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Hanaa' TameezMay 9, 2023

In Spain, a new data-powered news outlet aims to increase accountability reporting

Demócrata.es, launched in March, publishes data-driven reporting and plans to expand.

Hanaa' TameezFebruary 2, 2022

How UC Berkeley computer science students helped build a database of police misconduct in California

When newsrooms, especially local ones, are strapped for engineering resources, the Berkeley students fill in a gap to help journalists complete more ambitious data projects.

Joshua BentonApril 26, 2021

No explaining allowed! A new journal promises just-the-facts description, not theory or causality

“First and foremost, we respond to an undersupply of quantitative descriptive research in social science. Causal research that asks the question why has largely taken the place of descriptive research that asks the question what.”

Sarah ScireSeptember 10, 2020

How Eviction Lab is helping journalists cover a spiraling housing crisis

As the pandemic has worsened an already critical situation, researchers started to live track evictions in 17 cities and launched a scorecard to compare protections for renters in each state.

Sarah ScireFebruary 25, 2020

“Big tech is watching you. Who’s watching big tech?” The Markup is finally ready for liftoff

After a false start, the unconventional team of algorithm investigators is ready to dive deep. “I’ve heard that we are tying our hands behind our backs, but there must be a way to engage an audience without subjecting readers to a surveillance ecosystem.”

The Sigma Awards are a new successor to the Data Journalism Awards

Looking for the future of data journalism awards? Here are a few communities coming together after GEN’s closure

Christine SchmidtAugust 26, 2019

Every crime map needs context. This USC data journalism project aims to scale it

“When we do a story looking at 18 different commuting routes, we’ve created 18 different stories, in a way — we’ve created a story with 18 distinct audiences.”

Lívia VieiraMarch 18, 2019

Is the business model for American national news “Trump plus rolling scandals”? And is that sustainable?

An interview with researcher C.W. Anderson: “You do have to wonder how long we can keep up before people have a nervous breakdown.”

Christine SchmidtNovember 8, 2018

This Spanish data-driven news site thinks its work goes past publishing stories — to lobbying the government and writing laws

“You feel all this knowledge would be useful for something, for trying to change something.”

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