1st Edition

Data + Journalism A Story-Driven Approach to Learning Data Reporting

By Mike Reilley, Samantha Sunne Copyright 2023
250 Pages 126 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 126 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 126 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Taking a hands-on and holistic approach to data, Data + Journalism provides a complete guide to reporting data-driven stories. This book offers insights into data journalism from a global perspective, including datasets and interviews with data journalists from countries around the world. Emphasized by examples drawn from frequently updated sets of open data posted by authoritative sources... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1: Acquiring Data

Chapter 2: Searching the Deep Web

Chapter 3: Scraping Data

Chapter 4: Cleaning Data

Chapter 5: Basic Spreadsheets

Chapter 6: Advanced Spreadsheets and R

Chapter 7: Writing a Data Story

Chapter 8: SQL

Chapter 9: Scraping Social Media

Chapter 10: Data Visualization

Chapter 11: Ethics, Trust, Transparency and Posting Data Online

Chapter 12: Math for Journalists: Writing with Numbers

Biography

Mike Reilley teaches data and digital journalism at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He founded the digital resources site JournalistsToolbox.org in 1996 and continues to update it today for the Society of Professional Journalists.

Samantha Sunne teaches data and digital techniques to journalists at universities and other groups including the Society of Professional Journalists, Hunter College-CUNY and Investigative Reporters and Editors. She is a long-time journalism freelancer specializing in data and investigative stories.