Jean Paul Riopelle, Untitled (Stroll), 1949.
This is the repository for a talk on conducting data-driven investigations, originally given virtually to an Advanced Data Journalism and Investigative Research class at Wilfrid Laurier University on November 2, 2021. The slides can be found here: https://tomcardoso.github.io/intro-data-investigation/
Links to articles mentioned during the talk:
- Bias behind bars: A Globe investigation finds a prison system stacked against Black and Indigenous inmates (Oct. 24, 2020)
- How we did it: How The Globe uncovered systemic bias in prisoners’ risk assessments (Oct. 24, 2020)
- Wage subsidies were meant to preserve jobs. In many cases, the $110.6-billion response padded bottom lines (May 8, 2021)
- Bankrupt firms tapped federal wage subsidy despite long odds of survival (May 13, 2021)
- The Catholic Church in Canada is worth billions, a Globe investigation shows. Why are its reparations for residential schools so small? (Aug. 7, 2021)
- Eviction factories: How Ontario’s tenants get trapped in a never-ending cycle with landlords (Dec. 19, 2019)
Some resources to check out: