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
theguardian.com/news/datablog

Data Driven Journalism
datadrivenjournalism.net

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
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