🧮 Data Corner — January, 2020
23 cool datasets we used in January
Hello folks! Just a quick one today, and yes I know it’s February already and I will do a better job of collating and sending everything we use in a given month, the same month we actually use them. Until then, enjoy 23 cool datasets we used in January…
Also be sure to check out this week’s content including Monday’s job board update with 400 new journalism jobs and internships, and yesterday’s Inside The Middle East, where we dissected the latest news from the region including how Jared Kushner was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Tomorrow we’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how our Sophie pitched and travelled to the Colombia-Panama border, to tell the story for Vice of how hundreds of migrants headed toward the U.S. are stranded on a beach with nowhere to go. You can pre-read the full story below… 👏
✍️ Job Corner ✍️
Below is a preview of the more than 50 deadlines heading into this weekend…
Due to a limit on the number of people that can be added to a Google Spreadsheet, I’ve made two versions listing exactly the same jobs, so no need to have access to both. If you’re a paying member, you’ll have access to one of the two below links/buttons… 👇
Preview of our upcoming deadlines… 👇

✍️ Data Corner ✍️
And now what you’ve all been waiting for, January’s datasets all in one place!
January’s Datasets
- Abortion Laws: Country-by-country guide on abortion laws, from the Center for Reproductive Rights
- Conservation: Global annual conservation data and reports, from Global Witness
- Corruption: Global corruption index, from Transparency International
- Cryptocurrencies: Cryptocurrency facts and statistics, from Statista
- Domestic Violence: Historical data on abuse against women per country, by the OECD
- Emissions: Greenhouse gas emissions by company, city and country, from CDP
- Endangered Species: Endangered species by country, from Earth’s Endangered Creatures
- Executions: Global execution data from the Death Penalty Information Center and Amnesty International
- Female Power: Women’s Power Index, from the Council on Foreign Relations
- Gender Equality: Gender equality by country, from the UN
- Humanitarian Crises: Data and reports on the world’s humanitarian crises, from The Humanitarian Data Exchange
- Indigenous People: The Indigenous World 2020 report, from IWGIA
- Keystone XL Pipeline: Shapefiles of the pipeline, from Climate Alliance Mapping Project
- Migrant Caravan: Global migration data, from Migration Data Portal
- Muslim Ban: U.S. visas issued per country, from the U.S. DHS
- Oil Tankers: Marine traffic data, from Marine Traffic
- Pirate Kidnappings: Real-time data of piracy kidnappings, from Commercial Crime Services
- Sanctions: U.S. sanctions per country, from the U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Terrorism: Global terrorism index, from Vision of Humanity
- Trees: Interactive map of the world’s trees, from Global Forest Watch
- Tsunamis: Global tsunami data, from the National Centers for Environmental Information
- Vaccine Race: Covid-19 vaccines administered per capita, from Our World In Data
- Volcanoes: Real-time volcano data, from USGS
See you tomorrow 👋 ❤️