Reposted by Chris CampbellSam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 23/02/2026New: Drones are redrawing the map of war in Ukraine. Relentless surveillance has pushed the battlefield 20km beyond the front, in both directions. Supplies arrive by drone; the wounded leave by robot. This is the “kill zone” — and the future of warfare. 👉 ft.com/kill-zone 423493
Reposted by Chris CampbellPeter Andringa @peter.andringa.me · 10/12/2025NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.ig.ft.comTrump’s immigration data dragnetThe US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year 33849459
Reposted by Chris CampbellAlison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social · 06/11/2025NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives. ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...ig.ft.comEnd of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelledMohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance 56734217
Reposted by Chris CampbellSam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Blood on the streets of El Fasher: satellite images and videos capture new atrocities in Sudan as RSF forces take the city, marking a new chapter in the country’s ruinous civil war. W/ William Wallis, @janatausch.bsky.social, @digitalcampbell.ft.com www.ft.com/content/f39c... 077
Reposted by Chris CampbellSam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 31/07/2025New: Inside the relentless race for AI capacity. The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom, with hyperscalers clustering thousands of chips to train AI models. But critics question the environmental impact, soaring costs and whether it's all needed. 👉 ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent... 1144
Reposted by Chris CampbellSam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 30/07/2025New: The American guns turning Haiti’s gangs into an army. Caches of weapons — including sniper and military-style rifles — are being smuggled from Florida, enabling Haitian militias to challenge the country’s fragile government. The UN says gangs now outgun the police. ig.ft.com/haiti-gangs/ig.ft.comThe American guns turning Haiti’s gangs into an armyWeapons smuggled from Florida are empowering the country’s militias and enabling them to challenge a fragile government 24427
Reposted by Chris CampbellAlison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social · 14/07/2025NEW: Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ via @FT GHF’s plan forces hungry Palestinians to trek miles to aid sites, often through the IDF’s active military areas. Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured. This is how… www.ft.com/content/6c74...ft.comInside Gaza’s ‘death traps’[FREE TO READ] A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back 10385252
Reposted by Chris CampbellAlan Smith @theboysmithy.ft.com · 11/06/2025This is amazing work by @peter.andringa.me @digitalcampbell.ft.com @alisonkilling.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social and Christine Murray 051
Reposted by Chris CampbellSam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Delighted to see our portfolio of investigations on Russia’s war in Ukraine shortlisted for @gijn.org Sigma Awards. The revelations contribute to mounting evidence of war crimes and show what can be achieved when forensic reporting is combined with visual storytelling. gijn.org/stories/sigm...gijn.orgAnnouncing the Sigma Awards 2025 ShortlistGIJN, the new home of the Sigma Awards, is proud to announce the 2025 shortlist for the best data journalism projects and portfolios in the past year. 25616
Reposted by Chris CampbellDr. Dominic Royé @drxeo.eu · 25/04/2025A new old post I still haven't included in my new website. Using Google Earth Engine to get tomorrow’s weather and creating an orthographic map with shadow effect, an idea from @digitalcampbell.ft.com. 🗺️ #rstats #dataviz #gee dominicroye.github.io/blog/gfs-for...dominicroye.github.ioTomorrow’s weatherA while back I saw Chris Campbell’s global maps from the Financial Times like in this Tweet and I thought I needed to do it in R. In this first post of 2023 we’ll see how we can access the GFS (Global... 1114
Reposted by Chris CampbellNassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · 09/04/2025NEW: Trump hopes that his tariffs will erode China’s surplus and allow US factories to compete. But the Chinese trade juggernaut is built on deep competitive advantages built up over decades and will not be easily dislodged Our visual deep dive into China's trade dominance ig.ft.com/china-trade-...ig.ft.comHow China’s record trade surplus helped spark Trump’s tariff warBeijing’s domination of global trade has led to a schism between the world’s two largest economies — and left many others worried about their industries being crushed by China’s export machine 3178
Reposted by Chris CampbellSam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 09/04/2025New: How China’s record trade surplus lit the fuse on Trump’s tariff war. Our latest visual story shows how Beijing’s export machine conquered global trade — and what the world is doing to push back. ig.ft.com/china-trade-...ig.ft.comHow China’s record trade surplus helped spark Trump’s tariff warBeijing’s domination of global trade has led to a schism between the world’s two largest economies — and left many others worried about their industries being crushed by China’s export machine 2115
Reposted by Chris CampbellAlison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social · 25/02/2025NEW: As the Chinese government struggles to ease the real estate crisis, state owned developers have been buying up land. In Beijing, the state now accounts for 60% of new land sales, with few private developers left. ig.ft.com/china-proper... 3369
Reposted by Chris CampbellSam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 25/02/2025New: Three decades after China liberalised its property market and ushered in a historic era of urbanisation, the state is back in force. Our latest visual investigation uses residential land sales to show that state-owned developers are propping up China’s housing sector. ig.ft.com/china-proper...ig.ft.comHow the state is propping up China’s housing marketAs the government struggles to ease a real estate crisis, state-owned developers have been buying up land 1147
Reposted by Chris CampbellJoe Sinclair @joesinft.ft.com · 20/02/2025Russia is executing surrendered Ukrainian soldiers. My @financialtimes.com doc with @christopherjm.ft.com and the visual investigations team looks at the evidence that these executions are Russian policy. Watch on YT www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Muw...youtube.com'Film me!’: Russia's executions of Ukrainian POWs points to a policy | FT FilmYouTube video by Financial Times 38845
Reposted by Chris CampbellSam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 23/01/2025New: Petrol cars are on the way out. Are you ready to go electric? By 2030 the UK government wants 80% of new cars to be EVs. In our latest visual story, we outline the changes needed to accelerate the transition. ig.ft.com/uk-electric-...ig.ft.comPetrol cars are on the way out. Are you ready to go electric?By 2030 the UK government wants 80 per cent of new cars to be EVs. These are the changes needed to accelerate the transition 281
Reposted by Chris CampbellPeter Andringa @peter.andringa.me · 10/01/2025Remember Musk’s $1mn prizes ahead of the US election? It turns out the final winner worked for the Trump campaign — and was already traveling to its election-night party in West Palm Beach when he won. Scoop, w/ Alex Rogers: on.ft.com/40tFSvuon.ft.comTrump campaign worker won Elon Musk’s $1mn election raffle prizeUS swing state voters were told to sign petition ‘in support of the constitution’ to get awards 701374481
Reposted by Chris CampbellSam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 16/12/2024NEW: Chinese companies have doubled their industrial footprint in Mexico in three years — a development that is emblematic of the closer ties that are poised to thrust Mexico into the centre of Trump’s trade war with Beijing. ig.ft.com/china-mexico...ig.ft.comHow China is setting up shop in MexicoAn increasingly close trade relationship is causing concern in Washington 410741
Reposted by Chris CampbellPress Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 12/12/2024Also highly commended for Innovation of the Year are @FT team of @alisonkilling.bsky.social @christopherjm.bsky.social @peter.andringa.me Chris Campbell @samlearner.bsky.social & @samjoiner.bsky.social #BritishJournalismAwards 1102
Reposted by Chris CampbellSam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 09/12/2024New: Inside the prison at the heart of Assad’s police state, Syrians search for the ghosts of loved ones that have haunted them since their enforced disappearances. W/ Raya Jalabi reporting from Saydnaya & @alisonkilling.bsky.social @peter.andringa.me @digitalcampbell.bsky.social on.ft.com/41s7W3Aon.ft.comInside the Syrian prison at the heart of Assad’s police state[FREE TO READ] On the outskirts of Damascus, Saydnaya holds the secrets to the fate of thousands who disappeared under the dictator 13914
Reposted by Chris CampbellAlison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Let's make a more diverse osint starter pack - a 50/50 m/f split and a move away from westerners would be great. I've made a start (and yes, it's currently lots of men/westerners - help me shift the balance!) Can the community help me crowd source this? go.bsky.app/36JpUBi 60374121
Reposted by Chris CampbellAlison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social · 09/10/2024Ramy and his family used to live a comfortable middle class life in Gaza. After one year of war, his brother and sister have been killed and he lives with his heavily pregnant wife and his daughters in a makeshift tent. One family’s year in Gaza. ig.ft.com/gaza-one-year/ig.ft.comInside one family’s journey through the Israel-Hamas warMore than 2mn people live in Gaza. Now almost all of them are seeking refuge 054
Reposted by Chris CampbellAlison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social · 25/09/2024Can you mastermind a US presidential campaign? Check out the FT's new election game - quick and deceptively simple (but actually really complicated and addictive) ig.ft.com/us-election-...ig.ft.comCan you mastermind a US presidential campaign?Compete for the White House against other readers in the Election Game 044
Reposted by Chris CampbellPeter Andringa @peter.andringa.me · 25/09/2024Congratulations to an anonymous FT reader who's spent all morning submitting 811 entries to our little game! (And yes, I've checked - they seem to all be real attempts, not a bot.) ig.ft.com/us-election-...ig.ft.comCan you mastermind a US presidential campaign?Compete for the White House against other readers in the Election Game 0103