Data Works MD April 2020 - https://www.meetup.com/DataWorks/events/269772382/ ---------------------------------------- Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTy176hpr8Q ---------------------------------------- A Day in the Life of a Data Journalist Despite gaining prominence in recent years, “data journalism” is still a confusing term for many people. What does it mean to crunch numbers for the news? How does data journalism differ from data science and statistics, and where are the intersections? Come hear all about the world of news nerdery from your friendly neighborhood data journalist. ---------------------------------------- Christine Zhang just joined the Financial Times as a data journalist on the US elections team for 2020. Previously, she was a data journalist at The Baltimore Sun, where she used numbers, statistics and graphics to tell local news stories on a variety of topics, including police overtime, homicide patterns, population demographics, local and statewide politics — and even made a series of plots visualizing the impressive performance of Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. Prior to joining The Sun in 2018, she worked at Two Sigma in New York City, the Los Angeles Times in Los Angeles and the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. She has a B.A. from Smith College and an M.A. from Columbia University. Christine's bylines: https://underthecurve.github.io/bylines/ Christine's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christineyzhang/ Christine's author page: https://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-christine-zhang-20180802-staff.html

1. April 12, 2020
Data Works MD
https://www.meetup.com/DataWorks/events/269772382/
A day in the life of a
data journalist
Christine Zhang
christine.zhang@ft.com
@christinezhang

2. Christine Zhang
christine.zhang@ft.com
@christinezhang

3. What is “data journalism”
anyway?

4. “data journalism”
https://twitter.com/christinezhang/status/552553257625980930

5. https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest

6. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/03/upshot/coronavirus-metro-area-tracker.html

7. https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-coronavirus-cases-statewide-maryland-20200317-rk
7n7qam4fd33ka7zvrxv3xybe-htmlstory.html

12. “computer-assisted reporting”

13. Philip Meyer, 1999:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/757701-nerds-and-words.html/

15. Gather
Analyze
Present

16. 1895: Ida B. Wells

17. 1895: Ida B. Wells

18. 2000s: Spotlight

19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDf_ZEvCpn4&feature=youtu.be

20. Baltimore homicides
https://baltimoresun.com/homicides

21. Democratic primary delegate tracker
https://www.ft.com/content/f3bb0944-4437-11ea-abea-0c7a29cd66fe

22. Democratic primary delegate tracker
https://www.ft.com/content/f3bb0944-4437-11ea-abea-0c7a29cd66fe

23. Gather
Analyze
Present

24. 1846: Horace Greeley

25. https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-police-overtime-20200207-z43l2amv3vf3lb4rtgsvfeye6i-story.html

26. https://github.com/baltimore-sun-data/baltimore-police-overtime

27. Gather
Analyze
Present

28. 1988: Bill Dedman

29. “The white L and the black butterfly”
https://apps.urban.org/features/baltimore-investment-flows/
https://www.baltimoresun.com/citypaper/bcpnews-two-baltimores-the-white-l-vs-the-black-butterfly-20160628-htmlstory.html

30. “The white L and the black butterfly”
https://apps.urban.org/features/baltimore-investment-flows/

34. Gather
Analyze
Present

35. 1854: John Snow

36. 1854: John Snow

37. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/election-2016-voting-precinct-maps.html

39. “Maryland governor precinct-by-precinct:
Where Hogan and Jealous got their votes”
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-governor-election-precinct-map-20181107-htmlstory.html

41. https://twitter.com/gaufre/status/10225229670860
51328
+ a response:
https://twitter.com/jshkatz/status/10229278394259
12838

43. https://github.com/underthecurve/four-ways-precinct-maps

44. County Executive Race in Anne
Arundel County, Maryland
https://www.capitalgazette.com/news/elections/ac-cn-executive-precincts-1115-story.
html

46. https://twitter.com/christinezhang/status/1240732376898174978

47. https://github.com/ft-interactive/chart-doctor/blob/master/visual-vocabulary/Visual-vocabulary.pdf

48. FT-Peterson US Economic monitor poll
https://www.ft.com/us-economic-sentiment-poll

49. https://www.ft.com/content/7a7233a3-160a-41be-8d63-40f64e041e57
FT-Peterson US Economic monitor poll

50. Remember … polls are just a snapshot
in time

51. February poll

52. February poll March poll

53. Gather
Analyze
Present

54. https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/bs-sp-lamar-jackson-2019-by-the-numbers-20200202-tztut23q3fayvhvokryblnlv7a-story.html

55. Thank you
Christine Zhang
christine.zhang@ft.com
@christinezhang
https://www.ft.com/products https://www.baltimoresun.com/subscriptions
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