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www.public.asu.edu/~sdoig/IJF2014/
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Data journalism:From idea to storySteve DoigCronkite School of Journalism,Arizona State [email protected]@sdoig
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Why do data journalism?
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What is “data”?
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Finding data story ideas
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datadrivenjournalism.net/
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IRE’s ExtraExtra feed
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theguardian.com/news/datablog
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Informants and whistleblowers
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Read documents
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Work backwards from your idea!
1. What statements do you want to make?
2. What variables are needed to make those statements?
3. Who would collect data with those variables?
4. How will you get the data from the collector?
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1. Statements?• Lede = hypothesis• Bullet points = statements• Examples for a crime and
courts data story:• “Crime has increased/decreased
X % since...”• “The X per 100.000 violent
crime rate of Y City is the worst ...”
• “Only X % of reported crimes result in arrests...”
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2. Variables needed?
• Columns = variables• Rows = records• Two main kinds of variables• Categorical: Sex, city,
postal code, type of crime, etc...
• Numeric: Age, cost, population, weight, arrests, accident, etc...
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3. Who collects those variables?
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4. Get the data!
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Public records tools
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Data formats?
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Avoid PDFs
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Avoid PDFs...but if necessary...
• Convert to *.xls with:• Acrobat Pro• Zamzar• CometDocs• (many others)
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...Now what??
You have data...
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Clean the data
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Data cleaning tools
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Look for patterns
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Excel tools
•Sort•Filter•Functions•Pivot tables
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Brain tools – math and statistics
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Brain tools – math and statistics
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Friday 1130-1300 (Hotel Sangallo)
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EJC MOOC – free!!
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Data journalism story elements
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Data journalism story elements
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Data journalism team• You!• Other reporters• Editors• Graphic artists• Photographers• Videographers• Page designers• Web designers• App developers
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Other DDJ workshops
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Questions??