What is data journalism?
Paul Bradshaw from Birmingham City University says:
Data can be the source of data journalism, or it can be the tool with which the story is told — or it can be both.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism says:
Data journalism is simply journalism.
The former is a new and trendy term but ultimately, it is just a way of describing journalism in the modern world.
Learning goals
Practical skills
- Where and how to get data in New Zealand
- How to use data for and in stories
Mindset skills
- Confidence to source and use data in a story
- Data is (just) another source
- Just like other sources data must be treated fairly and in context
One number in isolation is almost certainly misleading
Why use data in stories?
- Context
- Trust
- Clarity and/or conciseness
- Engagement
What does data give the narrative?
Narrative/Cognitive tension?
Not sure exactly what to call it - but I think it is important.
Inspiration
Introductions
- Name
- Why are you studying journalism?
- What is your relationship with data?
What roles does data have in journalism?
- More and more stories need (or are enhanced by) analysis and communication of data.
- Data can serve as the primary source for an story.
- Data can also be the used to tell the story
- Continuously updated data can be the story - Covid-19