🏊‍♀️Pools of privilege 💦

How many private pools did people put up in Berlin – and who has this privilege❓

Collaborative project is being published at our partner @tagesspiegel.de. It’s the results of a new methodology of combining machine learning, aerial photography and geo-analysis.

bit.ly/3Jlxc4w

New investigation out!

ENERGY TRAP 🪤

We are facing a triple crisis: of housing, energy and climate. Renovating buildings could ease all these problems at once. But: landlords are still rather constructing new than renovating the old. Tenants are paying the price.

urbanjournalism.org/energy-trap/

💊 NEW PUBLICATION: Drug consumption on the rise across European cities 📈

We analysed new data released by EUDA across 133 European cities, measuring six substances: cannabis, cocaine, MDMA, methampetamine, amphetamine, ketamine.

Explore our interactive graphics and local findings👇

✨First day of our workshop on using AI tools in investigative and data journalism has just started!

Thank you all for coming to Vienna! We are especially grateful to @journalismfund.bsky.social Europe for financial support of this event and @Porticus for hosting us.

⚡ We're looking for a mind-blowing designer who loves turning complex data into stunning visuals! Remote work, flexible hours, and the chance to be part of groundbreaking investigative journalism projects? Yes, please!

Details and how to apply: urbanjournalism.org/work-with-us/
⏰ 31.01.2025

🎉 Our Vienna workshop applications are closed!
Absolutely blown away by the response - nearly 200 applications! We'll be reviewing everything carefully and sending out results by email within 2 weeks.
To all who applied: thank you for your patience and interest! ✨

We are hiring! 👉 urbanjournalism.org/work-with-us... Frontend Developer wanted for European housing investigation network! 🏘️ Apply until December 10th! You will build interactive visualizations & maps with Svelte. Work remotely with journalists across Europe! 🇪🇺1/5

Just one week left to apply for our Data Journalism Workshop in Vienna 2025!🤩🤩

AI tools
LLMs
Data extraction
Document analysis
✈️ Travel & accommodation covered

Apply by Nov 30 with your motivation letter
[email protected]
#DataJournalism #MediaTraining

🏙 🔎How can we visualize and investigate the urban challenges of our time? We presented our projects at the
@FachhochschulePostdam seminar MAPPING CITIES – MAKING CITIES to discuss this with students with @gabykhazalova.bsky.social @winnydejong @hendriklehmann.bsky.social @Katarzyna Korzeniowska

💫 Urban Journalism Network is excited to welcome our new partner @nrc.nl one of the biggest publishers in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Their data team led by @winnydejong on board with us, utilizing, for instance, satellite data in their investigations. 🌏 🛰

⭐ We are growing bigger while keeping it cozy ⭐ this time with a new partner from Scandinavia! @Göteborgs-Posten, a local daily newspaper from Gothenburg, Sweden 🇸🇪 is joining our network!

🌍Urban Journalism Network is growing bigger💪
We are welcoming amazing journalists from @Mediehuset iTromsø, the leading local daily newspaper in Northern Norway. 🇳🇴
iTromsø has pioneered innovative methods in data and investigative journalism, utilizing AI to enhance their research.✨

🏗️The reconstruction of Ukraine is estimated to cost $540 billion. Yet, that gives no idea of the material loss cities in #Ukraine have suffered. Using satellite data analysis, we mapped destroyed buildings in three cities under Russian control. #ddj

Some graphics & stories in a thread below👇

Property prices are on the rise, but so are land prices.

Who owns the land? And who benefits from it being traded?

We will answer these questions in our new investigative series "Ground Control: Investigating Land ownership in European capitals": www.urbanjournalism.org

#GroundControl