Simon Rogers

The Cool Grey City of Data: inside the San Francisco Chronicle’s data team

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Dan Kopf⁠ and ⁠Nami Sumida⁠ join Simon and Alberto to discuss how the SF Chronicle tells data stories, such as Sumida’s ⁠recent exploration of the city’s Japantown⁠ (sub required) and the WW2 internment that nearly destroyed it. The team discuss what makes the Bay Area such a rich source of data journalism … Continue reading →

Sonified: how we made a data album

One of the greatest features of data is that pretty much anything can represent it. It can be great journalism; it could be glass sculptures representing sea level rises, paint representing a battle with long COVID – and it can even be music. And now we have turned that music into a playlist album: Sonified. … Continue reading →

Data journalism for CNN

Anna Brand⁠ is the Managing Editor for Data and Graphics at CNN Digital. On the first Data Journalism Podcast of 2024, she chats with Simon and Alberto about building a data journalism team at the news outlet, explains how it works and what inspires her. The⁠ ⁠⁠music this week⁠⁠,⁠ made with⁠⁠ ⁠TwoTone⁠⁠⁠, is based on … Continue reading →

Holiday special: why data storytelling matters

It’s a different kind of podcast this week: Simon and Alberto talk about Alberto’s latest book, ⁠The Art of Insight,⁠ why data journalism is still a dream job and our approaches to working with numbers to tell stories. Find out what books got us here – and what we care about most, when it comes … Continue reading →

“Hungary is a data journalism superpower”

Attila Bátorfy⁠ is a data journalist operating in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, heading up ATLO and pioneering the field in the country as a teacher and practitioner. Find out why he believes Hungary is the country to watch for data storytelling in this new episode of the Data Journalism Podcast. Music by ⁠⁠TwoTone⁠⁠, based on data … Continue reading →

Data journalism at The Guardian

New Podcast: The Guardian’s Pamela Duncan and Ashley Kirk join me to talk about how data journalism has changed since I was there, how the news organisation works today and what is coming next. Music by TwoTone, based on data from this story about rising surface temperatures. You can hear the full (long) track here. … Continue reading →

Alan Smith: Inside the FT’s data journalism operation

Alan Smith is a rare breed: he leads the FT’s team of data reporters and designers, but has a background in the stuffy world of official statistics as former head of digital content at the UK’s Office for National Statistics. Alan is also author of How Charts Work, a handbook on designing with data using the FT’s … Continue reading →

New podcast episode: Data journalism in Kenya, with Eunice Magwambo

AI for data storytelling

Artificial Intelligence is already being used in data journalism. For a field which is obsessed about trying to automate tedious tasks, AI is custom made. Data storytelling and journalism have always been at the forefront of technology, first to adopt the newest gadgets and techniques. When VR devices launched, data journalists at the WSJ designed … Continue reading →

Rani Molla: data for journalism

New episode of the Data Journalism Podcast out today with an interview with Rani Molla. Rani is a senior correspondent at Vox Media, reporting for Recode on the intersection between work, technology and the future. She uses data to tell stories every day, whether it’s about our return to the office (or lack of), the impacts of … Continue reading →