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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 […]

March 10, 2021March 15, 2021 Tessa Davies Behind the scenes, Insights, Interviews

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 […]

March 4, 2021March 15, 2021 Raina Levin Behind the scenes, Insights, Interviews

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 […]

March 3, 2021March 15, 2021 Saima Sidik Insights, Media Watch, Roundups

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 […]

February 16, 2021February 28, 2021 Ella Witt Insights, Interviews

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 […]

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 Elana Lane Insights, Interviews

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 […]

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 Dan Kennedy Insights

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 […]

January 29, 2021February 4, 2021 Julia Hong Insights, Interviews

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 […]

January 26, 2021February 4, 2021 Samuel Chuan Behind the scenes, Insights, Interviews

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.

January 12, 2021January 21, 2021 Nick Stoico Insights

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 […]

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Julia Hong Behind the scenes, Insights, Interviews

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 […]

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Anna Campbell and Danae Bucci Insights, Reinventing Local TV News

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 […]

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Sérgio Spagnuolo Insights

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 […]

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Rahul Bhargava Insights, Research

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 […]

June 13, 2020June 13, 2020 Martin Frigaard Data Journalism in R, How to, Insights

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 […]

March 13, 2020April 14, 2020 Luiza Loyo Insights

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