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Mapping the scale of damage by the catastrophic Pakistan floods

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Mapping the scale of damage by the catastrophic Pakistan floods

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:28:13-04:00Tags: 360, 3D modeling, above., Adobe Creative Suite, Agriculture, AI/Machine learning, AJ Labs, Al Jazeera Digital, Animation, Anime.js, AR, Arts, Asia, Audio, Big, Breaking news, Business, Canvas, Chart, Corruption, Covid-19, Crime, Cross-border, Crowdsourcing, CSV, Culture, D3.js, Database, Documentary, Drone, Drone shots, Economy, Elections, Employment, Environment, Explainer, Fact-checking, Flourish are the tools that were used (please ignore all other selections, Google Sheets, Gun violence, Health, Human rights, Illustration, Illustrator, Immigration, Infographics, Ink.js, Investigation, JQuery, Json, Lifestyle, Long-form, Map, Mapbox, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, Mobile App, Money-laundering, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, News application, Node.js, Open data, OpenStreetMap, OSINT, Personalisation, Podcast/radio, Politics, PostGIS, PostgreSQL, Python, Qatar, QGIS, Quiz/game, R, RStudio, Satellite images, Scraping, Sensor, Solutions journalism, Sports, Terrorism, Three.js, Video, VR, Women|

How many insect species exist and how many are disappearing

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How many insect species exist and how many are disappearing

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:27:53-04:00Tags: Adobe Creative Suite, Agriculture, Brazil, CSV, Environment, Illustration, Infographics, Nexo Jornal, R, RStudio, Small, South America|

Como a seca afecta Portugal e o seu concelho

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Como a seca afecta Portugal e o seu concelho

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:27:53-04:00Tags: Agriculture, Big, Chart, CSV, Database, Environment, Europe, Explainer, Map, Personalisation, Portugal, Publico, R, RStudio, Satellite images, Video|

Hunger profiteers

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Hunger profiteers

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:27:33-04:00Tags: Agriculture, Business, Cross-border, CSV, Database, Economy, Europe, Explainer, Google Sheets, Investigation, Lighthouse Reports (Europe) Der Spiegel (Germany) The Continent (Africa) The Wire (India) Follow the Money (Netherlands), Microsoft Excel, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, Netherlands, Open data, Small|

Brasil, país dos agrotóxicos

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Brasil, país dos agrotóxicos

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:27:33-04:00Tags: Adobe Creative Suite, Agência Pública, Agriculture, Big, Brazil, Chart, CSS, CSV, Database, Environment, Explainer, Google Sheets, Health, HTML, Human rights, Illustration, Investigation, Json, Map, Microsoft Excel, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, Open data, QGIS, Repórter Brasil, South America|

Costly food and energy are fostering global unrest

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Costly food and energy are fostering global unrest

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:27:22-04:00Tags: Agriculture, AI/Machine learning, Big, Chart, Covid-19, Cross-border, CSV, Economy, Employment, Europe, Google Sheets, Health, Infographics, Investigation, Long-form, Map, Politics, R, RStudio, Solutions journalism, The Economist, United Kingdom|

Como funciona uma agrofloresta na Amazônia

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Como funciona uma agrofloresta na Amazônia

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:27:05-04:00Tags: Adobe Creative Suite, Agriculture, Ambiental Media e Grande Circular., Big, Brazil, Economy, Environment, Illustration, Infographics, JQuery, National Geographic Brasil (The Walt Disney Company), Solutions journalism, South America|

Lebanon: Banned Pesticides on Dinner Tables

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Lebanon: Banned Pesticides on Dinner Tables

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:26:45-04:00Tags: Agriculture, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) The Investigation was also published by an Arab media outlet ; Raseef 22 ( in both languages English & Arabic), Asia, Chart, Environment, Google Sheets, Health, Human rights, Infographics, Investigation, Jordan, Map, Microsoft Excel, Open data, Small|

An encroaching desert intensifies Nigeria’s farmer-herder crisis

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An encroaching desert intensifies Nigeria’s farmer-herder crisis

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:26:45-04:00Tags: Adobe Creative Suite, Africa, Agriculture, AI/Machine learning, Antv G6 Geo, Arcgis 2.7, Big, CCIJ; HumAngle, Chart, Corruption, Documentary, Environment, Google Earth Pro, Google Sheets, Infographics, Investigation, Jupyter Notebook, Long-form, Magicavoxel, Map, Microsoft Excel, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, Nigeria, OpenStreetMap, OSINT, Python, QGIS, Satellite images, Scraping, Video, Visual Studio Code, Voxels.com building engine., VR|

Nord-Kivu/ Butembo-Beni : Ce que l’énergie hydroélectrique a changé dans l’entreprenariat des jeunes, Partie I

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Nord-Kivu/ Butembo-Beni : Ce que l’énergie hydroélectrique a changé dans l’entreprenariat des jeunes, Partie I

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:26:45-04:00Tags: Africa, Agriculture, CSV, Culture, Data Wrapper, Democratic Republic of Congo, Economy, Employment, Environment, Explainer, Flourish, Google Sheets, Infographics, Investigation, Small, Solutions journalism, www.greenafia.com, www.infonile.org, www.lavoixdelucg.org|

كرةُ القدمِ للاجئينَ في مصرَ.. كنْزُ مواهِبَ بأرضِ المحروسةِ… أربعُمِائةٍ وخمسةٌ وثمانونَ لاجئًا يهربونَ منْ أوجاعِ الهجرةِ ومتاعبِ الغربةِ.. ضحايَا الحروبِ يحلمُونَ بمكانةِ صلاح.. ناشئٌ صوماليٌّ: مصرُ أعادتْ حُلْمَنَا للحياةِ.. وآخرُ سودانيٌّ: هربْنَا

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كرةُ القدمِ للاجئينَ في مصرَ.. كنْزُ مواهِبَ بأرضِ المحروسةِ… أربعُمِائةٍ وخمسةٌ وثمانونَ لاجئًا يهربونَ منْ أوجاعِ الهجرةِ ومتاعبِ الغربةِ.. ضحايَا الحروبِ يحلمُونَ بمكانةِ صلاح.. ناشئٌ صوماليٌّ: مصرُ أعادتْ حُلْمَنَا للحياةِ.. وآخرُ سودانيٌّ: هربْنَا

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:15:54-04:00Tags: 360, 3D modeling, Adobe Creative Suite, Africa, Agriculture, AI/Machine learning, Animation, Anime.js, AR, Arts, Audio, Big, Breaking news, Business, Canvas, Chart, Corruption, Covid-19, Crime, Cross-border, Crowdsourcing, CSV, Culture, D3.js, Database, Documentary, Drone, Economy, Egypt, Elections, Employment, Environment, Explainer, Fact-checking, Google Sheets, Gun violence, Health, Human rights, Illustration, Immigration, Infographics, Ink.js, Investigation, JQuery, Json, Lifestyle, Long-form, Map, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, Mobile App, Money-laundering, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, News application, Node.js, Open data, OpenStreetMap, OSINT, Others, Personalisation, please state, Podcast/radio, Politics, PostGIS, PostgreSQL, Python, QGIS, Quiz/game, R, RStudio, Satellite images, Scraping, Sensor, Solutions journalism, Sports, Terrorism, Three.js, Video, VR, Women, جريدة وموقع اليوم السابع|

Palm oil firms depriving tribes of millions of dollars

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Palm oil firms depriving tribes of millions of dollars

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:15:54-04:00Tags: Agriculture, and Mongabay, Animation, Audio, BBC, Big, Chart, Corruption, Documentary, Drone, Economy, Environment, Explainer, Human rights, Investigation, Long-form, Map, Multiple-newsroom collaboration, North America, Open data, QGIS, Satellite imagery analysis; Tabula and OpenRefine for data cleaning/manipulation; Google Earth Engine; USGS Earth Explorer; Google Earth Pro, Scraping, The Gecko Project, United States, Video|

Produced from thin air – the mystery of Russian wine

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Produced from thin air – the mystery of Russian wine

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:15:54-04:00Tags: Agriculture, Business, Crime, Economy, Europe, Explainer, Fact-checking, Investigation, Meininger's Wine Business International, Microsoft Excel, Politics, Small, Spain|

In the Mekong Delta, sand mining means lost homes and fortunes

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In the Mekong Delta, sand mining means lost homes and fortunes

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:15:54-04:00Tags: Agriculture, Asia, Big, Chart, CSV, Drone, Economy, Environment, Google Sheets, Infographics, Investigation, Long-form, Map, Mekong Eye, Scraping, Singapore, Thanh Nien, Video|

CULTIVAR, DISTRIBUIR, COMER: LA RUTA HACIA LA SOBERANÍA ALIMENTARIA

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CULTIVAR, DISTRIBUIR, COMER: LA RUTA HACIA LA SOBERANÍA ALIMENTARIA

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng2023-03-16T03:15:18-04:00Tags: Agriculture, Altavoz LGBTI (norte de México), Big, Cápsula Migrante (Venezuela y Perú), Coalición de medios LATAM, Crowdsourcing, cuestionó y decidió dar una mirada sobre cómo es el panorama que viven los productores, distribuidores y consumidores que han liderado la lucha como mujeres o como personas LGBTTIQ+ en comunidades rurales de la soberanía alimentaria. En esta investigación, es una iniciativa de Factual / Distintas Latitudes para impulsar el crecimiento de nuevos medios fundados por jóvenes periodistas, EsParaMiTarea (TikTok) y Distintas Latitudes (América Latina y el Caribe), Google Sheets, Human rights, Investigation, La Andariega (Ecuador), La Antígona (Perú), La Desvelada (Durango y Ciudad de México, Memorias de Nómada (Yucatán, Mexico, Peru, Solutions journalism, South America, trabajaron los nueve medios de la Coalición LATAM: Revista Colibrí (Argentina), Women, Wordpress|