Bertrand Pecquerie, CEO, Global Editors Network, described the components of some of the best data journalism being produced in 2013 and 2014 at the Big Data for Media conference on May 8 in London, sponsored by World Newsmedia Network and Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism,
Pecquerie talked about the Data Journalism Awards (DJA). This year there are 75 finalists (More info here: http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/programmes/data-journalism-awards/). The winners will be announced on June12. Most of the entries came form Europe and North America. This year the DJA jury included: Paul Radu is Executive Director of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Paul E. Steiger is Executive Chairman of ProPublica's board of directors, Peter Barron is Google’s Director of Communications and Public Affairs for the EMEA, and Reginald Chua is Editor of Data and Innovation at Thomson Reuters.
The award shows that Data journalism is growing and established genre of journalism. The growing trend is more and more journalists/coder teams. The award-winners will be announced in June at GEN's annual conference.
Wilfried Runde, Head of Innovation Projects, says journalists have always used data. The new thing is filtering and the visualization proess. "The story is still the most important part," he said at the conference.
Pecquerie talked about the Data Journalism Awards (DJA). This year there are 75 finalists (More info here: http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/programmes/data-journalism-awards/). The winners will be announced on June12. Most of the entries came form Europe and North America. This year the DJA jury included: Paul Radu is Executive Director of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Paul E. Steiger is Executive Chairman of ProPublica's board of directors, Peter Barron is Google’s Director of Communications and Public Affairs for the EMEA, and Reginald Chua is Editor of Data and Innovation at Thomson Reuters.
The award shows that Data journalism is growing and established genre of journalism. The growing trend is more and more journalists/coder teams. The award-winners will be announced in June at GEN's annual conference.
Wilfried Runde, Head of Innovation Projects, says journalists have always used data. The new thing is filtering and the visualization proess. "The story is still the most important part," he said at the conference.
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