Data journalism

Data Journalism ( English data driven journalism , DDJ, literally translates data-driven journalism ) is a form of online journalism , the (off 2,005 computerized from the older research English computer-assisted reporting , CAR) developed. According to the open data idea, data journalism means not only research in databases , but also the collection, processing, analysis and publication of publicly accessible information as well as its processing in classic journalistic forms of presentation .

In doing so, data journalism is based both on the freedom of information laws in many democratic states, which oblige administrations according to the public principle to publish their information, as well as on the organized whistleblowing of large amounts of data, which gained in importance with Internet platforms such as WikiLeaks . If the mass of data is not available in machine-readable form , the crowdsourcing element becomes more important for data journalism.

history

Adrian Holovaty's proposals for the reorganization of classic journalism for the medium of the Internet are seen as a forerunner of the idea of data journalism. For this purpose, not only should classic newspaper stories be displayed on new devices, the information itself must also change. The aim of this other type of journalism must be “ important, focused information that is useful to people's lives and helps them understand the world ” (German: “important, concentrated information that is useful for people's lives and helps them to understand the world ”).

The English daily The Guardian coined the term data-driven journalism for the combination of research approach and new form of publication in March 2009 and thus assumed a pioneering role in this area. In the newspaper's data store , machine-readable information is linked and analyzed using software. The result serves as the basis for interactive visualizations . These visualizations are published with the data set and explanations of the context as well as annotated with text, audio or video. In Germany, M - Menschenmachen Medien , a trade journal of the ver.di union , made the term data journalism known in March 2010 with a cover story on DDJ.

The publication of the war diary of the Afghanistan war and the war diary of the Iraq war by WikiLeaks as well as their preparation by The Guardian and The New York Times are considered a breakthrough in data journalism . Another milestone was the publication of the Panama Papers in 2016 , coordinated by the International Network of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) . International collaboration across different editorial offices is considered particularly important in data journalism.

Its proponents see data journalism in the sense of “making huge amounts of data accessible through navigation aids and visualization” as the opposite of classic reporting aimed at personalization. Since he has the elements of usefulness, the existing public needs, relevance and tension ahead of this, he is "the future of political journalism".

literature

Media. Free dates for everyone . In: Medium. Magazine for Journalists No. 9, 2010, pp. 30–33 (interview by Jonathan Stray with Simon Rogers; online , cf. ibid. Herr der Daten ).
Ulrike Langer: diagram instead of click route. How editorial offices in Germany are experimenting with their own concepts for the visualization and publication of raw data . In: Medium. Magazine for Journalists , No. 1/2, 2011, pp. 40–44.

Web links

Adrian Holovaty: A fundamental way newspaper sites need to change . In: holovaty.com , September 6, 2006 (considered the DDJ's manifesto).

Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti: Exciting research on the net . In: M - Menschenmachen Medien No. 3, March 16, 2010 (on the title topic of data journalism in M, March 2010 , with list of links).

Data Driven Journalism . In: Wiki.OpenData-Network.org , since April 11, 2010.

Lorenz Matzat: Data Driven Journalism: Attempting a Definition . In: Open Data Network , April 13, 2010.

Mirko Lorenz: Data-driven journalism. What is there to learn? . In: slideshare.net , June 2010 (presentation slides from a lecture at the Innovation-Journalism Conference in Stanford, June 7–9, 2010).

Paul Bradshaw: How to be a data journalist . In: guardian.co.uk , October 1, 2010.

Lorenz Matzat: Data journalism and the future of reporting . In: Datenjournalist , January 5, 2011 ( blog about “OpenData, ePartizipation and Data-Driven-Journalism”).

Subject data journalism: the example of “time online”. Sascha Venohr, development editor at Zeit Online, on the data journalism strategy of his editorial team . In: Medium. Magazine for journalists online , accessed on January 12, 2011 (interview by Ulrike Langer).

David Bauer: Summary: Simon Rogers about data journalism . Key facts, Data Journalism at the Guardian, Data Processing and Visualization Tools, March 13, 2011.

Data journalism portals

Data store and data log . In: The Guardian

Data desk . In: The Los Angeles Times

Data blog at Die Zeit

DataGraph at sueddeutsche.de

Data reading at Spiegel Online

Interactive at Berliner Morgenpost

Data journalism at Der Tagesspiegel

SRF Data at SRF.ch

NZZ Visuals at NZZ.ch

Datadrivenjournalism.net . Data Driven Journalism conference website . Journalism Meets Data , Amsterdam, August 24, 2010.

Data Journalism Handbook Vol. 1 and Data Journalism Handbook Vol. 2 of the Open Knowledge Foundation

Data journalism and visualization with open source software Bookmark collection for tutorials and free software for data visualization with interactive maps, diagrams and timelines

Data blog TA-Media

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lorenz Matzat: Data Driven Journalism: An attempt at a definition . ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Open Data Network, April 13, 2010. @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b Adrian Holovaty: A fundamental way newspaper sites need to change . holovaty.co, September 6, 2006.

↑ Lorenz Matzat: Data journalism and the future of reporting . In: Data Journalist , January 5, 2011

^ Seth C. Lewis, Nikki Usher: Code, Collaboration, And The Future Of Journalism . In: Digital Journalism . tape 2 , no. 3 , July 3, 2014, ISSN 2167-0811 , p. 383-393 , doi : 10.1080 / 21670811.2014.895504 .

↑ ^a ^b Maximilian Steinbeis : Making the story visible . In: Politics & Communication , December 1, 2010.

[Matzat2010-04-13-1] Lorenz Matzat: Data Driven Journalism: An attempt at a definition . ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Open Data Network, April 13, 2010. @1@ 2

[Holovaty2006-2] Adrian Holovaty: A fundamental way newspaper sites need to change . holovaty.co, September 6, 2006.

[Matzat2011-01-05-3] Lorenz Matzat: Data journalism and the future of reporting . In: Data Journalist , January 5, 2011

[4] Seth C. Lewis, Nikki Usher: Code, Collaboration, And The Future Of Journalism . In: Digital Journalism . tape 2 , no. 3 , July 3, 2014, ISSN 2167-0811 , p. 383-393 , doi : 10.1080 / 21670811.2014.895504 .

[Steinbeis-5] Maximilian Steinbeis : Making the story visible . In: Politics & Communication , December 1, 2010.