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mago torres

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research • investigations • data • collaborations. @examinationnews data editor. Prev: @CLIP_AmericaLat @ICIJorg @themarkup @GIJN • amable damisela.

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📣🥁🌟Drum roll, please! We are thrilled to announce this year's #CSVCONF line-up including #DataMakers & enthusiasts from academia, science, journalism, government, #OpenSource and beyond: csvconf.com/speakers/ ⏰Make sure you get your tickets now: eventbrite.com/e/csvconfv8-t…
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Friday, 2:30pm at #IRE23 ➕The Examination’s data editor @magiccia and @darlacameron, managing editor for visual journalism at @texastribune, are teaching a master class on pitching and designing successful journalism collaborations.
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Good morning #ire23! Collaborations don't have to be complicated: It's not too late to sign up for the class I'm teaching with @magiccia this afternoon. ire.org/product/ire23-master… (Sneak preview: We're inspired by collabs in music, like this one nytimes.com/video/arts/music…)
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The @examinationnews is looking for an an awesome development director to help us grow & support vital global health journalism from @magiccia @AsraaReports @WillFitzgibbon @mariajpsl @RaquelRutledge & more TK. More here: medium.com/the-examination/d…

Director of Development — The Examination

Lead fundraising for a dynamic nonprofit news startup focused on global public health.

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We are excited to share that the Data-Driven Reporting Project, a partnership between @GoogleNewsInit and @MedillSchool, is awarding more than $500k to document and data-driven projects to 13 news outlets/freelancers in the US and Canada bit.ly/DDRP-Spring23 1/5
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Con profunda tristeza nos enteramos del fallecimiento de Mario Vergara. Su generosidad impactó en cientos de familias buscadoras. Desde A dónde van los desaparecidos enviamos nuestras más sentido pésame a familias y amistades.
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Empieza la charla de ⁦@marcelaturati⁩ organizada por #HenrichBöll #RSF y otras organizaciones. “La prensa bajo fuego”, estrategias de periodistas mexicanos en un contexto de violencia mortífera. Abajo streaming 💜
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Follow the growing @examinationnews team, which will investigate vital #globalhealth stories: @ben_hallman, @RaquelRutledge, @mariajpsl, @WillFitzgibbon, @asraareports. ➕ And sign up for updates on when we start publishing later this year! theexamination.org/
Fearless Health Journalism

Fearless Health Journalism

Investigating preventable health threats and empowering communities — covering tobacco, big food, pollution and more.

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MuckRock@MuckRock8 May 2023
MuckRock is looking for a FOIA Fellow to make transparency their beat! The fellow will will get a unique chance to both dive deep on open-records requests as well as understand broader trends in the transparency landscape. Learn more: muckrock.com/news/archives/2…
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Reach out to @bboying1275 or me if you have questions. And remember we are seeking at least one project with a focus on WhatsApp's influence on public discourse -- that lucky person will get to work with @suryamattu's team at Princeton!
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The @pulitzercenter's Al Accountability Fellowships seek to support journalists working on in-depth #AI accountability stories that examine governments' & corporations’ uses of predictive & surveillance technologies to guide decisions. Learn more & apply: buff.ly/3nctZtm
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A dos años del asesinato de #LucasVilla, el caso sigue en etapa de indagación y no hay capturas relacionadas. Una nueva investigación revive las sospechas sobre posible complicidad de la Policía y otros agentes del Estado en el crimen @cerosetenta @CLIP_AmericaLat @bellingcat 👇
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Miembros de la Policía habrían sido cercanos a los sospechosos del asesinato del estudiante #LucasVilla en una protesta en 2021, uno de los hechos más dolorosos del paro nacional que vivió Colombia ese año. Va 🧵con la historia
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In response to a ⁦⁦@timesunion⁩ investigation, the NY Education Department today proposed placing new limits on the use of physical restraints and seclusion on kids in school timesunion.com/news/article/…

New York Education Department proposes limiting restraints on students

In response to a Times Union investigation on how often children are restrained at school, the state Education Department proposed “clarifying” and adding limits on how and when students can be...

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❗️Últimos días❗️ 👩🏼‍💻👨🏾‍💻En este taller virtual podrás debatir junto con @mtronderos, @ihuertaz, @rcarvajal85, @magiccia y @CronistaOscar algunos dilemas éticos y de seguridad que conllevan algunas investigaciones periodísticas. Postúlate sin costo aquí 👉🏽bit.ly/3ytwvNN
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Anita Li@neeeda27 Mar 2023
Are you a new #BIPOC journalist in Canada navigating the industry? theotherwave.substack.com/p/… #cdnmedia
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New post: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has maintained Special Database 18, a dataset of mugshot photos of 1,573 people for decades, including 175 minors, until we asked about them. beautifulpublicdata.com/nist…
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>> Today is as good a day as any for Guatemalan President @DrGiammattei to let my father José Rubén Zamora come home. washingtonpost.com/opinions/… (via @PostOpinions @washingtonpost) 📸: @moises1975
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No hay un único camino para empezar a trabajar con datos y no todos los datos son números. La periodista @magiccia nos da alguno tips acá 👇 buff.ly/3m2x4Lp
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💻¡Tenemos un plan imperdible para la próxima semana! 🙌🏾 📌bit.ly/3Tj4Gl0 Apúntate a esta clase magistral con @marcelaturati, ganadora del Reconocimiento a la Excelencia del Premio Gabo 2014 y cofundadora de @quintoelab. 🕵🏽 Abrimos🧵
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No te pierdas los consejos de algunos de los mejores periodistas de la región 👇 @mtronderos @magiccia @ihuertaz @rcarvajal85 buff.ly/3m2x4Lp
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Mar@unmarecito10 Mar 2023
¡Atención comunidad hispanohablante! 📢 Este año, @mozillafestival tiene muchas sesiones en español sobre 📊 uso de los datos en la comunicación, 🌐 comunidades digitales, 💪 derechos de las mujeres y más. ¡Conócelas! 👇🏾 #MozFest2023 ❤️ @50_0le • @Lenguaraz • @cyb3113
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