Liliana Bounegru
data journalism researcher
Lucy Chambers
Open Knowledge Foundation
Sarah Cohen
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism
Steve Doig
School of Journalism Arizona State University
Aron Pilhofer
chief product officer Star Tribune Media Company
Simon Rogers
data editor Google
Elisabetta Tola
presenter Radio3 Scienza
Diving into Data: The School of Data Journalism at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia
In the past investigative reporters would suffer from a scarcity of information relating to questions they were trying to answer. While this is still the case, today journalists are also faced with an overwhelming abundance of data. In an age of information overload, to stay relevant to society journalists need to learn to separate signal from noise in order to provide valuable insights. Journalists need to be equipped with knowledge of the tools, techniques and tactics of working with data in order to derive maximum value from for their readers.
What is the School of Data Journalism and who is it for?
The School consists of three panel discussions and five workshops.
The panels attempt to provide answers to crucial questions for aspiring data journalists, editors and decision-makers in newsrooms: What can aspiring data journalists learn from the successes of the past? How can data journalism save your newsroom? How do you start a data journalism operation? How can you become a data journalist and what do you need to do?
In the workshops journalists who are interested to get started with reporting with data and budding data journalists will learn from experienced data journalists and open data experts essential skills related to how to get the data you need, how to analyse it, how to get stories from data and how to present your stories.
Panel 1: News and numbers: from CAR to data journalism
Journalists have always used data and numbers to produce stories…and win Pulitzers. From Philip Meyer’s coverage of the Detroit riots in 1967 to Steve Doig’s 'What Went Wrong' analysis of the damage patterns from Hurricane Andrew, data-driven reporting has brought valuable public service and won journalists recognition and prizes.
Whereas there may be distinguishing aspects about the data journalism of today and the computer-assisted reporting of the past, it is crucial to learn from successful examples, techniques and approaches of the past.
How can we bring the data journalism community and the CAR community closer together?
What can aspiring data journalists learn from the successes of the past?
What is the future of data journalism?
Moderators: Liliana Bounegru and Lucy Chambers
Organised in association with the European Journalism Centre and the Open Knowledge Foundation.