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Ī service of the nonprofit MuckRock Foundation, the largely free DocumentCloud platform is already popular for its base document management features, which include easy upload of 70 formats, from PDFs to spreadsheets and graphics annotating reports and - its best-known feature - the ability to embed processed documents directly into your story. There was a similarly enthusiastic response at the recent NICAR23 data journalism conference in Tennessee, when reporters learned about powerful new digging features on the open source DocumentCloud platform. DocumentCloud now boasts of many more cutting-edge functions. Indeed, journalists at the environmental newsroom Floodlight were recently named finalists for the Goldsmith Investigative Reporting Prize after they used Pinpoint to auto-analyze thousands of pages of leaked documents to identify individuals allegedly behind a media corruption scandal. In earlier years, reporters needed stacks of multi-colored sticky notes, data input volunteers, and lots of time to manage boxes of public records that arrive in every format, from longhand script to unstructured data tables and partially redacted reports.īut tools powered by machine learning and the ingenuity of open source program developers have not only tamed giant leaks, but can also unearth hidden data in those bundles, and reduce the risk of inadvertently publishing sensitive information.įor instance, attendees at the 2022 Investigative Reporters & Editors conference were amazed to learn that the AI-powered Google Pinpoint tool - in addition to its many time-saving parsing functions - could also transcribe, and search, the tiny text on brass plaques in the distant background of photographs. One of the biggest technological leaps for investigative journalists in recent years has been the development of free tools to make large document bundles searchable and manageable for small teams. New features from DocumentCloud can help investigative journalists reveal or protect poorly-redacted text as well as quickly scrape personal information embedded in large files.
Global Investigative Journalism Network. Global Shining Light Award – Українською.Global Investigative Journalism Network.
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