers.
Locked Up Living David Hencke (audio) Unmasking Deception: Investegative Journalist David Hencke's Battle for Transparency: David Hencke, is an award winning investigative journalist known for his hard-hitting pieces that champion truth and expose the bad practices of organizations, industries, and governments. In this engaging discussion, David shares his… https://lockedupliving.podbean.com/e/david-hencke-audio-unmasking-deception-investegative-journalist-david-henckes-battle-for-transparency/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon @lockedupliving #InvestigativeJournalism #TruthInMedia #JournalismMatters #MediaTransparency #DavidHencke
Locked Up Living David Hencke (video) Unmasking Deception: David's Battle for Transparency: David Hencke, is a multi award winning investigative journalist known for his hard-hitting pieces that champion truth and expose the bad practices of organizations, industries, and governments. In this engaging discussion, David shares his fascinating experiences and insights into the world… https://lockedupliving.podbean.com/e/david-hencke-video-unmasking-deception-davids-battle-for-transparency/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon @lockedupliving #InvestigativeJournalism #Transparency #SocialMedia #Truth #Accountability
Finally got around to reading Owen Jones' lengthy investigative piece laying out in detail the systemic anti-Palestinian bias at the #BBC, including reporting on the experiences of more than a dozen very frustrated BBC journalists, and accounts of how various spefic stories were spun by senior editors to blunt and obscure evidence and perspectives critical of Israel.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-war-gaza-israel-biased-coverage
I have multiple people I know well who still (somewhat inexplicably) consider the BBC a reliable and objective source of news, and whose attitudes to the ongoing genocide in Gaza are correspondingly muted as a direct result. This kind of investigation and the evidence it gathers can sometimes open chinks in the mental armour so many of us wear, those habitual modes of thought and mental shortcuts that help to hold deeply uncomfortable realities at bay, such as the fact that most major western media outlets are deeply invested in helping to manufacture consent for some of the 21st century's most horrific crimes against humanity.
The fourth @GIJN Cyber Investigations Training Course welcomes applications until Feb 1st 2025!
https://gijn.org/stories/digital-threats-fourth-cyber-investigations-training-course/
"In this training course, reporters from around the world will learn how to investigate the digital environment in order to understand and expose attacks and manipulation. The goal is to provide them with the expertise needed to deliver cyber investigations across a range of beats and topics."
A Spy in Your Pocket?
Ronan Farrow Exposes Secrets of High-Tech Spyware in the New Film “Surveilled”
Democracy Now!
Ronan Farrow
@ronanfarrow.bsky.social
#News #NewsReporting #Journalism #InvestigativeJournalism #Documentary #Surveillance #SurveillanceState
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zj5sup0qQc
"One of the world’s most influential global investigative news organizations, whose work has regularly produced political shockwaves, has been primarily funded since its launch by the United States government, according to a review of budget documents, audit reports, and interviews with its founder and government funders.
In the world of investigative journalism, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is a known quantity: a nonprofit news outlet backed by civic-minded philanthropists—a ProPublica, but for global corruption. “Investigative reporting has to be a global phenomenon. It takes a network to fight a network of corruption. And OCCRP is that network,” said Drew Sullivan, co-founder and head of OCCRP. "It's the most important investigative reporting organization you've never heard of.”
What has thus far been obscured from the public is the magnitude of its government funding and the strings attached to it. OCCRP’s founding and most generous donor, the one responsible for a majority of the organization’s budget, is the government of the United States and within the government, the largest donor is USAID—the U.S. Agency for International Development."
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/occrp-budget-funding-us-government-usaid
