ENTRIES TAGGED "data journalism"
A brief history of data journalism
Key milestones in data journalism's development.
In this excerpt from "The Data Journalism Handbook," Liliana Bounegru connects the dots between the earliest forms of data journalism, the rise of computer-assisted reporting, and today's data-driven media efforts.
Strata Week: Google offers big data analytics
BigQuery for all, a new resource for data journalists, open data is challenged.
In this week's data news, Google's BigQuery opens up to everyone, the Data Journalism Handbook is released, and the open data movement is called to the mat.
Profile of the Data Journalist: The Homicide Watch
Chris Amico and Laura Norton Amico's project started as a spreadsheet. Now it's a community news platform.
To learn more about the people who are redefining the practice computer-assisted reporting, in some cases, building the newsroom stack for the 21st century, Radar conducted a series of email interviews with data journalists during the 2012 NICAR Conference. "It’s not just about the data, and it’s not just about the journalism, but it’s about meeting a community need in an innovative way," said Laura Norton Amico.
Profile of the Data Journalist: The Storyteller and The Teacher
Sarah Cohen and Anthony DeBarros teach and show how to use data in the service of storytelling.
To learn more about the people who are redefining the practice computer-assisted reporting, in some cases, building the newsroom stack for the 21st century, Radar conducted a series of email interviews with data journalists during the 2012 NICAR Conference. "News apps — when done right — can make large amounts of data easily understood and relevant to each person using them," said Anthony DeBarros.
Strata Week: Profiling data journalists
The work of data journalists and a comparison of four data markets.
This week's data news includes a look at the work of various data journalists, Edd Dumbill surveys four data marketplaces, and the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference experiences impressive growth.
Profile of the Data Journalist: The Daily Visualizer
Matt Stiles oversees data journalism on NPR's State Impact project.
To learn more about the people who are redefining the practice computer-assisted reporting, in some cases, building the newsroom stack for the 21st century, Radar conducted a series of email interviews with data journalists during the 2012 NICAR Conference.
Profile of the Data Journalist: The API Architect
Jacob Harris is building APIs and data into elections coverage at the New York Times.
To learn more about the people who are redefining the practice computer-assisted reporting, in some cases, building the newsroom stack for the 21st century, Radar conducted a series of email interviews with data journalists during the 2012 NICAR Conference.
Profile of the Data Journalist: The Visualizer
Michelle Minkoff is adding context and clarity to data with interactive features at the Associated Press.
To learn more about the people who are redefining the practice computer-assisted reporting, in some cases, building the newsroom stack for the 21st century, Radar conducted a series of email interviews with data journalists during the 2012 NICAR Conference.
Profile of the Data Journalist: The Human Algorithm
Ben Welsh is augmenting the investigative work of the Los Angeles Times with open source coding.
To learn more about the people who are redefining the practice computer-assisted reporting, in some cases, building the newsroom stack for the 21st century, Radar conducted a series of email interviews with data journalists during the 2012 NICAR Conference.
In the age of big data, data journalism has profound importance for society
The 2012 NICAR conference highlighted how new tools and platforms are energizing the practice of journalism.
While the big theme of the 2012 NICAR conference was data, data journalism and the new tools to collect, clean, analyze and publish it, the importance of ethics, storytelling and finding the truth was always present. Open source has also emerged as the glue that binds newsroom developers together, both across the United States and around the world.
