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Next-Level Data and Tools for Investigative Journalism (Next-IJ) @next-ij.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

📢 Applications are now open for the July 2025 edition of the Next-IJ Cross-Border Investigative Training Program. 📅 Friday, 18 July 2025 💻 Online ⏳ Deadline to apply: 5 July 2025 📋 Apply now: form.jotform.com/251242589308... ➡️ Learn more here: next-ij.eu/news/open-ca... #WPFD25 #NextIJ

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Next-Level Data and Tools for Investigative Journalism (Next-IJ) @next-ij.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Next-IJ is led by @occrp.org, @unicatt.bsky.social -through Transcrime, Joint Research Centre on Innovation and Crime, and the School of Journalism – and @mediagfmd.bsky.social. The initiative is supported by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EECEA) of the European Commission.

Next-IJ is led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), the
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) – through the Joint Research Centre on
Innovation and Crime (Transcrime) and the School of Journalism – and the Global Forum
for Media Development (GFMD). The initiative is supported by the European Education and
Culture Executive Agency (EECEA) of the European Commission.

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Next-Level Data and Tools for Investigative Journalism (Next-IJ) @next-ij.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

📢 Introducing 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭-𝐈𝐉 (𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭-𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦), an initiative that provides European journalists with tools and resources to elevate their investigative reporting. 🔗 Learn more about how Next-IJ can support your investigative work: next-ij.eu #NextIJ

Next-Level Data and Tools for Investigative Journalism (Next-IJ) is an initiative designed to provide European journalists with the latest tools and resources to elevate their investigative reporting.

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 12/02/2025

Online conspiracists claim a 2019 OCCRP story on Rudy Giuliani was part of a “deep state” plot to get Trump impeached. The truth is that it was just old-fashioned journalism. Here’s our reporter’s account of how he happened to break the story. www.occrp.org/en/feature/i...

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Investigative Reporting Is Free Speech, Not ‘Treason’

I wrote a story that was cited by a whistleblower complaint that led to Donald Trump’s first impeachment. Now, it’s being used to attack foreign aid and the free press as part of a conspiracy theory. ...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave. “Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”

Farewell and Thanks (Again) - Illegal Activity in the USAID Front Office
Inbox
Nicholas Gottlieb
to amsofficercouncil, ALL, HCTM.ELR, Alpana, Danielle, Sheila, Sepideh, William, Anya, Stephanie, Lindsey -
All:
4:19 PM (4 minutes ago) #
Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees without due process. I refused and have provided Acting Administrator Gray with written notification of my refusal. I have recommended in that written notification that his office cease ar desist from further illegal activity.
It is and has always been my office's commitment to the workforce that we ensure all employees receive their due process in any of our actions. I will not be party to a violation of that commitment.
I was notified moments ago that I will be placed on administrative leave, effective immediately. It has been an honor working with all of you at this Agency, which i treasure.
Please be kind and considerate of my staff at hctm.eir@usaid.gov. who will be very short-staffed and pressed over the coming months. Until you hear otherwise, Kirsten Gunsolus will be acting in my absence.
If you would like to stay in touch, I can be reached a
wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Nicholas Gottlieb
Director, Employee and Labor Relations
US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
HCTM, Rm. 4.07A RRB, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20523
USAID gov | @USAID

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

USAID official tells me that in addition to DEI materials, the agency’s anti-corruption webpage has been taken down See for yourself: usaid.gov/anti-corrupt...

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Michael J. Oghia @oghia.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

@gap-the-mind.bsky.social If you're here now, Tanya, then it's REALLY a party! Welcome!

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emily thai @ethai.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

is there research supporting the idea that the 'information environment' was a driving factor behind the election results (or whatever people are blaming it for - rightward turn, polarization, etc), and that its effect is *uniquely* large in the last 5-10 years?

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Michael J. Oghia @oghia.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

@mitzilaszlo.bsky.social you must have read my mind because I promise I thought of you today! Welcome to Bluesky, I hope you're well!

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Michael J. Oghia @oghia.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

@robingross.bsky.social welcome to the exodus, Robin. It's so good to see you here!

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Michael J. Oghia @oghia.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

@ethai.bsky.social Hey Emily! I'm happy to see you here :)

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Michael J. Oghia @oghia.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

@davidsullivan.bsky.social Hey David! Thanks for being my first follower :) This app gives me serious nostalgia for 2011.

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Michael J. Oghia @oghia.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

Hello @bsky.app! Let's see if this satisfies my character-restricted discussion itch. Thanks for all the hard work you've put in (it shows!)

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