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Data drives media coverage of climate refugees
Giving voice to “world’s forgotten victims”
Newsrooms around the world are stepping up their climate coverage by investing in the resources needed to grow and support their teams. What are some good examples of climate reporting from around the world that we should look at? This article looks at data journalism unique position in analysing the global crisis.
How to create data visualisations that serve the public
Making data visualisations accesible to everyone
What approaches can be taken to make data visualizations more accessible to everyone? Learn some helpful techniques in this article to make your data journalism projects more accessible to people with visual impairments and the general public.
Exploring the benefits of federated databases for policing records
Cross-domain collaboration is way forward for covering police at scale
Data journalism not only supports pieces, but can also bring to light previously inaccessible facts and stories. This article explains how, by working across domains and disciplines, we can find hard data that helps keep police accountable at scale through the work of Cheryl Phillips at Big Local News.
They're not database rows; they're people
Your newsroom needs a personal information release policy. Here are some ideas on how to start
Does your newsroom have a personal information release policy? How do you protect privacy and personal lives that make up your data? This in-depth article examines how the representation of people in a data series can have an impact on their wellbeing and offers suggestions for how data journalists and newsrooms can help.
How data can power public health investigations — through collaboration
How collaboration makes sense of data and drives investigations
If there's one thing we've learned from COVID-19, it's how important data journalism is to public health. We've seen data about global events surface and be presented in ways that were previously thought impossible. This article explores the power of collaboration and the tireless work behind making public data understandable.
Putting data analysis into your radio programme
Surround yourself with data
With teamwork at its core, this comprehensive guide for data radio reporting will teach you the fundamentals of effective audio storytelling and how to choose which platform is appropriate for your data.
Data’s Role in the Disinformation War
Journalists use digital tools to fight back
How can data journalism assist in combating and disseminating misinformation about Ukraine's war? Our most recent article will teach you how to ensure the accuracy of your reporting by providing you with a lengthy list of resources to bookmark.
How to preserve data journalism
Exploring the possibilities for archiving data storytelling
Outdated plugins and error pages can riddle data journalism years after a journalist hits publish. This is the case for interactive data visualisations. Unfortunately, news outlets neglect this issue of preservation. Bahareh R. Heravi's latest article explains the challenges and potential solutions for saving this content.
Data Journalism Handbook 2
Towards a Critical Data Practice
What is data journalism? What is it for? What might it do? What opportunities and limitations does it present? Who and what is involved in making sense of it? This book is a collaborative experiment responding to these and other questions.
Verification Handbook +Translations
For Disinformation And Media Manipulation
The Verification Handbook brings a fresh new angle to the extremely relevant topics of misinformation and disinformation. The book is available for free download in English, Arabic, Turkish, Italian and German.
Fundamental search for journalists
In this course we're going through some of the tips and tricks on how to make your own research faster and more accurate using Google's tools.
Python for journalists
This course is meant for journalists looking to learn the most common uses of Python for data journalism. You'll learn how to set up Python and all related tools on your computer, clean up messy datasets, analyse data and scrape data.
Our original Long Reads, written by the best data experts
Data drives media coverage of climate refugees
Journalists have taken a stand on how they cover the climate beat. This article uses examples from renowned media outlets to show how data journalism is giving a voice to previously forgotten climate refugees.
How to create data visualisations that serve the public
Have you ever thought about how accessible your data journalism work actually is? This article has some useful tips that can help you make your data visualisations accessible to readers with visual impairments and to the general public.
Uncovering the truth: Exploring the benefits of federated databases for policing records
Data journalism not only supports pieces, but can also bring to light previously inaccessible facts and stories. This article explains how, by working across domains and disciplines, we can find hard data that helps keep police accountable at scale.
They're not database rows; they're people
Does your newsroom have a personal information release policy? This in-depth article looks at how people's well-being can be affected when they're represented in a data series, and what data journalists and newsrooms can do to improve the situation.
Putting data back into context
Data are never neutral ‘givens’, but always situated in a particular context, collected for a particular reason -- and it’s crucial that data journalists understand these.
The unspoken rules of visualisation
Designers often follow a set of strict conventions when creating visualisations. Kaiser Fung examines the fundamental rules of data visualisation, why they are important, and when it is okay to break them.
Reporting beyond the case numbers: How to brainstorm COVID-19 data story ideas
While many journalists around the world report the daily infection rate and death toll of COVID-19, audiences are seeking other stories that show the impact of the virus on their lives. How can journalists tell those wider stories with data?
The essential lies in news maps
In order to display three-dimensional world we live in, journalists are forced to distort reality. And every map does so in its own way. Maarten Lambrechts looks at commonly used maps and how to avoid being misled by them.
The essential lies in news maps
In order to display three-dimensional world we live in, journalists are forced to distort reality. And every map does so in its own way. Maarten Lambrechts looks at commonly used maps and how to avoid being misled by them.
Putting data back into context
Data are never neutral ‘givens’, but always situated in a particular context, collected for a particular reason -- and it’s crucial that data journalists understand these.
Spreadsheets for journalism
Many journalists see themselves as “word people” and shy away from writing about numbers. Brant Houston shows how to embrace math with an overview of spreadsheets and functions for beginners.
Designing data visualisations with empathy
How do you get audience members, much less the journalists presenting a story, to walk a mile in the shoes of a dot? Or a bar chart? P. Kim Bui provides three approaches for achieving empathy in data visualisations.
Our Handbooks
For Disinformation And Media Manipulation
The latest edition of the Verification Handbook arrives at a critical moment. Today’s information environment is more chaotic and easier to manipulate than ever before. This book equips journalists with the knowledge to investigate social media accounts, bots, private messaging apps, information operations, deep fakes, as well as other forms of disinformation and media manipulation.
The first resource of its kind, it builds on the first edition of the Verification Handbook and the Verification Handbook for Investigative Reporting.
The book is published by the European Journalism Centre and supported by Craig Newmark Philanthropies.
Towards a Critical Data Practice
What is data journalism? What is it for? What might it do? What opportunities and limitations does it present? Who and what is involved in making and making sense of it?
The new edition of the Data Journalism Handbook explores new and innovative ways in which data is analysed, created and used in the context of journalism. And beyond that: it also reflects on the social, cultural, political and economic circumstances in which data journalism is embedded.
How journalists can use data to improve the news
When you combine the sheer scale and range of digital information now available with a journalist’s "nose for news" and her ability to tell a compelling story, a new world of possibility opens up. Explore the potential, limits, and applied uses of this new and fascinating field.
This valuable handbook has attracted scores of contributors since the European Journalism Centre and the Open Knowledge Foundation launched the project at MozFest 2011. Through a collection of tips and techniques from leading journalists, professors, software developers, and data analysts, you’ll learn how data can be either the source of data journalism or a tool with which the story is told—or both.
A Guide To Online Search And Research Techniques For Using UGC And Open Source Information In Investigations
Based on the conclusions of the first book, this second edition of the Verification Handbook sheds light on the use of open data and open source information to produce critical journalistic investigations.
As new challenges have emerged in the digital sphere, wider opportunities to carry out more comprehensive investigations have arisen as well. The authors of the book take the reader on a walk-through to hone their online investigation tactics, providing them with step-by-step guidance to apply research, fact-checking, and data journalism techniques.
A Definitive Guide To Verifying Digital Content For Emergency Coverage
The first edition of the Verification Handbook has become a definitive reference for professionals worldwide. This book laid the foundations for the process of digital content verification and opened a necessary debate about the steps to follow for ensuring the accuracy of reporting within emergency situations.
Used by educators and journalists of any level, this pioneering book is an essential read for learning about the best-practices for verifying user-generated content and developing appropriate verification processes.
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