{"id":1008,"date":"2011-05-23T03:38:25","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T07:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debjnelson.com\/?page_id=1008"},"modified":"2022-08-24T09:26:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T13:26:19","slug":"investigateworld","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/debjnelson.com\/?page_id=1008","title":{"rendered":"InvestigateWorld"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Links to records, topical tipsheets, investigative networks, training resources <\/em><em>for cross-border reporting.<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Table of Contents<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>US public records on foreign activity<\/li>\n<li>Investigative networks<\/li>\n<li>Investigative training manuals<\/li>\n<li>Security, safety and legal help<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Open source data<\/li>\n<li>People search<\/li>\n<li>Ship and plane tracking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #5570aa;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">U.S. RECORDS ON FOREIGN ACTIVITY IN THE U.S.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em>See the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/investigatewashington.com\">InvestigateWashington<\/a>\u00a0page for a fuller set of links to U.S. government records.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fara.gov\/quick-search.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foreign lobbying reports<\/a>\u00a0filed at US DOJ Foreign Agent Registration Unit<\/p>\n<p>Open Secrets\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/fara\">foreign lobbying reports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Legistorm (limited free search; requires subscription for deep dive)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legistorm.com\/foreign_gifts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foreign gifts<\/a>\u00a0by country or recipient<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legistorm.com\/trip_browse_by_destination_country.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foreign travel<\/a> by members of congress or staff: country of destination or sponsor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congressional Research Service reports on foreign policy issues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everycrsreport.com\/topics\/foreign-affairs.html\">here<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/sgp\/crs\/row\/index.html\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SEC &#8211; Publicly traded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sec.gov\/edgar\/searchedgar\/webusers.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corporate quarterly and annual reports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guidestar \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.guidestar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nonprofit organizations<\/a> operating in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Courts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacer.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PACER<\/a> &#8211; Federal prosecutions and lawsuits. Dockets, complaints, motions, orders and exhibits. Registration is free but you pay a 10 cents per page accessed.\u00a0<em>Install the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.recapthelaw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RECAP<\/a>\u00a0extension on Chrome and Firefox and get many PACER documents for free.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar_courts?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=4,21\">Google Scholar<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Federal court opinions; for\u00a0state appellate and supreme court opinions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><strong>INVESTIGATIVE NETWORKS\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gijn.org\/\">Global Investigative Journalism Network<\/a>\u00a0training, conferences, news<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helpdesk.gijn.org\/support\/solutions\/articles\/14000036502-reporting-tips-and-tools\">Tipsheets and guides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gijn.org\/resources\/freedom-of-information-laws\/\">FOI links<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gijn.org\/member\/\">Journalism organizations by region\/country<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gijn.org\/2017\/11\/19\/gijn-votes-hamburg-for-gijc19-elects-board-members\/\">2019 Global IJ Conference<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Hamburg, Germany Sep. 25-29<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ire.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Investigative Reporters and Editors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>See &#8220;Journalism Organizations&#8221; below for region-specific groups.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>JOURNALISM TRAINING MANUALS<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.storybasedinquiry.com\">Story-Based Inquiry<\/a>, Mark Lee Hunter in many languages<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/verificationhandbook.com\/downloads\/verification.handbook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Verification Handbook<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; edited by Craig Silverman<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ijnet.org\/en\/toolkit\/journalism-101\">Toolkit<\/a>\u00a0International Journalists Network Center for Journalists<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trust.org\/publications\/?show=TrustMediaMediaDevelopment\">Reporters handbooks<\/a>, Reuters Foundations<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">ONE-STOP INVESTIGATIVE TOOL RESOURCES<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bcattools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bellingcat&#8217;s Online Investigation Tool Kit<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">SECURITY, SAFETY AND LEGAL HELP <\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">DIGITAL SECURITY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GIJN <a href=\"http:\/\/gijn.org\/resources\/digital-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital Security<\/a> page with tutorials and tipsheets<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">LEGAL HELP<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediadefence.org\/individual-cases\">Media Legal Defence Initiative<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gijn.org\/resources-legal-defense\/\">GIJN list<\/a> of organization that provide legal defense for journalists<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">PERSONAL SAFETY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newssafety.org\/home\/\">International News Safety Institute<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gijn.org\/2014\/07\/14\/new-resource-guide-emergency-assistance\/\">GIJN list<\/a> of organizations that provide emergency support for journalists in danger<\/p>\n<p>From Dutch technojourno Henk van Ess&#8217;s bookmarks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.org\/reports\/2012\/04\/journalist-security-guide.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Journalist Security Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/communication-and-information\/freedom-of-expression\/safety-of-journalists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Section of United Nations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/downloads.bbc.co.uk\/mundo\/pdf\/safety-journalism_safety_guide_second_edition-v1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The BBC Safety Guide<\/a> (they even have an app, but not for the public)<\/li>\n<li>OSCE <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osce.org\/fom\/85777?download=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Safety of Journalists Guidebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irex.org\/project\/safe-securing-access-free-expression\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Irex<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalistsecurity.net\/resources-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Journalist Security<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwmf.org\/our-research\/journalist-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Safety for women reporters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #99007f;\">DATA<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>See also the <a href=\"http:\/\/debjnelson.com\/?page_id=1264\">Tips &amp; Tools<\/a> tab<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Ministries_by_country\">Government ministries by country<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1wZhPLMCHKJvwOkP4juclhjFgqIY8fQFMemwKL2c64vk\/edit#gid=0\">Data is Plural <\/a>Global archive of databases<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyletter.com\/data-is-plural\/archive\">Data is Plural<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 weekly newsletter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/phe\/health_topics\/outdoorair\/databases\/cities\/en\/\">Air quality data<\/a> &#8211; WHO<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archivesportaleurope.eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archives Portal Europe<\/a> online gives access to materials and information from archival institutions in 17 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Background data on influential companies, cases, people in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reportingproject.net\/PeopleOfInterest\/\">Eurasia<\/a>\u00a0(OCCRP)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.personadeinteres.org\/\">Latin America<\/a>\u00a0(OCCRP) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poderopedia.org\/\">South America<\/a> (Poderopedia)<\/p>\n<p>Business records \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investigativedashboard.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Investigative Dashboard<\/a> compilation of links to online databases by country<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.charitycommission.gov.uk\/find-charities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charity Commission of UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Economic data (scroll down)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.theeuropeanlibrary.org\/portal\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">European library<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farmsubsidy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Farmsubsidy.org<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Who\u2019s getting them in EU<\/p>\n<p>Freedom of information laws (scroll down)<\/p>\n<p>Income &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rug.nl\/research\/ggdc\/data\/pwt\/\">Penn World Table<\/a> relative income and productivity<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Internet archive<\/a> Saves old versions of webpages<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/data.occrp.org\/\">Investigative Dashboard<\/a> &#8211; OCCRP<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Panama Papers&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/offshoreleaks.icij.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OffshoreLeaks<\/a> ICIJ<\/p>\n<p>Phone books (scroll to bottom)<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ECONOMIC DATA<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Alta Plana\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.altaplana.com\/Gate.resource.html\">International Economics Gateway<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu\/portal\/page\/portal\/statistics\/themes\">Eurostat\u00a0<\/a>(European Commission)<\/p>\n<p>International census and statistical agencies &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/aboutus\/stat_int.html\">country links<\/a>\u00a0(U.S. Census)<\/p>\n<p>International Monetary Fund <a href=\"http:\/\/Fiscal crises. Researchers at the International Monetary Fund have built a historical database of fiscal crises, defined as \u201cperiods of extreme fiscal distress, when governments have not been able to contain large fiscal imbalances leading to the adoption of extreme measures (e.g., debt default and monetization of the deficit).\u201d The researchers, building off of previous work, have \u201cexpand[ed] the country coverage to 188 countries, over 1970-2015, more than double the size of the sample relative to many other studies,\u201d and identified 436 distinct episodes of fiscal crisis. [h\/t David Tercero Lucas]\">database of fiscal crises<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz\/\">Offstats<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; official statistics by country, region, topic (University of Aukland)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oecd.org\/statistics\/\">Organization for Economic Development and Co-operation (OECD<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Political boundaries &#8211; \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoboundaries.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.geoboundaries.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1661431696959000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2KUp--J-NRB_aUpQz69aiW\">geoBoundaries<\/a> has county, district down to village level boundaries for many countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/data.un.org\/\">United Nations Data<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/\">World Bank Data<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Glossaries and tutorials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>European Commission\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/economy_finance\/focuson\/inflation\/glossary_en.htm\">inflation tutorial<\/a>\u00a0and glossary (change language in upper right)<\/p>\n<p>OECD\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stats.oecd.org\/glossary\/\">Glossary of Statistical Terms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Journalist&#8217;s Resource\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/skills\/research\/statistics-for-journalists\">Primer on Statistical Terms Used in Research<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stattrek\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stattrek.com\/statistics\/dictionary.aspx\">Statistics Dictionary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikileaks cable search<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>For more open source data, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/debjnelson.com\/?page_id=1264\">Tips &amp; Tools<\/a> tab<\/em><\/h5>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800080;\">PEOPLE SEARCH<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inteltechniques.com\/menu.html\">IntelTechniques<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Website ownership <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whois.sc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whosis<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>SHIP &amp; PLANE TRACKING<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Aircraft\u00a0tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gijn.org\/2019\/06\/03\/how-to-track-aircraft-around-the-world-a-new-gijn-reporting-guide\/?utm_source=GIJN+Mailing+List&amp;utm_campaign=2a74051384-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_06_06_12_53&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_eae0e8c5a9-2a74051384-121193637&amp;mc_cid=2a74051384&amp;mc_eid=358f7cd8ec\">GIJN Planespotting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.airlineupdate.com\/content_subscription\/authorities\/country_index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aviation authorities<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Aircraft registration from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.landings.com\/evird.acgi$pass*193800885!_h-www.landings.com\/landings\/pages\/search.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Landings.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Aircraft flight plans via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flightexplorer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flightexplore.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/planefinder.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">planefinder.net<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/flightaware.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flightaware.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>FAA: <a href=\"http:\/\/amsrvs.registry.faa.gov\/airmeninquiry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US registry<\/a> of pilots and aircraft mechanics <a href=\"http:\/\/amsrvs.registry.faa.gov\/airmeninquiry\">\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planespotters.net\/\">Planespotters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Vessel tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marinetraffic.com\/ais\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marinetraffic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailwx.info\/shiptrack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shiptrack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.world-ships.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Shipping Registry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marinetraffic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MarineTraffic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><em><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><a href=\"www.gijn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Investigative Journalism Network<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"www.ire.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Investigative Reporters and Editors<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1wZhPLMCHKJvwOkP4juclhjFgqIY8fQFMemwKL2c64vk\/edit#gid=0\">Data is Plural <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Deb Nelson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/people-press.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">p<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links to records, topical tipsheets, investigative networks, training resources for cross-border reporting. 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