1st Edition

Data Journalism and the Regeneration of News

By Alfred Hermida, Mary Lynn Young Copyright 2019
124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

Data Journalism and the Regeneration of News traces the emergence of data journalism through a scholarly lens. It reveals the growth of data journalism as a subspecialty, cultivated and sustained by an increasing number of professional identities, tools and technologies, educational opportunities and new forms of collaboration and computational thinking. The authors base their analysis on... Read more

Acknowledgements, Introduction, Chapter 1: Hybrid Times Chapter 2: Data Journalism in Liquid Times Chapter 3: Strength in Numbers Chapter 4: The Materiality of Data Journalism Chapter 5: Visualizing the Future Chapter 6: Conclusion

 

Biography

Alfred Hermida, PhD, is an award-winning author, media scholar and digital news pioneer. A journalism professor at the University of British Columbia, co-founder and board member of The Conversation Canada, and formerly a BBC journalist, his research explores media innovation, social media and data journalism.

Mary Lynn Young, PhD, is a journalism professor at the University of British Columbia, and co-founder and board member of The Conversation Canada. Formerly a journalist and academic administrator, her research interests include gender, newsroom sociology, data journalism, media start-ups and representations of crime.