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da•ta jour•nal•ism |ˈdatə; ˈdātə||ˈjərnlˌizəm|
journalism which uses publicly-available data as a basis for reporting. It is also sometimes called ‘data-driven journalism’.
Journalists have tried for years to turn often complicated information into comprehensible news articles, graphs, or timelines. Some succeeded more than others.
What makes a difference today is the technology and design skills involved. After the recent Wikileaks scandals and the raise of “open knowledge”, journalists have to acquire new skills to keep up with the trend and data journalism is often considered as an essential tool for the future of news.
Whether you are a journalist, a designer or simply a data lover, the Data Journalism Blog brings you the latest news on data driven journalism with reviews, how-to guides, interviews and news features.
The DJB is also a platform where people are part of a community, where they can meet and create together around diverse data forums and groups.
It was created in April 2011 by multimedia and data journalist Marianne Bouchart.
Here, Marianne Bouchart, the founder and Editor of the DJB, answers a few questions we thought you may ask yourself when first visiting the website.
What is the DJB?
The Data Journalism Blog is a unique online platform which provides specific news about data journalism, the database skills needed for it and where people are part of a community and contribute to the website via extensive comment and rating systems, sharing tools, groups and forums.The DJB is also a news aggregator which gathers content from other websites and link to them. It makes it a central point for online news about data journalism as people can find everything they need, as well as original work, in one, unique place.
Who is it for?
The DJB targets a niche audience made of journalists, designers, programmers, and other data enthusiasts. People who are interested in the emergence of open data, both experts and amateurs, and want to understand better how it could change the future of information. Or, people who really like fancy infographics and want to find more data visualisations from various sources. Part of the content is very specific and would require knowledge about data journalism, other parts are very broad and could suit more novice readers.
Why data journalism? why is it a good story?
After the recent Wikileaks scandals and the raise of “open data”, journalists have to acquire new skills. Being able to deal with large databases is one of them. Designers and programmers are brought to the newsrooms to start a new kind of reporting.It is a very exciting time for journalism and as I am both very passionate about journalism, data and infographics, I thought the DJB would be a perfect project to set up. As a data enthusiast, I realised there was a need for such a platform and decided to create it myself.
What makes online so unique?
It is the combination of multimedia coverage and interactivity that makes online journalism so unique. Not only journalists have to be versatile in the way they deliver news by using videos, podcasts, images as well as written words, they also have to engage with their audience in order to succeed. I believe multimedia coverage and interactivity are the two most important things for online journalism. And that is what I tried to achieve with the Data Journalism Blog.
What are the achievements so far?
Since the launch in mid-April 2011, the Data Journalism Blog received visits
from 58 different countries, mainly the UK and the US.
The DJB also has over 1000 followers on Twitter including a network of data journalism experts such as :
Martin Belam from The Guardian,
Paul Bradshaw from the Online Journalism Blog,
Richard Dixon from The Times,
Caelainn Barr from the TBIJ,
Kirk Cheyfitz from the Huffington Post,
Emer Coleman from London Data.gov.uk,
Martin Stabe and Rob Minto from the FT,
The Daily Crowdsource,
David McCandless’ Information is Beautiful,
Antonia Mochan (head of media at the European Commission),
O’Reilly media,
Hacks and Hackers, etc.
“I think data-driven journalism is one of the big potential growth areas in the future of journalism.
In fact, I believe it is journalism in its truest essence: uncovering and mining through information the public do not have enough time to do themselves, interrogating it, and making sense of it before sharing it with the audience. If more journalists did this (rather than relying on ‘data’ from press releases) we would be a far more enlightened public.
My message to the next generation of journalists – or any journalist looking for a new niche or direction – would be to learn the skills and tools of data interrogation. It’s not glamorous, but it’s a skill not many journalists have, and one which will give one an edge in the market.”
Adam Westbrook, author of ‘Next Generation Journalist’
“One of our big goals in the storytelling process is to humanize the statistics. It’s hard for people to care about numbers, especially large numbers.”
Brian Storm, Mediastorm Source: E-Mail interview by EJC, 2010
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[...] Data Journalism Blog The Data Journalism Blog isn’t specifically attached to any one news organization but instead acts more as an overall resource for data journalists. The site, led by multimedia journalist Marianne Bouchart, not only displays examples of great graphics, but it also provides how-tos, guides, and interviews with other data journalists. If you’re looking for a new concept to try out or where the next data journalism seminar will be held, I’d recommend visiting this blog. Don’t forget to check back on Monday for Part 2: 6 Data Journalism Blogs To Bookmark. [...]
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