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How Reuters covered the Sanchi oil tanker disaster in data and graphics
Insights into the Sanchi oil tanker projects created by the Reuters graphics team in Singapore
Political Bubbles and Hidden Diversity: Highlights From a Very Detailed Map of the 2016 Election
‘This map, although nearly two years old, continues to define American politics. The vast majority of people who voted for Donald J. Trump say they approve of his job performance today, while the vast majority…
White threat in a browning America
‘This is the core cleavage of our politics, and it reflects the fundamental reality of our era: America is changing, and fast. According to the Census Bureau, 2013 marked the first year that a majority of US…
Nicked from 1MDB or donation?
‘Recap of an oft-told tale – billions flowed into Najib Abdul Razak’s personal bank accounts. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) believes the funds were misappropriated from 1MDB but Najib claims it was a donation.’
Broadband speed map reveals Britain’s new digital divide
‘A detailed analysis by the Financial Times of data provided by the industry regulator Ofcom shows that consumers in some of the most rural areas enjoy broadband speeds considerably faster than those in the middle of London or Manchester.’
How to measure and visualise racial segregation? Lessons from the Washington Post
The Post’s examination of race and segregation in the US is a definite highlight among recent data journalism projects. We spoke to the reporter behind the story to find out more about its creation.
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How True: What does a machine-enabled news world mean for journalists and readers?
Reflections from the 2018 GEN Summit - The challenges and ethics of AI integration into journalism
FastCharts — Changing the FT Newsroom, One Tool at a Time
‘At the Financial Times, many of our articles contain simple charts to help tell the story. However, until recently getting those charts created and into an article was painful.’
What 1.2 million parliamentary speeches can teach us about gender representation.
‘This year marks a century since some women in the United Kingdom were awarded the right to vote in and stand for elections. Since then, 490 different women have represented their constituents in the House…
‘This is so good you wouldn’t know it was done by a woman.’
‘The Tate is the United Kingdom’s collection of British art and consists of more than 66,000 artworks. 2,700 of these artworks were created by women.’
Behind the Debt Binge That Now Threatens Markets
‘Policy makers, after driving interest rates to unprecedented lows, are hiking those rates for the first time in 10 years. For many companies, it will bring new financial pressures. And for some of them, those…
Producing data stories and visualisations the Reuters way
Reuters has an exceptionally strong track record of creating innovative data journalism projects and effective visualisations. We spoke to their data editor to find out how they do it.
Comparing City Street Orientations
‘How coherent is a city’s spatial organization? How do these patterns help or hinder urban navigation?’
Why Kohistan has the lowest number of voters’ population in Pakistan?
‘Ahead of General Elections 2018, Kohistan is once again in the limelight and this time for the lowest number of voters in proportion of its overall population’.
UK: The mysterious link between gentrification and violent crime
‘The rising property market in cities such as London fuels disaffection and leads to ‘commuting’ criminals’.
Google Trends Datastore
‘Download and play with key datasets from Google Trends, curated by the News Lab at Google team’.
How an Indian data journalism initiative is bringing data into the mainstream across Asia
A series of data boot camps is helping journalists in Asia connect with data scientists, medical doctors, and policy makers. What could others learn from this successful initiative?
How ProPublica Illinois uses GNU Make to load 1.4GB of data every day
‘We’ve open-sourced our code for loading Illinois campaign finance data. The process used to take hours. Learn how Make helped cut that down to less than 30 minutes’.
An alternative to pink & blue: Colors for gender data
‘The era of pink & blue isn’t over. Surprisingly many big projects in the last four years used these colors to convey information about men and women’.
US: We mapped out the road to gender parity in the House of Representatives
‘Jeanette Rankin was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives on November 7, 1916. Since then, 289 different women have represented their constituents in the House, bringing the House to 19% women’.
Expect the unexpected: Telling stories with open data
‘We developed the Open Database of Deceased Workers in Turkey. It was a public project that verified data from multiple sources, presented it in different formats, and was open to access and use by everyone’.