mirko lorenz - data journalism event

NEWS 360 DATA DAY

ENGAGING THE DATA MINDSETLONDON, SEPTEMBER 19/2012

MIRKO LORENZDEUTSCHE WELLE INNOVATION PROJECTS

MIRKO LORENZJOURNALIST/INFORMATION ARCHITECT

FOCUS ON TRAINING JOURNALISTS AND DEVELOPING NEWSROOM DATA TOOLS

1. OPEN DATA & OPEN SOURCE2. STEPPING STONES: DATA TOOLS3. KEY QUESTION: WHAT DO USERS WANT?4. KEY CHALLENGE: CHANGING NEWSROOMS5. OUTLOOK: OPPORTUNITY FOR JOURNALISTS

NEXT 1O MINUTES

1. OPEN DATA & OPEN SOURCE - LIKE SWITCHING FROM SCREWDRIVER TO POWER-DRILL

Wordle from Open Data Conference in Kanada. Some rights reserved by susannelong

MANY USES FOR (OPEN) DATA

Source: OKF/CKAN

„GOVERNMENT IS A WEBSITE“

"I have said it before, and I say it again: yes to open data! I want to see more citizens and businesses making use of more open – machine readable – data." - Neelie Kroes

STEPPING STONES: DATA TOOLS OUT THERE

STEPPING STONES selection.datavisualization.ch

OPEN SOURCE DATA VAULT

Source: OKF/CKAN

OPEN SOURCE DATA HUB

OPEN SOURCE DATA VISUALIZATION

IN SHORT: FINDING, STORING, FILTERING, ANALYSING AND VISUALIZING DATA IS IN REACH OF EVERY NEWSROOM NOW

3. KEY QUESTION: WHAT DO USERS WANT?

To be truthful and revealing, data graphics must bear on the question at the heart of quantitative thinking: “Compared to what?

Source = Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

Source: David McCandless, Information is Beautiful

PUT NUMBERS INTO CONTEXT

Source: David McCandless, Information is Beautiful

USERS WILL WANT CLEAR ANSWERS AND TRUSTABLE INFORMATION

_Source: Visual.ly, 2011

IN SHORT: DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM OPENS A DOOR TO SWITCH FROM ATTENTION TO TRUST

4. KEY CHALLENGE: CHANGING THE NEWSROOM

DEF:DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM= WORKFLOW

DATA-JOURNALISM IS A PROCESS

Data Stories

Data Specials

Data Apps

Time needed Hours Days Weeks

Know-How Low High Experts

Tool Excel Google Refine Coding

Lifespan Day or Week Months Months or Years

THREE LEVELS OF APPLICATION

5. OUTLOOK: OPPORTUNITY FOR JOURNALISTS

5. OUTLOOK: OPPORTUNITY FOR JOURNALISTS

BUT: MIND THE GAPTIME NEEDED TO BUILT KNOW-HOW AND PROFICIENCY - QUALITY OF SOURCES, DATA LITERACY, AGILE DEVELOPMENT

Quelle: Alan McLean, NYT//Amsterdam, 2010

THANK YOU.