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Eurostat
Needs of Data Journalists
Baiba GrandovskaPress and Social MediaEurostat
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Project
Reaching out to data journalists
• Analyse the field of data journalism and create a directory
• Organise an event with data journalists• Organise an event with ESS partners
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Event with data journalists15 April 2019, in Eurostat10:30 – 15:30
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Participants
• 36 journalists from 19 countries:• Major national news outlets• News agencies• TV and radio• Niche media• Specific data journalism media
• Investigative/ data visualisation/ radio/ niche
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EUROSTAT: STATISTICS IN SUPPORT OF DATA JOURNALISM
Objectives:• To present European statistics• To get to know data journalists and their needs
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EUROSTAT: STATISTICS IN SUPPORT OF DATA JOURNALISM
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WORKSHOP
What are your statistical needs and how can Eurostat answer them?
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Content
• More relatable data• Link to current affairs; dashboards for public
debate• Simple messages, attractive presentation• Provide context• Timeliness of statistics• Regional breakdown
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Tools
• Visualisations are needed and appreciated• Interactive, dynamic – “things moving on the
screen”• Customizable – language, currency• Quizzes
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Database
• Easily customizable tables for downloading• Improved data navigation tree• Direct access to metadata• Easier-to-read metadata• Tutorials, linked from datasets• Inter-linked datasets• More transparent release schedule; alerts• Harmonization across providers of statistics
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Website
• SEO• Search function with natural language• World Bank as benchmark• Overwhelmed by information• Sub-sites for user categories• Layered access
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Education
• Trainings, presentations• Access to experts• Glossary• Methodology explanations, validation rules• Differences between sources
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Cooperation
• Work with journalists more actively• More events• Mix journalists and academics to provide data
scientists for the newsroom• Promote the power of statistics in the society• Teach to research and recognise “fake news”• Share tools and knowledge among statistical
offices• Social media as preferred channel
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WHAT'S NEXT
• E-mail list• Webinars, Twitter chat• ESS event: September