| # | Scale | Dim. | Category | Measure | Monetization | Method |
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| 1 | Individual | Internal | Awareness of problems to investigate | Receiving tips from readings (several leading to stories) | No | Survey/interview |
| 2 | More sources coming forward | No | Survey/interview | |||
| 3 | Awareness of ideas to report on | No | Survey/interview | |||
| 4 | Using ICIJ for help with idea generation | No | Survey/interview | |||
| 5 | Journalists’ professional opportunities | Speaking at conferences/other venues or teaching | Yes | Survey/interview | ||
| 6 | Getting promoted/finding new job | Yes | Survey/interview | |||
| 7 | Journalists’ skills | Skills improvement over the course of the project | Maybe (revenue) | Interview | ||
| 8 | Journalists’ efficacy | Confidence/belief in reporting process | No | Interview | ||
| 9 | Respect for peers | Journalists appearing on other news outlets | Maybe (revenue) | Content analysis/interview | ||
| 10 | Journalist’s work referenced/quoted in other outlets | Maybe (revenue) | Content analysis/interview | |||
| 11 | Awareness of the news content | Feedback from e-mail and social media comments | No | Web scraping | ||
| 12 | Facebook likes and Twitter follows | No | Analytics | |||
| 13 | Story shared on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc.) | No | Analytics | |||
| 14 | Stories trending on Twitter | No | Analytics/web scraping | |||
| 15 | Audience perception of brand/trust | Positive comments from insiders/people who follow | No | Interview/Impact tracking | ||
| 16 | Increase in Facebook likes and Twitter following | No | Analytics | |||
| 17 | Increased knowledge | Individuals better informed about issue | No | Audience survey/polling Focus groups | ||
| 18 | Audience empowered by information provided | No | Audience survey/polling Focus groups |
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| 19 | External | Beliefs/perceptions | Audience changes attitudes | No | Audience survey/polling Focus groups |
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| 20 | Audience changes perceived norms | No | Audience survey/polling Focus groups |
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| 21 | Audience changes behavioural intentions | No | Audience survey/polling | |||
| 22 | Behaviours | Consumer choices | Maybe (cost-benefit) | Audience survey/consumer trends Focus groups |
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| 23 | Voting behaviour | Election results | ||||
| 24 | Volunteering activities, political activity and affiliation | No | Surveys/org. data/news analysis Focus groups |
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| 26 | Team collaboration (within news agency) | Journalists sense of belonging and camaraderie | No | Interview | ||
| 27 | Consortium collaboration (between news agencies) | Successful exchange of information/ideas | No | Interview | ||
| 28 | Number of published cross-border stories | No | Survey/content analysis | |||
| 29 | Journalists connecting with international colleagues | No | Interview | |||
| 30 | Degree of information sharing | No | Survey/network analysis | |||
| 31 | Network | Internal | Motivation and trust among journalists | No | Interview | |
| 32 | Number of countries collaborated with | No | Survey/network analysis | |||
| 33 | Amplification of peers’ work | Work reprinted in other media outlets | Maybe (revenue) | Content analysis | ||
| 34 | Inter-peer learning | Learning from seeing how other journalists work | Interview | |||
| 35 | Journalists putting on workshops for their peers | No | Interview | |||
| 36 | Training programmes | Attending/benefitting from software/platform training | Maybe (offsets costs) | Survey/interview | ||
| 37 | Tools, services and content | Frequency of use/overall usefulness of digital tools | Maybe (offsets costs) | Survey/interview | ||
| 38 | Usefulness of peer-produced content: stories/photos | Maybe (offsets costs) | Survey/interview | |||
| 39 | ICIJ effectiveness in facilitating coordination | No | Survey/interview | |||
| 40 | Security practices | No | Survey/interview | |||
| 41 | Using ICIJ assistance, editing and fact-checking | Maybe (saves time) | Survey/interview | |||
| 42 | Using ICIJ’s help to | Maybe (saves time) | Survey/interview | |||
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| 43 | Usefulness of (in-person conferences) | No | Survey/interview | |||
| 44 | Using ICIJ’s background information for context | Maybe (saves time) | Survey/interview | |||
| 45 | Access to other countries’ databases | Maybe (saves time) | Survey/interview | |||
| 46 | Social capital/strengthened social networks | Involvement in voluntary associations | No | Interview/org. data Focus groups |
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| 47 | Advocacy orgs. using content in their own work | No | Content analysis | |||
| 48 | Advocacy/narrative change | News editorials in other media channels | No | Content analysis | ||
| 49 | Public attention, agenda setting and issue framing | Sustained public interest | No | Analytics, polling | ||
| 50 | Increased interest in types of investigative stories | No | Analytics, polling | |||
| 51 | Better informed public debate | No | Audience survey, polling, content analysis | |||
| 52 | Norms | Attitude towards/approval of political leaders/policies | No | Polling | ||
| 53 | Diversity of perspectives | Newsroom demographic shift | No | Interview | ||
| 54 | Organizational values | Shift in types of stories being covered | No | Content analysis, interview | ||
| 55 | Shift in organizational processes | No | Analytics (survey) | |||
| 56 | Revenues/income/financial benefits | Selling new subscriptions | Yes | Analytics (survey) | ||
| 57 | Selling more newspapers on stand | Yes | Donation records (survey) | |||
| 58 | Increased philanthropic revenue | Yes | Donation records (survey) | |||
| 59 | Increased donations | Yes | Analytics (survey) | |||
| 60 | Audience/reach of work | Increase in website traffic: page views, most visited story | Yes | Analytics (survey) | ||
| 61 | Increase in broadcast viewership | Yes | Analytics (survey) | |||
| 62 | Growth in audience | Yes | Analytics (survey) | |||
| 63 | News audience acquisition | Yes | Analytics (survey) | |||
| 64 | Increase in newsletter open-rate | No | Analytics (survey) | |||
| 65 | Frequency of newsroom engagement events | Yes | Survey (interview) | |||
| 66 | Business operations | More space devoted to ICIJ project | No | Survey (interview) | ||
| 67 | Increase in article circulation | Yes | Analytics (survey) | |||
| 68 | Political repercussions | Officials fired/promoted/resigned/recalled | Maybe (cost-benefit) | News analysis, interview | ||
| 69 | Lawsuits | Maybe (compensation) | News analysis, interview | |||
| 70 | Laws or policies | Fines imposed | Maybe (cost-benefit) | News analysis, interview | ||
| 71 | New laws/policies passed | Maybe (cost-benefit) | News analysis, interview | |||
| 72 | Laws or policies | Improved law/policy implementation | Maybe (cost-benefit) | News analysis, interview | ||
| 75 | Institutions strengthened | More funding for the SEC or Interpol | Yes | News analysis, interview | ||
| 76 | New government agencies established | Maybe (cost-benefit) | News analysis, interview | |||
| 77 | Improved human capital | Maybe (cost-benefit) | News analysis, interview | |||
| 78 | Response | Corporate response to story | Maybe (cost-benefit) | News analysis, interview | ||
| 79 | Government response | Maybe (cost-benefit) | News analysis, interview | |||
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| 80 | NGO response to story | Maybe (cost-benefit) | News analysis, interview |