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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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The Datafication of Journalism: Strategies for Data-Driven Storytelling and Industry–Academy Collaboration
Written by Damian Radcliffe and Seth C. Lewis
Data Journalism’s Ties With Civic Tech
Abstract How data journalism overlaps with other forms of data work and data culture. Keywords...
Data Feudalism: How Platforms Shape Cross-border Investigative Networks
Written by Ştefan Cândea
From The Guardian to Google News Lab: A Decade of Working in Data Journalism
Written by Simon Rogers
Open-Source Coding Practices in Data Journalism
Written by Ryan Pitts and Lindsay Muscato
The #ddj Hashtag on Twitter
Written by Eunice Au and Marc Smith
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
Geoff McGhee
T. Anthony Pollner Professor
T. Anthony Pollner Professor, @UMJSchool , Faculty advisor @MontanaKaimin. Data vis @TheWaterDesk @WestCenter. Former @jskstanford @nytimes @lemondefr
Miriam Quick
Data journalist
Miriam Quick is a data journalist and researcher specialising in information visualisation. She finds facts and data and builds them into compelling stories.
Dr. Amelia McNamara is an assistant professor of statistics in the department of Computer & Information Sciences at the University of St Thomas, in Minnesota. Previously, she was a visiting assistant professor at Smith College, in Massachusetts. Alongside standard statistics classes, she teaches classes on data journalism, data visualization, and general data communication. She is an international keynote speaker and researcher at the intersection of statistics education and statistical computing, with the goal of making it easier for everyone to learn and do data science.
Natalia Mazotte
Journalism Program Lead
Hi! I'm a Brazilian journalist, entrepreneur and consultant specialized in data and technology. I lead the Journalism Program at Insper University and support civil society organizations on technology and data projects.
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