Data for Journalism

Considering the interactions between developments in open data and data journalism, Data for Journalism offers an interdisciplinary account of this complex and uncertain relationship in a context of tightening the control over data and weighing transparency against privacy.

Autorentext

Jingrong Tong is Senior Lecturer in Digital News Cultures at the University of Sheffield. Her research focuses on the impact of digital technology on journalism, social media analysis and environmental communication. She is the author of Journalism in the Data Age.

Inhalt

Introduction

Chapter 1: Data as a source of information

Chapter 2: Access to data

Chapter 3: Using data in journalism

Chapter 4: Opening up data from news reporting

Conclusion: The four roles of data journalists in the circulation of data

References

Index