Janet Roberts
@jersey-janet.bsky.social
Data journalism editor at Reuters. Part-time artist. Dreaming of a winning lottery ticket so I can flip those roles.
In October 2025, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces took control of the Sudanese city of al-Fashir, killing civilians — and filming it. Using their own videos, we construct what happened. Watch the full documentary: reut.rs/43jpEWx
Death in Darfur: 3 days of horror caught on camera
Sudanese paramilitary forces recorded themselves killing civilians while conquering the city of al-Fashir – as their commanders stood by.
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Journalists lean heavily on the power of the written word, but some stories are best told visually. This investigative documentary -- a Reuters first -- is a powerful reconstruction of the violent takeover of the Sudanese city of al-Fashir by the paramilitary RSF. www.reuters.com/investigates...
Death in Darfur: 3 days of horror caught on camera
Sudanese paramilitary forces recorded themselves killing civilians while conquering the city of al-Fashir – as their commanders stood by.
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Reuters sent a team to Chad to see how humanitarian aid cuts are playing out there. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Refugees feeding refugees: Sudanese families fleeing violence find little aid at Chad border
At a transit camp here on the Chad-Sudan border, Najwa Isa Adam, 32, hands out bowls of pasta and meat to orphaned Sudanese children from al-Fashir, the site of a recent violent takeover by paramilita...
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A massacre that the WHO says killed almost 500 at a Sudan hospital last month is an example of increasingly targeted and brutal attacks on hospitals, clinics and medical workers during conflict worldwide, Reuters found. www.reuters.com/world/sudan-...
Hospital massacre caps a long series of attacks on healthcare in war-torn Sudan
Almost 500 patients, their relatives and others were killed at al-Fashir's last functioning hospital during the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces' recent takeover of the Sudanese city, the World Healt...
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Our story about China's shadow navy is featured on the Reuters World News podcast today. www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
Reuters@reuters.com · 9mo ago🔊 ‘Part of this meeting, which Mamdani himself asked for, is to ensure that New Yorkers aren't punished essentially for who they've voted for as mayor.’ Listen to correspondent Jonathan Allen on Reuters World News as Mamdani heads to Washington reut.rs/3K7GnWM
Yesterday we published a visual investigation about civilian ships in China that are training to invade Taiwan. This thread is about how we did it. www.reuters.com/graphics/USA... #OSINT
Shadow navy: How China's civilian fleet could be a potent weapon in a Taiwan invasion
A Reuters visual investigation of China's annual naval exercises off the Chinese coast opposite Taiwan shows how Beijing's
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It’s known that China is using ferries and other civilian vessels to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan. Reuters reporters wondered: Could we track vessels from the sky and learn more about China’s military strategy? The answer is yes. Here's how we did it: www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
Shadow navy: How China's civilian fleet could be a potent weapon in a Taiwan invasion
A Reuters visual investigation of China's annual naval exercises off the Chinese coast opposite Taiwan shows how Beijing's
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Even in areas of the world where information is hard to gather, empirical evidence often is hiding in plain sight. You just have to know how to look for it. www.reuters.com/investigates...
How we confirmed Assad-era mass grave conspiracy: Witnesses, science
Drone technology, forensic science helped corroborate witness accounts of how Assad's government trucked bodies from a mass grave to a secret location.
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Drone footage, a stairwell and a prayer rug. A Reuters visual investigation upends Israel's story about its deadly attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza last month.
Visual evidence upends Israel’s official story for deadly attack on Gaza hospital
Israeli troops say they targeted a Hamas camera in an August strike, but a Reuters investigation found the device belonged to one of the news agency’s journalists. An Israeli official now says troops fired without required approval. The five journalists who died in the strike are among 200 killed by Israel that it has yet to fully explain.
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Congratulations to @factlady.bsky.social for this well-deserved honor -- the first non-PhD to be so recognized. merrill.umd.edu/articles/pro...
Professor Deborah Nelson Becomes 1st Merrill Faculty Member to Win UMD Kirwan Prize for Research | Philip Merrill College of Journalism
COLLEGE PARK — Deborah Nelson, a professor at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, has been named the recipient of UMD...
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RFK Jr. says he wants to boost spending on autism research. In the first four months of this year, the NIH has done the opposite, according to a Reuters analysis of NIH data.
Exclusive: Trump administration cut autism-related research by 26% so far in 2025
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has vowed to address rising U.S. autism rates as a top health priority for the Trump administration .
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I couldn’t be prouder of the Reuters team that won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting today. I’m especially thrilled for my brilliant friend Mo Tamman. He conceived this smart way of examining the supply chain for the deadly fentanyl trade. Read his work. It’s worth your time.
Reuters@reuters.com · last yr.As part of Reuters Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative series on the global chemical trade behind America’s fentanyl crisis, our reporters bought everything needed to make $3 million worth of fentanyl. All it took was $3,600 and a web browser reut.rs/3Z48ryx
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Sudan drops out of hunger-monitoring system on eve of famine report
The Sudanese government has suspended its participation in the global hunger-monitoring system on the eve of a report that’s expected to show famine spreading across the country, a step likely to undercut efforts to address one of the world’s largest hunger crises.
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New project out today featuring the incredible work of @marianozafra.bsky.social , @claretrainorfarley.bsky.social, @samhart.bsky.social, @mcneill.bsky.social and many other Reuters colleagues. And shout out to @jersey-janet.bsky.social for another great editing collaboration.
Mariano Zafra@marianozafra.bsky.social · 2y agoOne of the most challenging projects I've worked on since joining Reuters. Despite warnings from the world’s hunger watchdog of an impending catastrophe in Sudan, famine struck anyway. www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...
Hoe maak je verhalen over plekken waar je niet bij kunt? Met datavisualisaties en illustraties maakte persbureau Reuters dit fabuleuze verhaal over Darfur, de Soedanese regio waar momenteel een hongersnood aan de gang is. Hier staat de hele productie online: www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...
Serious problems in the UN’s World Food Program’s response to the Sudan crisis are hampering the organization’s ability to alleviate hunger in the war-torn country and damaging its reputation with donors, according to a recent internal report seen by Reuters reut.rs/3VjB2hy
Exclusive: World Food Program’s troubles in Sudan hurt hunger relief, alienated donors - internal report
Serious problems in the United Nations World Food Program’s response to the Sudan crisis are hampering the organization’s ability to alleviate hunger in the war-torn country and damaging its reputation with donors, according to a recent internal report seen by Reuters.
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People are starving to death in Sudan but no one knows how many. Enter @mcneill.bsky.social and @raytroncoso.bsky.social of Reuters. They used radar and optical sensor data from satellites to count new graves at Sudan's Zamzam camp for people displaced by war. www.reuters.com/investigates...
How Reuters counted the dead in famine-stricken Sudan
No one knows how many people have died from the catastrophic hunger sweeping Sudan. But graves, counted from the sky, offer a clue to the devastation.
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A Reuters deep dive on how the world failed to prevent an ongoing famine in Sudan. www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...
The world’s hunger watchdog warned of catastrophe in Sudan. Famine struck anyway.
Here’s how the world’s hunger monitoring-and-response system is supposed to work – and why it’s not achieving its mission.
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The world has enough food and the technology to feed every person on Earth. Yet millions are starving. This @reuters story explains why. www.reuters.com/investigates...
A vast global system exists to prevent famine. It's failing.
The IPC is meant to sound alarms that direct food aid to crisis spots. But the watchdog struggles to operate in areas of conflict – the main driver of hunger.
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