1. The document discusses the history and evolution of data journalism, from early examples in the 1800s to modern practices using new digital tools. 2. It outlines key aspects of modern data journalism, such as multidisciplinary teams and making sources and methods transparent. 3. The author argues that data journalism is increasingly important for accountability by enabling investigative reporting using transparency laws and open data.

1. How to do
datajournalism… and
not die trying
Karma Peiró (@kpeiro)
Director at NacióDigital
http://www.naciodigital.cat

2. Almost 20 years
16 local editions
3M unique visitors
80 days
New Narratives
& Data Journalism

3. What the hell is this?
Data+
Journalism+
webscraping+
statistics+
infographics+
visualizations
At the beginning it was only my own curiosity…
(2012)

4. Many many years ago… (1812)
Charles Minard, Defeat of Napoleon in Russia

5. ———————
The
Nightingale
rose
diagram
Many, many years ago, too…. (1855)

6. Nothing new…
journalists always led with data
(The Freeman’s Journal 1895)

7. Back to the
present…
What’s new?
Tools: cheap, easy and powerful

8. Dollars for Docs (2013)
ProPublica
ProPublica- 2010

9. Datajournalism
changes how we work
*Multidisciplinary teams
*The sources are always visible
*Interactive visualizations

10. Paul Bradshaw, The inverted Pyramid

11. One word: ‘accountability’
Transparency Laws:
in Spain (2013)
in Catalonia (2014)

14. Open Data+ activism = Transparency

16. Civio: Datajournalism+activism

17. Civio- 2015

18. 27-S Campaing maps
Datajournalism NacióDigital

19. Concepts
to rethink
the present…
To start
understanding the future…

20. Thanks!
http://www.naciodigital.cat
karmapeiro@naciodigital.cat
@kpeiro