Simon Rogers
journalism
The weight of words (and data)
This is the introduction I wrote to a new book from the excellent data team at Paris Match, published in French. Check out the project here. What’s in a word? Quite a lot, as it turns out. The fortunes of a political campaign can turn with a single word. The right ones can propel a … Continue reading
Visual journalism gallery: images from the world’s best newsrooms and designers
Journalism hasn’t been ‘just’ words for some time — and there’s a phrase for one strand: ‘Visual Journalism’. I’ve written one of the pieces in a new book from Gestalten which provides a detailed (and beautiful) look at the field, combining images and text. But the real stars are the visuals. Here’s a selection. Visual Journalism on Amazon
Documenting Hate: gathering data where there is none
Data journalism has to do one important thing to prove its worth: it has to matter. And providing data where there is none is a key part of that role. This is where Documenting Hate comes in. The project, which includes a number of different news organisations and journalists, is designed to change that by collecting, … Continue reading
How is the world searching for the US Presidential Election? A Data Visualisation from the Google News Lab.
The US Presidential election is not just being watched in America. From Indiana to India, each development is being intently followed by people across the globe. Those people are also searching about the election online — and that’s whereworldpotus.com comes in. Along with Accurat, a design group headed by Gabriele Rossi, Simone Quadri and Giorgia Lupi (of … Continue reading
Chart: A data journalism workflow – translated into different languages
The Data Journalism workflow was originally designed by Guardian graphic artist Mark McCormick to illustrate our work on the Datablog. It’s since found its way into talks, presentations and the Data Journalism Handbook. Now it’s been translated by reporters around the world. This is all I’ve found so far – have you seen more (and … Continue reading
Video: what happens when you get a bunch of data journalists together to discuss journalism
Last night O’Reilly’s Alex Howard hosted this Google hangout with data journalists from the US – and I got to join in too. There’s Brian Boyer (the genius behind the Panda project), AP’s Michelle Minkoff, Anthony DeBarros and more
Data journalism and James Cameron: a world of questions
Anybody who’s seen any of my talks knows I always quote James Cameron at some point – and you can see a quote from him on my home page. This piece is about that quote. James Cameron is the journalist who reported from Korea and Vietnam and more war zones than you could name. The child … Continue reading
Gallery: new images from Facts are Sacred
Just seen the proofs for Facts are Sacred, out in April – these are some of Kari Pedersen’s amazing designs
A data journalism workflow
First published on Guardian Data Before a dataset results in a data journalism story, there’s a whole process of sifting and finessing and generally sorting the data out. The split is roughly 70% tidying up the data, 30% doing the fun stuff of visualising and presenting it. So, how do we get through that 70%? … Continue reading
Anyone can do it. Data journalism is the new punk
This is a chord… this is another… this is a third. NOW FORM A BAND So went the first issue of British punk fanzine Sideburns in 1977 in the “first and last part in a series”. It might be 35 years old, but this will do nicely as a theory of data journalism in 2012. … Continue reading
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