Journalism in the Age of Data

Journalists are coping with the rising information flood by borrowing data visualization techniques from computer scientists, researchers and artists. Some newsrooms are already beginning to retool their staffs and systems to prepare for a future in which data becomes a medium. But how do we communicate with data, how can traditional narratives be fused with sophisticated, interactive information displays?

Journalism in the Age of Data from Geoff McGhee on Vimeo.

See datajournalism.stanford.edu

Chapters:

• Introduction
• Data vs Journalism
• Telling "Data Stories"
• A new era of Infographics
• Life as a data stream
• Exploring Data
• Technologies and Tools