Category Archives: Journalism in the Age of Data

This video was extremely enlightening regarding visualization and its use in journalism. I believe many people claim to be “visual people” meaning they connect more easily through viewing images rather than by reading or listening. “Vision is the biggest bandwidth … Continue reading →

    The definition of data visualization, according to Michael Friendly, is “the study of the visual representation of data, meaning “information that has been abstracted in some schematic form, including attributes or variables for the units of information.”  Honestly, I … Continue reading →

Despite the length, I found this video pretty interesting. It showed how technology is changing the field of journalism as well as the way we collect and interpret data. The  contributors to this documentary explained that these methods help us … Continue reading →

One of the most important points I took from this documentary is that there is a difference between an amazing graphic that presents data, and really understanding what that data means, and that’s where the idea of story telling through … Continue reading →

Journalism, and many other communications professions, is not simply just about words anymore. You need something eye catching, something different, something interactive and visual if you want your work to standout and if you expect to gain hits and readership … Continue reading →

I enjoyed watching Journalism in the age of data because it made me realize the importance of data visualization. The trend of data visualization is very important because it adds a story behind collected data. Storytelling has become the new … Continue reading →

I’m excited about the direction in which news and media are headed. They may call it a “focus on sophisticated visualizations to present data” but I call it simply “adding the fun factor”. At this day and age, if it … Continue reading →

The Internet and more specifically websites are taken for granted by most people, especially those who do not know web design.  We expect everything we look up to have a website, or at least a Facebook page.  When we look … Continue reading →

As we all know, the internet is becoming an important and popular tool for social media, projects, business, etc. It’s changed how we put our work out there and how we communicate with others. And with that comes much data … Continue reading →

I found this video to be very interesting as someone who is interested in journalism as a potential career.  The amount of data accessible to journalists nowadays can be overwhelming.  This data visualization trend is a great way to take … Continue reading →