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Data visualization DIY: Our Top Tools
What data visualization tools are out there on the web that are easy to use — and free? Here on the Datablog and Datastore we try to do as much as possible using the internet’s...
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A journalist’s guide to US opinion polls
The more journalists know about polls, how they work and how to evaluate their quality, the closer they come to clarity and accuracy in reporting. We explore resources and advice from experts on how to cover polling data in the 2020 elections.
Finding data outliers for solutions journalism
In this week's newsletter, investigative data journalist Matthew Kauffman explains how data journalists can apply a solutions-oriented mindset to their reporting to show a path forward to solving society's most pressing problems.
Data visualisation by hand: drawing data for your next story
Learn to use data in a creative and inventive way through hand-drawing data visualisations. Dr Amelia McNamara explains how in her latest article.
Making numbers louder: telling data stories with sound
Sonification is all around us. But how can journalists take advantage of it for data storytelling? Miriam Quick and Duncan Geere take us through some compelling examples of how to bring data sonification into your reporting.
Investigating crime and corruption with data
In this week's newsletter, investigative journalist Pavla Holcova talks to us about using data to investigate the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kušnírová.
What's on at #NICAR21
Attending #NICAR21 next month? In our latest Conversations with Data newsletter, Denise Malan from IRE tells us all about what's on at this year’s virtual conference. She also shares her advice on how to get started in data journalism.
Courses
Data visualisation
Charting Tools for the Newsroom
Charts and maps have become ubiquitous in todays newsrooms. They convey stories with numbers much better than text alone does and they are shared easily. But not every journalist is a numbercruncher or a graphics designer. And a lot of newsrooms, especially smaller ones, don’t have the means to employ graphic journalists that can craft charts and maps. In this course we introduce and learn to use some tools every journalist can adopt to produce graphics that can support or carry a story.
Contributors
Jonathan Gray
Senior Lecturer
Dr. Jonathan Gray is Senior Lecturer in Critical Infrastructure Studies at the Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London, where he is currently writing a book on data worlds. He is also Cofounder of the Public Data Lab; and Research Associate at the Digital Methods Initiative (University of Amsterdam) and the médialab (Sciences Po, Paris). More about his work can be found at jonathangray.org and he tweets at @jwyg.
Liliana Bounegru
Lecturer in Digital Methods
Lecturer in Digital Methods at King's College London
Brant Houston
Professor and Knight Chair in Investigative Reporting
Brant Houston is an award winning investigative and data journalist who has published textbooks on both. He also is con-founder and board chair of the Global Investigative Journalism Network.
Geoff McGhee
T. Anthony Pollner Professor
T. Anthony Pollner Professor, @UMJSchool , Faculty advisor @MontanaKaimin. Data vis @TheWaterDesk @WestCenter. Former @jskstanford @nytimes @lemondefr
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