[ddj] Defining datajournalism

Thu Oct 6 13:50:11 UTC 2011

#done

Changelog:

   - Creation of entry
Datajournalism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datajournalism>
   - Complete overhaul and change of meaning of Database
journalism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_journalism>
   - Creation of Structured
journalism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured_journalism>,
   which redirects to Database journalism
   - Re-creation of the page
Computer-assisted_reporting<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_reporting>,
   which, in my opinion should be merged with data-driven journalism
   - Proposal of a merger of Computational
Journalism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_journalism>with
data-driven journalism
   - I've also tried to clarify and wikify the Data driven
journalism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_driven_journalism>entry,
but that'll take time.

All contribution/feedback/edit war welcome!

nkb.
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Datajournalist since 2007
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On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Nicolas Kayser-Bril <n.kayserbril at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Mirko, Tom,
>
> Many thanks for your feedback! It concurs to the idea of datajournalism as
> a byword for 'new stuff in information management', starting from data
> collection and how to envision a story to interactive apps.
>
> I'll include your points in the Wikipedia entry!
>
> Best
>
> nkb.
> --
> Datajournalist since 2007
> nkb.fr <http://nkb.fr?m>
> +336 50 57 53 80
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Tom Kronenburg <tom.kronenburg at zenc.nl>wrote:
>
>> Dear Nicholas,
>>
>> I will publish a report on open data and datajournalism on the
>> ePSIplatform.eu
>>
>> In it, I recognize 4 types of activities that i consider datajournalism.
>> (naturally, with any definition you draw lines that are a bit arbitrary)
>>
>> " There are four basic types of data journalistic activities. All four
>> types can use PSI, and we will provide examples of how journalists used Open
>> Data to write their stories. Data journalists use (open) data
>>
>> To discover newsworthy facts or stories [from data]
>>
>> To discover trends hidden in [large] datasets
>>
>> To compile datasets for further dissemination to the public.
>> To create data visualisations."
>>
>> 1: is what you might consider CAR (even though i understand that CAR is as
>> much an umbrella-word as data-journalism).
>> 2: is different from 1, because the timing is different. I'd say the first
>> category is about a single event, while 2 is about trends.
>> 3: is what you call "Database Journalism" or structured journalism.
>> 4: I have swept together all visualization/interaction stuff in one
>> category: "Infographics, dataviz, interactive viz (for me the same as
>> dataviz, although with different tools) - same goes for serious games".
>>
>> So, basically, i think we agree on the main points that are in there.
>>
>> I don't really know whether or not distinguishing category's 1 and 2 is
>> important, but for me it feels like they are very different types of
>> activities. The first is 'searching' through datasets, combining single
>> lines, whereas trend discovery is much more about statistics, massive
>> computation and such.
>>
>> When the report is published, i'll let you know.
>>
>> Kind regards, Tom
>>
>>
>>  *Tom Kronenburg
>> *
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>>
>>
>>
>> Op 6 okt 2011, om 10:30 heeft Nicolas Kayser-Bril het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>
>> Datajournalism has been widely used to unite several concepts and link
>> them to journalism. Among these are:
>>
>>
>>    - *Computer assisted reporting* and *data-driven journalism*, where
>>    journalists make use of large databases to produce stories,
>>    - *Infographics*,
>>    - *Data visualization*,
>>    - *Interactive visualization*,
>>    - *Serious games*, in the sense that they take interaction a step
>>    further, and
>>    - *Database journalism* or structured journalism, an information
>>    management system where pieces of information are organized in a database
>>    (as opposed to a traditional story-centric organizational structure).
>>
>>
>> I also plan to rework several entries, notably:
>>
>>
>>
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