The proliferation of interesting and easy-to-access internet-based data combined with fast computers and free or cheap analysis and visualization tools are democratizing and popularizing the field of data journalism. But what are the rules, parameters, and guidelines for this work which, like its name, bridges the worlds of data and statistics on one hand, and traditional journalism on the other?
This was the subject of a fascinating panel discussion at Boston’s District Hall sponsored by MassINC, Google, WBUR, and the Knight Foundation. CONT.
Brent Benson, Mass. Numbers