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13h ago
A few months ago I delivered a webinar for the European Data Journalism Network and DataNinja about the range of ways that journalists can use ChatGPT and other generative AI tools — from idea generation and mapping systems to help with spelling and coding — and what issues they need to be aware of.
The video is now available online and you can watch it below ..read more
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5d ago
In this latest post in the FAQ series, I’ve been asked to help answer a question on the “ethical dilemmas faced by news organisations when considering the use of AI in reporting stories“.
A good place to start when looking at the ethical dilemmas surrounding a new technology is to take existing ethical issues in journalism and consider how a new technology — in this case generative AI — impacts on those. Those would include things like:
Accuracy
Objectivity
Public interest vs privacy/private interest
Editorial independence
Holding power to account
Providing a forum for public debate
Eng ..read more
Online Journalism Blog
2M ago
Planning an investigation, or any larger editorial project, raises its own particular challenges — but if you know where to look, you can find resources that are especially useful in anticipating and tackling those.
This video, made for students on the MA in Data Journalism at Birmingham City University, introduces and explores two such resources: Mark Lee Hunter‘s story-based inquiry method; and breaking down an investigation into five roles; . It also touches on issues to consider in undercover reporting or the use of subterfuge.
Further video clips of Mark Lee Hunter and Luuk Sengers ..read more
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2M ago
Photo: Ivo Mayr, CORRECTIV.Europe
The CORRECTIV.Europe project, founded by German investigative media outlet Correctiv, aims to help local journalism publish data stories who wouldn’t otherwise have the time or money to do it. Cristina Puerta speaks to its editor-in-chief Olaya Argüeso.
“[CORRECTIV.Europe] is about giving the European citizens a feeling that they are on the same boat together”, editor-in-chief Olaya Argüeso explains.
Local journalism, she says, has been “neglected”, and it is now, when people suffer the consequences of global phenomena — for example, climate change because of ..read more
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3M ago
It’s over a decade since I published the Inverted Pyramid of Data Journalism. The model has been translated into multiple languages, taught all over the world, and included in a number of books and research papers. But in that time the model has also developed and changed through discussion and teaching, so here’s a round up of everything I’ve written or recommended on the different stages — along with a revised model in English (shown above; versions have been published before in German, Russian and Ukrainian!).
The most basic change to the Inverted Pyramid of Data Journalism is the recognit ..read more
Online Journalism Blog
3M ago
Graham Barrow has worked to prevent money laundering and fraud for decades — in recent years working with journalists to investigate companies. In a guest post he shares his tips with Tony Jarne on what you can do when you are following the money.
Many times, as journalists, we need to investigate businesses to tell our stories. You need to track companies to know how Russia is avoiding the sanctions and who allegedly profited from PPE contracts during the pandemic.
But, how do we begin, and what are the details we need to look out for? To navigate the company’s world, Graham gives some advic ..read more
Online Journalism Blog
3M ago
In this latest post in the FAQ series, I’ve been asked to help answer a question on “the distribution of work between journalist, data analyst and designer” in data journalism.
Boundaries in data journalism teams will differ between different teams and different organisations. Generally the smaller the team/organisation, the fewer boundaries there are.
When someone is the only data journalist in their organisation, they might do everything from finding and reporting the story, to creating the charts and even any interactivity (if they can).
How much they do will depend on their skills and the ..read more
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4M ago
Automation was key to the work of data journalism pioneers such as Adrian Holovaty — and it’s becoming increasingly central once again. This video, made for students on the MA in Data Journalism at Birmingham City University, explores the variety of roles that automation plays in data journalism; new concepts such as robot journalism, natural language generation (NLG) and structured journalism; and how data journalists’ editorial role becomes “delegated to the future” through the creation of algorithms.
You can find the video about Poligraft, and the FT on robot journalism at those links.
Thi ..read more
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7M ago
A new, third, edition of the Online Journalism Handbook is now out.
A comprehensive update to the 2017 second edition, it sees the addition of a new chapter on writing for email and chat.
There are new sections on formats from scrollytelling and charticles to threads, vertical Stories, social audio and audiograms, plus advice on how to use gifs, memes and emoji professionally as a journalist.
One notable development of the last few years reflected in the book is the improvement in accessibility provision — which is covered alongside techniques for better inclusivity and diversity in journalis ..read more
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9M ago
Está disponível em língua portuguesa meu e-book ‘Jornalismo de dados: um guia rápido.’
Traduzido pela jornalista brasileira Amanda Maia, a publicação segue a linha de raciocínio de meu outro livro ‘Excel for journalists’ ou ‘Excel para periodistas’ (tradução espanhola). E está disponível nos formatos PDF, Kindle e para iPad ..read more