Jessica Weiss
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Miami, FL, United States
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France's Le Parisien finds new way to visualize 'galaxy' of jihadists
La Galaxie Djihadiste is an innovative visual database of suspected jihadists linked to terrorist attacks in Europe since 2012. → Read More
How a global network of journalists pulled off the Panama Papers
A look behind-the-scenes at how more than 300 reporters from 100 newsrooms carried out the biggest leak in data journalism history. → Read More
How a global network of journalists pulled off the Panama Papers
A look behind-the-scenes at how more than 300 reporters from 100 newsrooms carried out the biggest leak in data journalism history. → Read More
Project pairs Costa Rican student journalists with experienced mentors
Punto y Aparte is a new network of student and experienced journalists in Costa Rica that will produce high-quality stories on social issues that often go ignored in the country's media. → Read More
Kendall Residents Ask County To Ban New Development Because Traffic Is So Bad
How bad is the nightmarish grind of traffic in Kendall? It's so awful that a group of Kendall residents is demanding a drastic solution: Stop building in the area altogether until mass transit improves. Late last month, the ten-member board of the Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations unanimously voted on a... → Read More
Yachts Miami Beach Event Leaves Styrofoam Mess in Water, Environmentalists Say
It wasn’t just multi-million dollar super yachts clogging the waterway at last weekend’s Yachts Miami Beach event, located on a 10 block stretch west of Collins Ave. in mid-Beach. Volunteers on standup paddleboards and in kayaks picked buckets full of styrofoam out of the water surrounding the event, too. Tracy... → Read More
Miami Beach Threatens to Confiscate Bikes Locked to Street Signs, Twitter Goes Berserk
A Twitter debate broke out when the City of Miami Beach threatened to seize bikes locked to street signs, with residents questioning the city's priorities. → Read More
Skating in Cuba: Scraps of Wood, Salvaged Roller Skate Wheels, and Love of the Sport
In the last decade, skateboarding has exploded in Cuba, with hundreds of skaters now crowding the capital Havana. But the roots of skateboarding in the communist island go back to the early '80s. Forty-one-year-old Alexander Gonzalez Borrego has been skating since 1982, when a skateboard was a slab of wood... → Read More
Cuba's Female Skaters Ride for a More Open Future on the Island
Belkis López Correa is poised on her skateboard, ready to give herself over to one of the most epic hills in all of Havana. The 16-year-old stands under a fierce midday sun with a forward gaze, steady and cool. Her knees are slightly bent, pink Vans sneakers stacked atop a... → Read More
Activists Push Miami Republicans To Kill Plan To Frack In Everglades
Twenty counties and forty cities have already banned fracking in Florida. Environmentalists warn that the oil extraction technique could put the final nail in the Everglades' coffin. And with the price of oil plummeting, the expensive procedure may not make much economic sense. So why are Florida Republicans gung-ho to... → Read More
Activists Push Miami Republicans to Kill Plan to Frack in Florida
Twenty counties and forty cities have already banned fracking in Florida. Environmentalists warn that the oil extraction technique could put the final nail in the Everglades' coffin. And with the price of oil plummeting, the expensive procedure may not make much economic sense. So why are Florida Republicans gung-ho to... → Read More
How eyeWitness to Atrocities empowers journalists to record evidence of international crimes
Bridging the gap between eyewitnesses, journalists and authorities, eyeWitness to Atrocities enables users to capture and share footage with legal experts. → Read More
Florida Has Largest Increase In Gun Sellers Amidst National Boom
Gun lovers across Florida who fear someone is coming to steal their guns now have even more places to go shopping for more guns, according to a new report. Data analyzed by research firm BuildZoom shows there are now 47 percent more sellers from which to buy guns in the... → Read More
Cuban Internet Access Still Pricey, Limited For Average Residents
Around 10 p.m. on a recent Wednesday night, some two dozen people huddled on a dark street corner outside of Havana’s Hotel Inglaterra, a dazzling, historic structure that faced the city’s Central Park. Just feet away, on the hotel patio, a live band regaled guests while bartenders pour drinks. Upon... → Read More
Miami Muralist Paints Her Exiled Cuban Mom On A Havana Wall
Like many older Cubans in Miami, Vania Salgar doesn’t plan to return to her homeland. In the decades since she left Havana in 1957, the city she once considered the “Paris of the Americas” has changed and deteriorated, and she fears the sight of it today. But Vania’s daughter Nicole... → Read More
Florida Tries to Prevent Wrong-Way Highway Drivers After Deadly I-95 Crashes
Just after 12:30 a.m. last Wednesday, a 23-year-old chef named Alexandra Lefler entered the northbound I-95 express lanes near Miami Gardens Drive — heading in entirely the wrong direction. Minutes later, she slammed head-on into a Hyundai, killing all four passengers and herself in one of the grisliest accidents in... → Read More
Luxury Sunset Islands Torn Apart by Neighborhood Fight Over a Sidewalk
The Sunset Islands are one of Miami's wealthiest enclaves, home to David Grutman and Scott Robbins, but neighbors are at war over a plan to put in a new... → Read More
Miami Beach Cycling Activist Records Himself Getting Slammed in Hit-And-Run
Ken Bereski was cycling home in South Beach around 10:45 p.m. last Thursday when he heard a car horn honk. He went on the defensive and prepared for the worst. Ten seconds later, a car slammed into him from behind, hurling him to the ground. The crash, on Collins Ave... → Read More
Manager of Clinic Tied to Nine Deaths Opens Up About Florida's Pill-Mill Epidemic
It's almost noon when Christian Valdes blinks open his eyes. The muscular 32-year-old with short black hair and a goatee quickly realizes he's hung over. His head is pounding, and his mouth is parched. If he doesn't get water soon, he may puke. The last thing he recalls is stumbling... → Read More
Artist Xavier Cortada's Work Highlights Hialeah's Risks From Climate Change
Spurred by articles in publications from Vanity Fair to the New Yorker, the nation finally seems to be waking up to the fact that Miami is slowly being swallowed by the sea. With predictions ranging from eight inches to six feet of sea level rise over the next century, it’s... → Read More