Welcome, everyone, to Uncovering Asia: The Second Asian Investigative Journalism Conference. From September 23 to 25, we are bringing together top investigative reporters, data journalists, and media law and security experts from across Asia and around the world.
Below you will find more than 60 sessions and special events. There are panels on digging out hidden facts online, the environment, business, and how to fund your project; seminars on security and tracking dirty money; data journalism workshops by the best in the business; and much more.
You can follow us on Twitter at #IJAsia16. On behalf of your hosts — the Global Investigative Journalism Network, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, and the Centre for Investigative Journalism, Nepal, we wish you a big hello! Namaste!
Investigative reporting has often acted as the R&D department of journalism. Data journalism came about because in the 1980s investigative reporters began tinkering with big mainfrain computers to do their own analyses of government data. Here's a look at how enterprising journalists are pioneering two new fields for the media: the use of environmental sensors and drone aircraft.
IndiaSpend, India's first data journalism center, has won acclaim for installing the country's first low-cost air quality monitoring system, the #Breathe network. The project -- with stories based on data from 55 air-quality sensors in 11 cities--recently won the mBillionth award national award by the Digital Empowerment Foundation, which recognises mobile innovations in developmental technology. It was also an honourable mention at the global Data Journalism Awards 2016 in the open-data category.
Drones have caught on with the Philippine TV news media, led by GMA News' Raffy Tima, a senior news producer and news anchor. Tima is considered a pioneer in drone journalism in Asia, and will have video examples to show how drones can take journalists places they've never been before.
