journalism

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 →

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 →

“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 →

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

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 →

CNN’s Harry Enten: Data for TV

Harry Enten, pic: CNN Harry Enten (@forecasterenten) is one of the most-high-profile data journalists in the world. He explains the numbers every day on CNN – whether it’s election polling, sports or even his original passion: meterology, specifically snowstorms. “I definitely see myself as a storyteller,” says Enten and he chats with Alberto and Simon about his … Continue reading →

Amanda Cox: bringing facts to the people

USAFacts Midterms Map The latest episode of the Data Journalism Podcast is out today, with an interview with Amanda Cox — Head of Special Data Projects at USAFacts, an unrivaled source of public data. She’s also an established data journalist and former editor of the NYT’s Upshot data journalism section. As the winner of multiple … Continue reading →

How Axios brings smart brevity to data journalism

Axios has spearheaded ‘smart brevity‘, but how does that apply to data journalism and data visualisation? Alberto and Simon chat with the team that makes it happen: Danielle Alberti, Jacque Schrag and Will Chase about how they work and what makes a project ‘Axios’.  You can check out the midterms project the team worked on with Google Trends data here.  Here … Continue reading →

New episode: Inside the New York Times Graphics Team

Archie Tse is the Graphics Director at The New York Times. He has been at The Times since 1995, and has pioneered graphics reporting, often in person – especially after 9/11, traveling to Iraq to cover the US invasion, and reporting on the capture of Saddam Hussein. He is even credited by some with being an early adopter … Continue reading →