Newsrooms don’t need large budgets for analyzing data–they can easily access basic data tools that are free or inexpensive. Editor and Associate Professor Nils Mulvad explains how.
What’s hot on Twitter for #ddj? Here are the week’s most popular links for February 13-19.
During the first decade of the 21st century, a transformation in journalism began in Europe and spread to other continents. A movement in the use of data for investigations has helped lead to a resurgence of investigative reporting and has spurred the creation of small online newsrooms, as well as non-profit journalism. As ever, the conundrum of paying for it remains.
At a time when the media is struggling to support serious journalism, investigative reporters increasingly are turning to crowdfunding. The field is growing quickly and success stories abound, but the challenges are many. For our latest resource page, GIJN has gathered tips and strategies from the best sites and blogs, and done a guide to global and regional crowdfunding sites most suited for journalists. Let us know what we’ve missed!
The latest tools and resources from the Research Desk: statistics on data security and privacy, international broadband access and use, map comparisons, and more!
Despite concerns over government surveillance, a recent survey by the Pew Research Center of investigative journalists found that few have let those worries prevent them from pursuing a story or reaching out to a source. The survey also found a more pressing concern–decreasing newsroom resources.
The Research Desk with Gary Price is back, with its second installment, featuring a roundup of new tools — the WHO’s MiNDBANK database, with documents from 170 countries; ePSIplatform, on open data in the EU & worldwide; new UN report on wastewater; NATO archives expand; and the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.
What’s the data-driven journalism (#ddj) crowd tweeting about? They are sharing links about the NYTimes’ Upshot’s “redesign of news,” Vox’s data journalism approach, avalanche myths from France’s ESJ Lille, and much, much more.
