Sonified: how we made a data album
Simon Rogers
by Simon Rogers
1M ago
One of the greatest features of data is that pretty much anything can represent it. It can be great journalism; it could be glass sculptures representing sea level rises, paint representing a battle with long COVID – and it can even be music. And now we have turned that music into a playlist album: Sonified. Sonified: Data as Music If you listen to the Data Journalism Podcast I co-host with Alberto Cairo, then you will be familiar with how we make the theme for each episode: each guest chooses a dataset and we then use a tool called TwoTone to turn that data into music. Is it great music? P ..read more
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Data journalism for CNN
Simon Rogers
by Simon Rogers
2M ago
Anna Brand⁠ is the Managing Editor for Data and Graphics at CNN Digital. On the first Data Journalism Podcast of 2024, she chats with Simon and Alberto about building a data journalism team at the news outlet, explains how it works and what inspires her. The⁠ ⁠⁠music this week⁠⁠,⁠ made with⁠⁠ ⁠TwoTone⁠⁠⁠, is based on the data behind ⁠this CNN Digital story⁠ about Halloween candy. Check out the latest episode here >> ..read more
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Holiday special: why data storytelling matters
Simon Rogers
by Simon Rogers
3M ago
It’s a different kind of podcast this week: Simon and Alberto talk about Alberto’s latest book, ⁠The Art of Insight,⁠ why data journalism is still a dream job and our approaches to working with numbers to tell stories. Find out what books got us here – and what we care about most, when it comes to data storytelling. The⁠ ⁠music this week⁠⁠, made with⁠ ⁠TwoTone⁠⁠, is based on snowfall in Central Park from 1869 from⁠ ⁠this dataset⁠⁠, via weather.gov. Listen to the latest episode here >> ..read more
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“Hungary is a data journalism superpower”
Simon Rogers
by Simon Rogers
4M ago
Attila Bátorfy⁠ is a data journalist operating in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, heading up ATLO and pioneering the field in the country as a teacher and practitioner. Find out why he believes Hungary is the country to watch for data storytelling in this new episode of the Data Journalism Podcast. Music by ⁠⁠TwoTone⁠⁠, based on data about rising Hungary’s falling population. You can hear the ⁠⁠full track here ..read more
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Data journalism at The Guardian
Simon Rogers
by Simon Rogers
6M ago
New Podcast: The Guardian’s Pamela Duncan and Ashley Kirk join me to talk about how data journalism has changed since I was there, how the news organisation works today and what is coming next. Music by TwoTone, based on data from this story about rising surface temperatures. You can hear the full (long) track here. Listen to the episode here ..read more
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Alan Smith: Inside the FT’s data journalism operation
Simon Rogers
by Simon Rogers
8M ago
Alan Smith is a rare breed: he leads the FT’s team of data reporters and designers, but has a background in the stuffy world of official statistics as former head of digital content at the UK’s Office for National Statistics. Alan is also author of How Charts Work, a handbook on designing with data using the FT’s principles. In the latest episode of the Data Journalism Podcast, he chats with Simon and Alberto about his approach to data journalism and how to make numbers accessible for everyone. The music this week is by Smith: the Yield Curve, sonified. Listen to the latest episode ..read more
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AI for data storytelling
Simon Rogers
by Simon Rogers
1y ago
Image from Funes, OjoPúblico Artificial Intelligence is already being used in data journalism. For a field which is obsessed about trying to automate tedious tasks, AI is custom made. Data storytelling and journalism have always been at the forefront of technology, first to adopt the newest gadgets and techniques. When VR devices launched, data journalists at the WSJ designed a VR data rollercoaster; when drones became widespread, journalists such as Matt Waite started using them to tell visual stories; when AR was invented, the New York Times showed you pollution levels in your living room (a ..read more
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Rani Molla: data for journalism
Simon Rogers
by Simon Rogers
1y ago
New episode of the Data Journalism Podcast out today with an interview with Rani Molla. Image by Vox Rani is a senior correspondent at Vox Media, reporting for Recode on the intersection between work, technology and the future. She uses data to tell stories every day, whether it’s about our return to the office (or lack of), the impacts of AI on our world or the rise of burnout. In the latest episode of the pod, we chat about how she uses data to tell stories, her favourite tools and why data always makes journalism better. The music this week, made with TwoTone, is histori ..read more
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Florence Nightingale and the history of dataviz
Simon Rogers
by Simon Rogers
1y ago
Emma Willard’s Temple of Time from 1845 RJ Andrews is the founder of data design studio Info We Trust and author of a new series of books delving into the deep history of of data visualisation and storytelling. In this episode of the pod, he talks about three significant parts of the history of data visuals: Florence Nightingale, Emma Willard and Étienne-Jules Marey. While Nightingale created powerful visuals that changed how we understand mortality, Willard portrayed time itself. And Marey wrote a guide to visualising data that seems current today. You can buy the books he ..read more
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The science of dataviz, with Jen Christiansen
Simon Rogers
by Simon Rogers
1y ago
Stages of a whale fall: Illustration by Jen Christiansen (whale), and Cat Wilson (critter inset circles) New Data Journalism Podcast episode alert! Jen Christiansen is the author of Building Science Graphics (published by A K Peters/CRC Press) and a senior graphics editor at Scientific American. In this episode of the pod, she talks about her approach to visualising scientific stories and to graphics, based on her long career in the field. “For any scientist to  have their work in the lab or in the field and be worthwhile, you need to communicate it to someone – whethe ..read more
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