Environmental Legislative Monitor: a tool to monitor environmental subjects in Congress

There is no second Planet Earth. The need to take action to prevent and mitigate the effects of the climate crisis is increasingly evident. For politicians and large bureaucratic structures, this represents a huge challenge. The sense of urgency regarding the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis made the LA NACION DATA team join forces with… Seguir leyendo Environmental Legislative Monitor: a tool to monitor environmental subjects in Congress

Sexual abuse by church members in Argentina

CONTEXT This Project began posing two questions. How widespread is the problem of sexual abuse by church members in Argentina? Is there any method for hiding information by the institution? In the absence of an official investigation, we began to analyze lists of different victims’ associations, but we found that many of them did not… Seguir leyendo Sexual abuse by church members in Argentina

Anniversary of the worst world tragedy in the history of music

Context In 2004, Argentina suffered the worst world tragedy in the history of music and the greatest catastrophe due to unnatural causes: the night club República de Cromañón was burnt down in the middle of a concert of the musical group Callejeros; the fire caused the death of 194 persons and other 1.400 persons were… Seguir leyendo Anniversary of the worst world tragedy in the history of music

Dying alone

1) CONTEXT Coronavirus pandemic had a huge impact on the Argentine news schedule. In the first months we published hundreds of news stories on this subject, but we considered that we needed a fundamental approach: understand and tell people how the rituals of death were being modified. All those ideas of what it means to… Seguir leyendo Dying alone