Local and investigative journalists use AI-powered tools to save time and money and focus on what they do best: tell stories
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You do not need a journalism degree to become a great data reporter
Data stories often focus on tragedies and failures. But what if we married data and solutions journalism?
Trust in the media is declining as the public is growing sceptical of politicians but audiences are still hungry for coronavirus statistics. A select committee hears that news organisations should not need to rely on leaks to satisfy this demand
How have UK newsrooms risen to the many challenges posed by covid-19 and its chaotic statistics?
Learn how appealing visuals can capture the reader’s attention and help them dive deep into your story
The race to the White House will be decided in some key battleground states. Sky News is planning a night of augmented reality visuals and county-level statistics to keep audiences up to date
US non-profit media organisation Crosstown lowered the costs of producing local news by maximising the use of public datasets on crime, traffic and coronavirus figures
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Create graphs and charts on the coronavirus pandemic in a way that can be easily understood
Here is how Sky News reporters sift through search traffic and social media trends to find new story leads
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Finding one name in a sea of scanned documents or a video footage takes a lot of legwork. This new tool can speed up the process and supercharge collaborative data investigations
What skills do you need to be trawling through public datasets in pursuit of a story for a living?
Bloomberg Green will produce global and solutions-focused coverage on a topic often weighed down by 'depressing' statistics
From reducing wire content by 20 per cent to training business reporters in visual storytelling, the news brand has made some bold, data-driven changes to its editorial
The best editorial decisions are often based on data. A new tool, Parse.ly Currents, helps publishers identify which content audiences are searching for and engaging with
The North in Numbers podcast is a new series of data-led interviews that shows there is a personal story to be told in every large database. The tricky part is to ensure listeners do not get information overload
We are organising courses in data journalism, iPhone reporting, open data for journalists and creating a buzz on social media
Some tips on using Excel for journalistic research
Journalism academic Paul Bradshaw sets out principles for using data for journalism or for analysing audience data for commercial purposes
A data journalism visualisation tool as recommended by Simon Rogers of the Guardian's Datastore
The Knight News Challenge has entered its second phase and is now accepting applications concerned with the 'collecting, processing and visualising of data'
The creator of a data-driven fact-checking tool for the French presidential election says data journalists should welcome having their own work fact-checked by readers - and says 'trolls' who question your methodology can become an asset
Who? Simon Rogers Where? Simon Rogers is editor of the Guardian Datablog and Datastore. Hear him speak about open data in this week’s podcast. Twitter? @smfrogers Just as we like to supply you with fresh and innovative tips, we are recommending journalists to follow online too. Recommended journalists can be from any sector of the [...]
Any journalists reporting on the local elections may like to try out this interactive Google map tutorial for visualising council ward boundaries, on the Online Journalism Blog. The guide to creating a ward map was created by journalist Daniel Bentley. Tipster: Rachel McAthy If you have a tip you would like to submit to us [...]
A round-up of some of the discussion held at the first open data cities conference in Brighton
A Storify by Mindy McAdams featuring data journalism examples
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