Data Fixers is an award-winning consulting project specialized in gathering data and public records to foster environmental investigations

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Fostering public transparency in Brazil

Our commitment to transparency goes beyond data analysis. We actively promote public accountability through educational content and advocacy for open government initiatives.

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Dashboards

Parliamentary Amendments

A dashboard to explore how brazilian congressmen spend their legislative amendments in their electoral bases.

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President visitors

Interactive dashboard showing visitors to the Presidential building and their meeting patterns.

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Presidential Speeches

Analysis of presidential speeches and public statements with data visualization.

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About

Data Fixers is a data-driven journalism and consulting project created at the The Brown Institute for Media Innovation — a joint initiative between Columbia University and Stanford University. This project received a Magic Grant to find data and public records to support investigative journalism in Brazil and is coordinated by journalist Luiz Fernando Toledo (Master of Science in Data Journalism 2022). Data Fixers was awarded twice in 2023 by the Open Knowledge Foundation (Brazil) as the best Brazilian open data project and also for the best investigative project of the year (Amazon Underworld). Read more about the project in this article by Muckrock and here at the Brown Institute's website. Contact: lta2119@columbia.edu

Luiz Fernando Toledo

Luiz Fernando Toledo

Founder & Data Journalist

Award-winning investigative journalist specializing in data-driven stories and public records analysis. Expert in Brazil's Access to Information Law (LAI). Fourth most awarded journalist in Brazil in 2024.

Partnerships

Revista Piauí
Supporting investigative projects since 2022. Collaboration on environmental and political stories.
Brown Institute
Magic Grant recipient 2023. Joint initiative between Columbia University and Stanford University.
OCCRP
International partnership for cross-border investigations. Collaboration since 2023.
Global Witness
Environmental investigations partner. Focus on Amazon deforestation and illegal mining.
InfoAmazonia
Data visualization and mapping partner for Amazon region stories since 2022.
CCCA
Climate crime analysis partnership. Environmental data investigations since 2023.
Abraji
Supporting Cruzagrafos new environmental data feature through consulting and workshops
Earth Journalism Network
Supported reporting and projects with grants


Disclaimer: We received external funding only until the first half of 2024. The only active partnership at the moment is with Abraji, through the curation of the Cruzagrafos project.

Who's talking about our work

BROWN INSTITUTE - COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Major investigations published through Data Fixers project

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BROWN INSTITUTE - STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Data Fixers wins grant from the Earth Journalism Network

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GROUND TRUTH

Data Fixers: The scientific method of investigative journalism in Brazil

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GLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK

Tips for FOIA/RTI requests

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FILECOIN FOUNDATION

Empowering a more informed, transparent society with decentralized technology

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BROWN INSTITUTE - COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

After six months, Data Fixers achieves 100 mentions and new cross-border investigations

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MUCKROCK

Data Fixers add-ons case study

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MUCKROCK

L-AI Bot: A chatbot that hones Brazilian information requests before they're filed

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GLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK

Tracking organized crime's dirty money illicit operations tips

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS' NETWORK

Latin American journalists offer advice on investigating organized crime

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