The Data Journalism Handbook

When you combine the sheer scale and range of digital information now available with a journalist’s "nose for news" and her ability to tell a compelling story, a new world of possibility opens up. Explore the potential, limits, and applied uses of this new and fascinating field.

Through a collection of tips and techniques from leading journalists, professors, software developers, and data analysts, you’ll learn how data can be either the source of data journalism or a tool with which the story is told—or both.

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• The principles of data journalism: This book covers the essential principles of data journalism, such as how to find, clean, and analyse data, and how to use data to tell stories.
• The tools of data journalism: The book also provides an overview of the tools and technologies that data journalists use, such as spreadsheets, databases, and programming languages.
• The case studies: The book is full of case studies from real-world data journalism projects, which illustrate the principles and tools discussed in the book.
• The ethical considerations: The book also discusses the ethical considerations of data journalism, such as privacy, bias, and transparency.