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Given as part of the panel discussion as part of Newsroom 360 data journalism event
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NEWS 360 DATA DAY
ENGAGING THE DATA MINDSETLONDON, SEPTEMBER 19/2012
MIRKO LORENZDEUTSCHE WELLE INNOVATION PROJECTS
MIRKO LORENZJOURNALIST/INFORMATION ARCHITECT
FOCUS ON TRAINING JOURNALISTS AND DEVELOPING NEWSROOM DATA TOOLS
1. OPEN DATA & OPEN SOURCE2. STEPPING STONES: DATA TOOLS3. KEY QUESTION: WHAT DO USERS WANT?4. KEY CHALLENGE: CHANGING NEWSROOMS5. OUTLOOK: OPPORTUNITY FOR JOURNALISTS
NEXT 1O MINUTES
1. OPEN DATA & OPEN SOURCE - LIKE SWITCHING FROM SCREWDRIVER TO POWER-DRILL
Wordle from Open Data Conference in Kanada. Some rights reserved by susannelong
MANY USES FOR (OPEN) DATA
"I have said it before, and I say it again: yes to open data! I want to see more citizens and businesses making use of more open – machine readable – data." - Neelie Kroes
STEPPING STONES: DATA TOOLS OUT THERE
STEPPING STONES selection.datavisualization.ch
OPEN SOURCE DATA VAULT
OPEN SOURCE DATA VISUALIZATION
IN SHORT: FINDING, STORING, FILTERING, ANALYSING AND VISUALIZING DATA IS IN REACH OF EVERY NEWSROOM NOW
3. KEY QUESTION: WHAT DO USERS WANT?
To be truthful and revealing, data graphics must bear on the question at the heart of quantitative thinking: “Compared to what?
Source = Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Source: David McCandless, Information is Beautiful
PUT NUMBERS INTO CONTEXT
Source: David McCandless, Information is Beautiful
USERS WILL WANT CLEAR ANSWERS AND TRUSTABLE INFORMATION
_Source: Visual.ly, 2011
IN SHORT: DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM OPENS A DOOR TO SWITCH FROM ATTENTION TO TRUST
4. KEY CHALLENGE: CHANGING THE NEWSROOM
DEF:DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM= WORKFLOW
DATA-JOURNALISM IS A PROCESS
Data Stories
Data Specials
Data Apps
Time needed Hours Days Weeks
Know-How Low High Experts
Tool Excel Google Refine Coding
Lifespan Day or Week Months Months or Years
THREE LEVELS OF APPLICATION
5. OUTLOOK: OPPORTUNITY FOR JOURNALISTS
5. OUTLOOK: OPPORTUNITY FOR JOURNALISTS
BUT: MIND THE GAPTIME NEEDED TO BUILT KNOW-HOW AND PROFICIENCY - QUALITY OF SOURCES, DATA LITERACY, AGILE DEVELOPMENT
Quelle: Alan McLean, NYT//Amsterdam, 2010
THANK YOU.