Data-driven journalism (GIJC, Geneva April 2010) #ddj

CAN DIGGING DEEPER INTO DATA HELP TO FINANCE INVESTIGATIONS? AN INTRODUCTION TO DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM Mirko Lorenz, Journalist/Information Architect Global Investigative Journalism Conference GENEVA (APRIL 2010) - http://www.gijc2010.ch/

DATA AND INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM: WHY, HOW AND WHEN?

CONTEXT: THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM OPPORTUNITY: DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM How can we make use of data? What is there to learn? A curriculum to train journalists?

CONTENTS 1. WHY DATA? WHY NOW? 2. EXAMPLES, PLEASE! 3. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES? 4. NEXT STEPS

1 2 3 4 WHY DATA? WHY NOW? SOME QUOTES WHY AND HOW DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM IS BECOMING IMPORTANT...

Online work to be 'data-driven' Posted: 16/10/02 By: Caroline White "Journalists will do less 'been-there, done-that' reporting as readers demand more continuous coverage of issues, such as domestic violence and child abuse.“ Hal Straus, database editor and manager for Washington Post Newsweek Interactive added: "Consumer news is a hard sell in a lot of newsrooms because it's not going to win a Pulitzer, but people really want objective information about what they are buying or have bought." http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/5493.php

I keep saying the sexy job in the next ten years will be statisticians. People think I’m joking, but who would’ve guessed that computer engineers would’ve been the sexy job of the 1990s? Hal Varian, Google Chief Economist, The McKinsey Quarterly, January 2009

„Journalism has always been about reporting facts and assertions and making sense of world affairs. No news there. But as we move further into the 21st century, we will have to increasingly rely on "data" to feed our stories, to the point that "data-driven reporting" becomes second nature to journalists.“ Zach Beauvais, Journalism Needs Data in the 21st Century, ReadWriteWeb, August 5, 2009 http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/journalism_needs_data_in_21st_century.php

WE HAVE TO RETHINK OUR FORMATS BIG AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION ARE LOST EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY ARE PRINTED OR TELEVISED

AMOUNT OF DATA DATA SOURCES NEW ANALYSIS TOOLS ONLINE DISTRIBUTION WHY DATA? WHY NOW? (TOP 5 REASONS) NEED FOR CLARITY OPPORTUNITY FOR JOURNALISM

SUB-PRIME CRISIS RATING AGENCIES CREDIT CARD DEBTS PRIVACY GREEK DEFICIT DECEPTION FRAUD TOTAL COST OF PURCHASES SENSEMAKING IS NEEDED HERE Sensemaking: “..the ability or attempt to make sense of an ambiguous situation. More exactly, sensemaking is the process of creating situational awareness and understanding in situations of high complexity or uncertainty in order to make decisions.” (Wikipedia)

DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM = A PROCESS STORY VISUALIZE FILTER B LIC O PU DATA U ET VAL

DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM FLAT EARTH NEWS VS. DEEP-LINKED STORIES (WE NEED RELEVANT NEWS AND BETTER FILTERS)

1 2 3 4 EXAMPLES, PLEASE DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM 1. USE DATA TO TELL STORIES 2. CREATE BETTER FILTERS 4. ENABLE DECISIONS 3. COLLABORATE

USE DATA, TELL A STORY Mediastorm: Never coming home http://www.mediastorm.org/0006.htm

CREATE BETTER FILTERS

...RESULT IN SIMPLE CLARITY

MAKE CONNECTIONS VISIBLE (ELASTIC LISTS) http://well-formed-data.net/experiments/elastic_lists/

ENABLE TRUSTED ACTION ust? u tr ta n yo f da o ca elp o Wh e h help With th ts could nalis make jour e to ns - pl peo ed des buy cisio ing in form litics to po from ed car. a n us

The New York Times Rent vs. Buy Calculator

WHY? (MID-LEVEL) TO STAY RELEVANT JOURNALSTS MUST DIG DEEPER STORY STORY THE DATA LAYER (GROWING VERY FAST)

1 2 3 4 PERSPECTIVES FOR DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM WHAT IS THERE TO LEARN?

NOT ABOUT STATISTICS NOT ABOUT INFOGRAPHICS

DATA-INNOVATION ON ALL LEVELS: THE LIST IS GETTING LONGER BY THE HOUR ‣ Ushahidi (Al Jazeera, Haiti) ‣ New York Times: Rent or buy ‣ Guardian Data-Blog ‣ Guardian Crowdsourcing of Data (Example) ‣ Flowing Data ‣ Information is Beautiful ‣ Innovative Interactivity ‣ Oakland Crime, Chicago Crime, Blaulichtkurier ‣ EveryBlock

PERSPECTIVES ‣ DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM IS AN OPPORTUNITY ‣ DATA SHOULD BE INTERPRETED BY JOURNALISTS ‣ DATA CAN HELP FINANCE JOURNALISM IN GENERAL ‣ DATA CAN HELP TO INVESTIGATE, DETECT PATTERNS, ANOMALIES EARLY ‣ STATUS OF DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM 2010: FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS DONE NASCENT OFFERINGS, NO LEADERS YET (MAYBE GUARDIAN, NYT) EJC TO SPREAD THE WORD AND KNOW-HOW

Thomson Reuters The Economist MAKING MONEY? RETHINK OUR FORMATS New York Times Guardian

FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES REDUCE TIME TO SEARCH MINIMIZE NEED TO REFORMAT ENABLE DECISIONS DETECT ANOMALIES EARLIER BE TRUSTABLE

1 2 3 4 DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM NEXT STEPS

DATA CAN: STEAL THE WORLD OR HEAL THE WORLD

REGRESSION ANALYSIS, PREDICTIVE MODELLING: DATA WILL GET EVEN MORE POWERFUL

EJC • DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM 1 Description PAPER PRESENTATION 2 Demonstration CONFERENCE WEBSITE 3 Training WORKSHOPS NETWORK 4 Group

EJC • DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM Curriculum Results orientated, understand journalist interests Data Mining, Filtering, Modeling, Produce Other Story Elements Text Format, Visualisation, Present Presentation Deliver information to users and Provide organizations in usable formats

SUMMARY: GOALS EJC • DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM 3 YEAR PERSPECTIVE DEMONSTRATE EXAMPLES ON WEB TRAIN JOURNALISTS CREATE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE BUILD NETWORK OF DATA-JOURNALISTS

QUESTION: WHAT IS THE BIGGEST BARRIER KEEPING JOURNALISTS FROM USING DATA?

THANK YOU! Mirko Lorenz mirko.lorenz@gmail.com

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