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Open Supply Chain Initiative: Revolutionizing Transparency in Investigative Journalism

Explore the Open Supply Chain project by Danwatch, uncovering hidden information in supply chains using innovative research methods. Supported by Google's Digital News Initiative, it aims to enhance transparency in investigative reporting.

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Open Supply Chain Initiative: Revolutionizing Transparency in Investigative Journalism

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  1. Open Supply Chain project Thursday the 19th of may 2016 Louise Voller

  2. ”Danwatch is an independent media and research center that publishes investigative journalism focusing on states and companies social and environmental impacts”

  3. Supply chains research by Danwatch since 2007 • Lots of public data • Data, which is rarely publicly available = Uncover this information through extensive desk- and field research Could this be done smarter? What do we do?

  4. Open Supply Chain Google Digital News Initiative-The Digital News Initiative (DNI) is a collaboration between Google and news publishers in Europe to support high quality journalism and encourage a more sustainable news ecosystem through technology and innovation.

  5. Open Supply Chain • 128 projects in 23 european countries funded • Danwatch received funding as the only danish media

  6. “So what is Open Supply Chain, and why is it important?”

  7. Phase 1: The explorative phase What we did • Internal surveys • Map existing knowledge & possible partners What we found out • No magic button • Every experts have their own methods • Data do not only have categories and properties - it has relations New possibilities also means new obstacles and questions that need answers • Yes to openness, but how do we do it? • Yes to data, but how will we verify it? • Yes to transparency, but how do we convince the ones with the knowledge we need

  8. Phase 2: Reverse engineering our investigations The Lost Thread, 2015 Bitter Coffee, 2016

  9. Supply Chain classic

  10. Supply Chain in new perspectives

  11. Where are we now? Product development → Minimum Viable Product Mockups of user interface Partnerships!

  12. Challenges and [learnings] Challenges • Data availability - open source vs. commercial data • Particular vs. statistical data? • Openness & crowdsourcing, how to verify data? • Journalistic ethics • System governance Learnings • Even the pro’s do it differently • All data has relations • map supply chains at a global scale through the combination of databases and crowdsourced information • More transparency -> accountability

  13. Question for the audience • Which opportunities - or obstacles - do you see for companies, researchers or others to contribute data?

  14. Want to hear more..?

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