Category: Insights
How the Wall Street Journal conducted a video investigation into the role of the Proud Boys at the Capitol
On Jan. 6, 2021, the United States Capitol was breached and stormed by supporters of Donald Trump to protest the results of the 2020 presidential election. Of the many participating […]
How Lazaro Gamio of the New York Times visualized the COVID-19 death toll
As the number of Americans who have died of COVID-19 has climbed beyond 500,000, it’s become increasingly difficult to conceptualize this number. The New York Times has been tracking COVID […]
C+J 2021: How the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped data journalism
As COVID-19 cases surged throughout the last year, so did data visualizations. Graphical concepts like flattening the curve became household terms, and even non-epidemiologists began talking about R numbers and […]
The New York Times’ Stuart A. Thompson on opinion writing and making a career in journalism
Even during this golden age of technology, many journalists struggle to find a place for technology within print stories. The New York Times did just this, publishing an opinion piece […]
The creator of Slow Burn and Fiasco on why you should try podcasting
Leon Neyfakh, the host of hit podcasts Slow Burn and Fiasco, made it into the podcasting world at just the right time. While speaking at “Pizza, Press, & Politics,” a […]
A group project in the age of COVID: What worked, what didn’t, and what we learned about making it better
The COVID pandemic made the fall semester a challenge for everyone. As someone who teaches journalism, I found that challenge to be especially acute. I wanted to give my intermediate-reporting students […]
Behind the scenes at ‘How to Save a Planet,’ a climate solutions podcast
Climate change can be overwhelming to think about. But Gimlet Media’s new podcast, How to Save a Planet, is informing listeners about tangible climate solutions. The show is hosted by […]
How Reuters visualized the influence of K-pop on social justice issues
For the past several years, racial injustice in the United States has been trending on social media and in the news. Movements such as Black Lives Matter have increased awareness of racial injustice across the […]
Join Us Soon! Computation + Journalism Conference: Data Journalism in an Expanded Field
Who will be there, and why you should be there, too. Virtually, of course.
How the podcast ‘Science Vs’ investigated a 1971 virus conspiracy
In November, Gimlet Media’s podcast Science Vs published a two-part story on a viral outbreak in Cuban pigs in 1971. The Cuban government had ordered all their pigs burned to […]
Quarant-TV: How Traditional Outlets Can Win in an Age of Uncertainty
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated many industries. But according to recent statistics, TV news isn’t one of them. In fact, this challenging circumstance may be just the wakeup call stations […]
Journalists don’t need to do what a bot does
Last August I decided to hire a journalist to produce content for a project. This person would help me with social media posts, newsletters and reports, with the goal of […]
Pandemic news coverage is falling, but cases keep rising
The Covid-19 pandemic has yielded unprecedented media coverage. Over the last six months, no single topic has taken over online news quite like the coronavirus has. In fact, at its […]
Update: How to geocode a CSV of addresses in R
This post is an update from the previous post, “How to geocode a CSV of addresses in R”. We will be using the ggmap package again, and be sure to investigate the usage […]
Audio storyteller Molly Segal on reporting in the wild
Molly Segal strolled into the classroom wearing a black turtleneck, baggy green pants, and fashionable brown boots. The classroom and her clothes were far different than her everyday work and […]