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"Investigative Data journalism"

ARIJ believes in the value of promoting data journalism in the Arab world; therefore, the network partnered with the International Center for Investigative Journalists (ICFJ) in 2020 and launched an advanced diploma program in data journalism. The diploma lasted six months. Nineteen journalists from various Arab countries were trained on all the stages of working on a data-based investigation, starting with concepts and principles of data journalism. The topics also covered data sources and how to collect, edit, clean, analyze and visualize data in addition to training on writing stories.

The great success of the diploma program in the first edition prompted ARIJ to repeat the experience and to offer a second edition in 2021: Sixteen Arab journalists received training on data journalism for a period of six months as well. The graduation of both cohorts marked the launch of data journalism pioneers into the Arab world.

Trainees: 35 male and female journalists

The first edition of the diploma program
6
male journalists
13
female journalists
from 8 Arab countries, including Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and Yemen.
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The second edition of the diploma program
8
male journalists
8
female journalists
from 5 Arab countries, including Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Egypt.
موريتانيا
السودان

Diploma team:

  • Amr Eleraqi: the main trainer in both editions.
  • Saja Mortada and Ethar Al-Azem: co-trainers in the second edition.
  • Mohamed Komani: the coordinator of both editions.


    • 30 Octobar 2021
    Mustafa Mansour Mohamed

    Lanes of Death in East Cairo

    The number of road fatalities have increased by 31 percent in the first half of 2021, former unpublished data reveals. After road expansions people feel compelled to move to avoid the roads that expose pedestrians to daily threats.
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    25 August 2021
    Nour Faraj

    Iraq sacrifices the education of half of its students through E-learning Newton Platform for education in times of COVID-19

    E-learning is not for everyone. The investigation reveals that the Iraqi Ministry of Education’s measures to limit the spread of COVID19 has deprived more than five million students of education due to their inability to access the electronic e-learning platform, due to the lack of electricity and internet.
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    24 June 2018
    Investigation by: Sally Abdel-Haq and Suha Kamil

    Israelis Enjoy Palestinian Water and Sell them Polluted Mineral Water

    This data-driven investigation documents that the water deficit in the West Bank has reached 58 million cubic meters, and tests of samples of the Israeli “Ein Gedi” water sold in Palestine revealed contamination and bacteria levels that exceeded the permissible levels, which negatively affects human health when drunk in big quantities.
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    24 June 2018
    Mariam Abdullah and Mahmoud Mohammed

    Nepotism in Palestine: Officials’ Relatives are Guaranteed a Job Upon Graduation

    Nepotism in Palestine: Officials’ Relatives are Guaranteed a job upon graduation
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    24 June 2018
    Hager Hesham

    Egypt’s youth centers don’t cater for female athletes

    This data-driven investigation documents how sports centres in Egypt neglect women, which causes them to be unable to practice sports activities in them, especially for those under 18 years old.
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    24 June 2018
    Loay Hisham and Moataz Sayed

    Water in Egypt: The Glass is Half Empty

    By using open source data, the investigators document how the mismanagement of drinking water facilities in Egypt has led to a decline in the share of water per individual. They also show how this has led to an increase of those deprived of water or have minimal access to it.
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    24 June 2018
    E'thar Alazem

    The Desert Highway Claiming Jordanian Lives

    This data-driven investigation documents the role of freight transport vehicles in the occurrence of accidents, especially fatal ones, on the Desert Highway in Jordan between January 2017 and November 2020, during which the Desert Highway Rehabilitation Project was implemented. The investigation also covers the factors that may be linked to the increased risk of the presence of these vehicles on this highway, such as maintenance work, transfers, and mixing of trucks with small vehicles.
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