Journalists liberate new #PowerTracker data to follow energy investments
Local journalists create and share a new dataset that untangles green energy investments across Southern Africa...
05 December, 2022
Oxpeckers Blogs
#PowerTracker journalists tell stories with data
By the time our latest in-depth training session – storytelling with data – came to a close, our #PowerTracker grantees could more confidently call themselves data journalists...
29 August, 2022
Meet the #PowerTracker journalists
Oxpeckers’ latest project, #PowerTracker, brings together journalists from across Southern Africa to investigate financing of renewable energy projects...
12 August, 2022
Green for good — or greed?
New Oxpeckers collaboration to investigate who is financing renewable energy initiatives in Southern Africa, and how the money is being spent...
15 July, 2022
New digital tool tracks wildlife crimes in East Africa
Journalists and investigators finally have a single place to access data on wildlife cases in East Africa that will help drive reporting and expose criminal syndicates, writes Andiswa Matikinca...
06 July, 2022
Using access to information laws to uncover wildlife crime in the UK
There doesn’t seem to be a clear, singular approach to wildlife crime in the UK, which makes accessing data about it extremely challenging, writes Marthe de Ferrer...
08 June, 2022
Reporting on the rise of green crime
Legal expert guides journalists on using legal frameworks to access information on environmental crimes in Europe. Nompumelelo Mtsweni reports...
28 April, 2022
Journalists learn new skills to expose wildlife crime
Resources and learning materials from the inaugural six-month Oxpeckers training course are now available to advance data journalism and environmental reporting around the globe...
17 February, 2022
New #Wildeye tool tracks wildlife crime in Southern Africa
Wildlife crime in Southern Africa has become easier to track and harder to hide, after Oxpeckers launched a digital tool that follows court cases and convictions in the region...
24 November, 2021
Using the law to access wildlife crime data
Attorneys from the Legal Resources Centre train journalists on legal frameworks and access to information in Southern African countries. Dianne Tipping-Woods reports...
25 August, 2021