Test Your Data Visualization Skills With GIJN’s Latest Quiz
Quizzes are not a new way of learning, but they are an important tool for the world of journalism. Not only can it help your team gain awareness when working with data, but it can also be practical in solving very complex issues. And if you are an educator like me, it can also be great ready-made material to share with — and enlighten — your students.
Previously, I created a quiz focused on data visualization best practices. This second quiz, however, is centered around 10 basic to more advanced issues encountered at every stage of data journalism. After you take the quiz, each answer will also include useful additional resources and examples. The main goal of this quiz is to learn by answering. (You can skip questions you are unsure of.)
Questions, suggestions, and feedback are always welcome. Have fun!
Take the quiz here to test your knowledge.
Pinar Dag is GIJN’s Turkish Editor. She is also a lecturer in the new media department of Kadir Has University and the co-founder of the Data Literacy Association (DLA), Data Journalism Platform Turkey, and DağMedya. Since 2012, Pinar has been organizing workshops for journalists on these issues and, for the past two years, has been on the pre-jury of the Sigma Data Journalism Awards.
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