Database Journalist, Politics

Types of Data Stories

Huge Data Dump

  • Election Results

Answer a question with data

Provide relevant context

Provide relevant context

Support/Oppose a hypothesis

Identify a Phenomenon

Debunk or Justify Conventional Wisdom

Data-Driven Profile

Lack of Data

Data driven investigative work

Dig for Data

Build our own dataset

  • With Code / Scrapers
  • By Hand
  • By Survey Tool

Explain Calculations

Use Innovative Methodology

Use data to inform traditional reporting

The Rare Datapoint

 

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