When

Data Become News...

Data journalism in action

Amr Eleraqi

Egypt Media Forum, Egypt - 2018

Executive Editor of InfoTimes

@aeleraqi

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Data Journalism is [...]

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Data Journalism is [...]

Our role as journalists is finding stories and telling them.

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Data Journalism is [...]

from CAR computer assisted report to DDJ data driven journalism

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Data Journalism is [...]

Journalists always worked with some data.

1.7 GB

Wikileaks

Cablegate

2010

3.3 GB

Swiss Leaks

2015

4.4 GB

Luxembourg

leaks

2014

38 GB

Bahamas

leaks

2016

260 GB

Offshore

leaks

2013

1.4 TB

Paradise

Papers

2017

2.6 TB

Panama

Papers

2016

Source: ICIJ

  1. From messy to spreadsheets
  2. From spreadsheets to headlines

Data Journalism Pipeline

 

  1. From messy to spreadsheets
  2. From spreadsheets to headlines

Data Journalism Pipeline

 

Find

Get

Verify

Organize

Clean

Analyze

Visualize

Publish

Write

Research

Data reporting and analysis

Storytelling

Data journalism in action

Data journalism in action

Thanks!

@aeleraqi

Data Journalism in action

By Amr Eleraqi

Data Journalism in action

When data become news

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