Description
The use of data in newsroom is a must-have in the digital age. Adding this element to newsrooms is not only essential, but exciting. Setting up a data newsroom, or setting up a data unit to fit into an existing newsroom presents its own unique set of challenges, logistically.
This course teaches participants how to set up a data unit or newsroom. It will cover the resources needed, the practical aspects of inserting a data unit into a newsroom or setting up a data newsroom from scratch. Aspects covered include how to fit data journalism into a daily or weekly diary, using data to produce quick, daily stories and long term investigations. The course also covers how to incorporate visualisations and other forms of digital storytelling into a diary and how to integrate developers into the newsroom.
Learning outcomes
- Plan for, establish and resource a data unit and integrate it into the newsroom
- Plan short-and-long term data-driven diaries, including visual and technical elements, and predict realistic output
- Plan data-driven stories using the data pipeline, including visualisation and technical aspects
- Add multimedia and visualisation aspects to data-driven storytelling
- Integrate data-heavy stories, as well as quick visualisations into the newsroom workflow
- Integrate developers into the newsroom
Intended Audience
News editors and journalists.
Course Level
Introductory
Course Length
Two days
Additional Comments
Participants need to have access to their own laptops.
