Data Journalism

(tools to get started)



 Why Data Journalism? 


 "Gathering, filtering and visualizing what is happening beyond what the eye can see has a growing value."

 Familiar Flow 


  • Ask Questions
  • Secure Sources
  • Persevere
  • Establish Links
  • Tell the Story

 Data Journalism Flow 


  • Ask Questions
  • Secure Sources
    • Collect Data
  • Persevere
    • Prepare Data
  • Establish Links
    • Query Data
  • Tell the Story
    • Present Data



But really... 


what do we need to know?





      Collect Data     








      Prepare Data     



OpenRefine


1. Explore the Data

    2. Clean and Transform Transform Data

    3. Reconcile / Match








      Query Data     











 QueryTree 

 Google Fusion Tables 







      Present Data     








  CartoDB  







Reported Crime in 

San Luis Obispo, California

Online Resources


Data Jouranalism Handbook
ddjbook.org 

The Guardian Data Blog

Data Driven Journalism

Hong Kong Resources


  • Data Journalism Handbook Launch (Cocoon, ~15 Dec)
  • ODHK.Make Hackathons (Jan & May '14)
  • Data Science Course (Mart van de Ven @ GA, Jan '14)
  • Data Journalism Course (Irene Liu @ JMSC, May '14)

Interest Groups





 DJs already amongst you! 





 Data Journalists ❤ Open Data 


 opendatahk.com 

mart@opendatahk.com

SCMP Data Journalism

By Mart van de Ven

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SCMP Data Journalism

Getting started with Data Journalism - Talk delivered as part of an introduction to Data Journalism at the South China Morning Post.

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