Why you need data

Numbers can suck hard

Data isn't this

It's this

Data

Can be the backbone of your reporting, from dailies to investigations

An Example

Five Minutes of Searching Reveal...

• In 3 weeks, Newark went from 20 percent behind previous year’s murder pace to 10 percent ahead. (NJAM data)
• West Ward’s 7th murder of month (NPD data)
• Similar signs of progress were scuttled by bloody month at end of 2015. (NJSP)

Sports reporters need data too!

I know code is scary

It really shouldn't be

You don't need it

Take your stories beyond your golden prose

Coding

For us, it's a set of languages for storytelling

Vs.

The role of multimedia and interactivity is to:

• Engage

• Inform

• Demonstrate

• Clarify

Let's look at some examples

It's role is to also allow your audience to:

• Explore

• Examine Personal Impact

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