How to do datajournalism… and
not die trying
Karma Peiró (@kpeiro)Director at NacióDigital
http://www.naciodigital.cat
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New Narratives& Data Journalism
What the hell is this?
Data+Journalism+
webscraping+statistics+
infographics+visualizations
At the beginning it was only my own curiosity…(2012)
Many many years ago… (1812) Charles Minard, Defeat of Napoleon in Russia
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The Nightingale
rose diagram
Many, many years ago, too…. (1855)
Nothing new… journalists always led with data (The Freeman’s Journal 1895)
Back to the present…
What’s new? Tools: cheap, easy and powerful
Dollars for Docs (2013) ProPublica
ProPublica- 2010
Datajournalism changes how we work
*Multidisciplinary teams *The sources are always visible
*Interactive visualizations
Paul Bradshaw, The inverted Pyramid
One word: ‘accountability’
Transparency Laws:
in Spain (2013)
in Catalonia (2014)
Open Data+ activism = Transparency
Civio: Datajournalism+activism
27-S Campaing maps
Datajournalism NacióDigital
Concepts to rethink
the present…
To start understanding the future…
Thanks!http://www.naciodigital.cat [email protected]
@kpeiro