WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK IN THE WORLD OF JOURNALISM AND DATA? CHECK OUT THE WEEKLY LIST OF THE BEST ARTICLES AROUND THE WORLD!
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RENEWABLE ENERGY
1. BLOOMBERG
Solar and wind can now supply more power to America’s grid than coal. This is where clean energy goes next https://t.co/3F80hG2CdJ pic.twitter.com/SHtvHfufh7— Bloomberg Graphics (@BBGVisualData) September 16, 2019
SOUTH SUDAN
2. AL JAZEERA
In South Sudan many journalists are denied access to or even barred from reporting within the country. This is why this project is interesting: how to find data?. For this reason Al Jazeera used a mobile phone survey to gather information from those in places traditional journalism cannot reach. That data was then verified against other reporting tools, including satellite imagery, on-the-ground interviews, public records, and submitted photos.Latest on @AJLabs - Forced Out - Measuring the scale of the conflict in South Sudan.— AJ Labs (@ajlabs) September 12, 2019
We dialled more than 35,000 random phone numbers to paint an accurate picture of displacement across the entire country. https://t.co/YZqALMyYLx #ddj By @caroethompson and @kristenvanschie pic.twitter.com/UGQ5MJzRNi
SOUTHEAST ASIA FIRES
2. REUTERS GRAPHICS
Animated maps, circle maps, satellite images. Indonesian farmers are again burning huge swathes of forest and peatland, creating a blanket of smoke that clouds the skies over large parts of the region. Visualize fire hotspots detected in the area is a good way to understand the phenomenon and its consequences.Indonesian farmers are again burning huge swathes of forest and peatland, creating a blanket of smoke over large parts of the region. Here's visualising the scale of the fires 1/5 https://t.co/6jjPZ63dtP pic.twitter.com/3o8Buu0wM4— Reuters Graphics (@ReutersGraphics) September 19, 2019
RUSSIAN CINEMA
4. RIA NOVOSTI
I know that the article is difficult to understand for those unfamiliar with russian. But the combined use of visualizations and illustrations is perfectly balanced in this story of the russian cinema by Ria Novosti.Russian Cinema in faces and genres https://t.co/UkoVTRhRvv— Filippo Mastroianni (@FilMastroianni) September 21, 2019
NETFLIX
5. FINANCIAL TIMES
The Financial Times data team worked hard to develop this interactive news. Especially to create a "draw your own" valuation tool. With this tool you can guess how much you think Netflix is worth.Facing wealthy rivals and rising debt, Netflix is beginning to look vulnerable https://t.co/b28ExHCEZc pic.twitter.com/WlyJ4ZtMYG— FT Data (@ftdata) September 19, 2019
