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Eva Constantaras @evaconstantaras.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I am expanding my data team at @lighthousereports.com. We are considering candidates located anywhere in the world. The position is remote. If you are a data journalist who is passionate about global investigative journalism, check it out: jobs.workable.com/view/ru2gQrx...

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Data Reporter | Lighthouse Reports | Jobs By Workable

Lighthouse is an award-winning investigative newsroom working with some of the world’s leading media to deliver deeply reported, public interest investigations. We’ve co-published series and investiga...

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I’ve spent a lot of time investigating shitty AI cynically used to pursue vulnerable people in welfare systems. When I talk about this work, I invariably get asked: is it possible to make these systems fair?

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Eva Constantaras @evaconstantaras.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Our investigation epitomizes the storytelling possibilities when passionate journalists from resource-strapped newsrooms and regional data geeks join forces. We hope the story leads an overhaul of NGP but also sparks wider scrutiny of sustainable forestry programs across the region and the world.

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Eva Constantaras @evaconstantaras.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

5. Our impact strategy recognizes that journalism is one part of helping to drive systemic change. Our strategy seeks to connect with policymakers, academics and CSOs to build a coalition. Access our data here purl.stanford.edu/vv199dn8443 thanks to @biglocalnews.bsky.social

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European Economic Labour Force Survey, Immigrant Brain Waste Data

The dataset is based on microdata from the European Labor Force Survey (ELF) for all EU countries except Germany, plus Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and the United Kingdom (until 2019). The survey c...

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Eva Constantaras @evaconstantaras.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

4. Our evolving editorial objectives and impact goals were in constant conversation as we conducted the investigation and enabled us to stay focused on why we were doing the investigation in the first place and maximize our potential contribution to solutions.

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Eva Constantaras @evaconstantaras.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

3. Systematic failures are gnarly and nuanced. Publico is a collaborative partner that was aligned with our impact goals. We agreed to multimedia content that brings readers into the lives of migrants and accessible data explainers that help audiences understand the scale of the issue.

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Eva Constantaras @evaconstantaras.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

2. We wanted audiences to realize the economic potential of more inclusive approaches to migration. A statistical model estimates the economic cost to show brain waste harms professional migrants themselves and national economies that fail at integrating these professionals into the labor force.

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Eva Constantaras @evaconstantaras.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

1. We wanted to find a mainstream, centrist audience that would not otherwise know about potential value of migrants to society. France 3, the third most watched television station, got us outside of our media bubble. We invested in relationships to create new alliances outside of the echo chamber.

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Eva Constantaras @evaconstantaras.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

After each part of the series, I’ve shared lessons learned. For Part 1, I focused on how we built and refined our data pipeline. In part 2 I explained how we prioritized the people over the numbers. For Part 3, I a, sharing how our impact strategy shaped our investigative approach.

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Justin Braun @jusbraun.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Amazing work by @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social on the latest @lhreports.bsky.social suspicion machines investigation. This is a crazy tale of AI ethics washing: The welfare agency had been told that it's tool was crappy. It responded by making up a ludicrous fairness definition.

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Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 13/11/2024

Hello Bluesky friends! We'll be posting here more often going forward In the meantime, sharing a starter pack of current/former staff and contributors to Lighthouse Reports investigations. Will update as we go! go.bsky.app/J6a68Yg

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