Data journalism

Oct 19, 2021

Frequently asked questions about the Pandora Papers and ICIJ

Will ICIJ publish the Pandora Papers data? What's the difference between Pandora and Panama Papers? We answer some of the most frequently-asked questions about our investigation.

Oct 03, 2021

Pandora Papers: An offshore data tsunami

The Pandora Papers’s 11.9 million records arrived from 14 different offshore services firms in a jumble of files and formats – even ink-on-paper – presenting a massive data-management challenge

Sep 15, 2021

What it takes to make sure millions of secret files are kept safe, secure and searchable

Meet team member Pierre Romera, who oversees ICIJ's technology and security and ensures our data is kept safe and our global network of reporters have all the tools they need to thrive.

Aug 16, 2021

Why journalists need an archiving system

Taking good care of data requires time and money, but the loss of irreplaceable work can come at a higher cost. Here are a few basic tips for journalists to improve personal archiving practices.

Jul 23, 2021

Lessons from award-winning FinCEN Files and Luanda Leaks investigations

ICIJ's editors share reflections from behind the scenes of two award-winning investigations.

Jun 10, 2021

After NepaLeaks sparks anti-corruption reform, ‘weak’ data transparency still a hurdle for reporters

ICIJ partners who exposed major financial crimes are eager to see whether new measures in the country are more than cosmetic changes to gain the international community’s approval.

May 25, 2021

A decade of digital evolution to help reporting revolutions at ICIJ 

Groundbreaking journalism like the Panama Papers and FinCEN Files investigations wouldn’t be possible without creating our own cutting edge technology.

May 18, 2021

Secrecy, intimidation, and cracking the ‘iron wall’ around Cuba

In this month's Meet the Investigators, Barbara Maseda tells of the challenges of finding data and documents in Cuba, a country where journalists are threatened and harassed and where information is kept hidden away.

May 11, 2021

Indian reporters find new ways to expose ‘vaccine inequity’ and COVID-19 data

ICIJ partners have had to innovate and adapt how they uncover critical information on the crisis, while calling for more government transparency.

Mar 23, 2021

On a mission to ‘build the future of health news’ amid a global pandemic

Syed Nazakat operates India’s first data-driven website dedicated to healthcare reporting, where he and his team have been on the frontline of reporting on COVID-19.

Feb 10, 2021

How signatures in public data helped expose the UK’s dirty money cottage industry

Combining public data with leaked FinCEN reports, ICIJ’s data team plotted a matrix of shadowy straw men who filed false accounts worth more than $4.5 billion.

Feb 02, 2021

ICIJ’s Datashare platform to keep growing with new focus on collaboration

ICIJ's innovative open-source research platform gained a host of new features in 2020 — and will continue to evolve throughout the year ahead.

Jan 12, 2021

How our smallest FinCEN Files stories captured the biggest data lessons

Each Confidential Client profile amounts to only a few hundred words, but the huge data lift involved was emblematic of the entire FinCEN Files investigation.

Jan 04, 2021

FinCEN Files data team shares tools, tips and songs that inspire

Oct 29, 2020

‘Enough is enough’: How FinCEN Files exposes a broken system that keeps dirty cash flowing

Three ICIJ reporters take us behind the scenes of the FinCEN Files investigation in this special edition of our Meet the Investigators series.

Sep 20, 2020

FinCEN Files: Explore billions of dollars in suspicious transactions

Explore the confidential data at the heart of the FinCEN Files.

Sep 20, 2020

Explore 20 notorious names found in the FinCEN Files

These are the people zipping money across the world thanks to the global banking system.

Sep 20, 2020

Download FinCEN Files transaction data

To extract as much information as possible from the files, dozens of reporters collaborated to manually collate data on thousands of transactions.

Sep 20, 2020

What is the FinCEN Files investigation?

What is a SAR? Is this like the Panama Papers? Why should I care about the FinCEN Files? And more frequently asked questions about this investigation.

Sep 20, 2020

From a jumble of secret reports, damning data on big banks and dirty money

A massive global research effort for FinCEN Files turned secret records into usable information exposing the futility of U.S.-led anti-money laundering efforts.

Aug 17, 2020

‘Trust and technology’ at heart of latest collaborative journalism tool

DatashareNetwork, developed by ICIJ and Swiss university EPFL, will allow reporters around the world to securely search one another's documents.

Jul 27, 2020

Help us improve Datashare, our document analysis tool

Datashare has been helping reporters, citizen sleuths and data nerds analyze documents for more than a year. We'd like your help to make it even better.

May 27, 2020

Juggling skills can open open up journalistic possibilities

Jan Strozyk believes can achieve more if you are good at several disciplines - rather than just one. It’s a philosophy he’s taken into the newsroom

Apr 14, 2020

Incomplete data creates headaches for reporters

I’m a COVID-19 data skeptic. The most widely-used numbers to describe the impact of the pandemic — reported cases and deaths — are flawed.