Published in Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism·2 days agoGreen for good — or greed?New Oxpeckers collaboration to investigate who is financing renewable energy initiatives in Southern Africa, and how the money is being spent Journalists from across Southern Africa are embarking on a months-long journey as part of Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism’s newest project, #PowerTracker, with support from the Centre for Investigative Journalism’s…Climate Change4 min read
Published in Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism·Jul 6New digital tool tracks wildlife crimes in East AfricaJournalists and investigators finally have a single place to access data on wildlife cases in East Africa that will help drive reporting and expose criminal syndicates, writes Andiswa Matikinca The most recent addition to the Oxpeckers suite of #WildEye digital tools — the pioneering platforms that track environmental crime across…Wildlife6 min read
Published in Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism·Jun 8Using access to information laws to uncover wildlife crime in the UKThere doesn’t seem to be a clear, singular approach to wildlife crime in the UK, which makes accessing data about it extremely challenging, writes Marthe de Ferrer As part of an Oxpeckers’ #Wildeye project in Europe, I’ve been working to gather data from across the United Kingdom about wildlife crime…Access To Information5 min read
Jun 8Using access to information laws to uncover wildlife crime in the UKThere doesn’t seem to be a clear, singular approach to wildlife crime in the UK, which makes accessing data about it extremely challenging, writes Marthe de Ferrer As part of an Oxpeckers’ #Wildeye project in Europe, I’ve been working to gather data from across the United Kingdom about wildlife crime…Access To Information5 min read
Published in Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism·Feb 17Journalists learn new skills to expose wildlife crimeResources and learning materials from the inaugural six-month Oxpeckers training course are now available to advance data journalism and environmental reporting around the globe. Dianne Tipping-Woods reports In a boost for environmental crime reporting in Southern Africa, journalists who completed the inaugural six-month Oxpeckers course on using data to report…Data4 min read
Published in Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism·Nov 29, 2021New #Wildeye tool tracks wildlife crime in Southern AfricaWildlife crime in Southern Africa has become easier to track and harder to hide, after the launch of Africa’s first geomapping tool designed to follow court cases and convictions in the region. Dianne Tipping-Woods reports With the launch of #WildEye Southern Africa on November 17 2021, journalists and investigators finally…Wildeye4 min read
Nov 9, 2021LAUNCH: Game-changing wildlife crime reporting toolEnvironmental crime reporters will soon have a powerful new data-driven mapping tool to help them untangle the web of connections in the illegal wildlife trade in Southern Africa. They will also have a new cohort of data journalists joining them in the struggle. Join Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism’s #WildEye project…Data Journalism2 min read
Mar 11, 2021Struggling to find SA’s mines? You’re not aloneThe government admits its online platform for accessing information on SA’s mines is not working. Thank goodness for #MineAlert, writes Andiswa Matikinca It took months of sleuthing to unearth the data behind #MineAlert’s report on the future of coal mining in South Africa in February. With the assistance of private…Samrad3 min read
Published in Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism·Aug 26, 2020Talking about wildlife trafficking in AsiaA recent #WildEye webinar saw journalists from across Asia discussing how best to cover wildlife trafficking in the region In May 2020 Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism launched #WildEye Asia, a digital geojournalism tool that maps and tracks data on Asia’s role in global illegal wildlife trade. …Data Journalism4 min read
Published in Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism·Aug 3, 2020Powering up investigative environmental journalismWhat we do: Peer review by NiemanLab and the Global Investigative Journalism Network of Oxpeckers tools and investigations In some places, it was the grey dust visible in the water buckets that showed something was wrong, polluted by run-off water from the mines. …Journalism7 min read
