Stories

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Profiles

Profiles and Q&As with data journalists, ranging from what they do to how they got where they are.

How 5 Data Dynamos Do Their Jobs

June 12, 2019 // by
Reporters from across the newsroom describe the many ways in which they increasingly rely on datasets and spreadsheets to create groundbreaking work.

Ben Casselman: In Data Journalism, Tech Matters Less Than the People

November 13, 2019 // by Ben Casselman // New York Times

In this “Tech We’re Using” NYT Q&A, economics reporter Ben Casselman describes using R to work with data too big for Excel and to automate the analysis of monthly reports. But Casselman contends that still he gets his best stories and insights the old-fashioned way.

From English To Tech, Sara Simon ’13 Shows What An Open Mind Can Do

February 28, 2019 // by Grace Ramsdell // The Wellesley News

Sara Simon, then with the NYT’s interactive news team, describes her path from 7-month coding academy to web developer for public news, to building tools for research and news gathering at the Times.

Q&A: Quartz’s David Yanofsky on coding as a journalist

May 22, 2017 // by Jon Keegan // Columbia Journalism Review
David has covered a wide variety of topics in his work including pilots taking illegal cockpit selfies on commercial flights, documenting every satellite in orbit around Earth, and tracking private helicopters flying into the Davos conference with a DIY antenna.

Q&A: ProPublica’s Lena Groeger on data visualization and writing about design

July 20, 2017 // by Jon Keegan // Columbia Journalism Review
Groeger joined ProPublica in 2011, and her current, hybrid job title is “journalist/developer/designer.

StoryLab Academy: Data-driven Journalism with Lam Vo

BuzzFeed Fellow, Lam Thuy Vo hosted a Social Media Mining Data-journalism Masterclass in Nairobi

Explorations

Longform explorations with data

They Played Dominoes Outside Their Apartment For Decades. Then The White People Moved In And Police Started Showing Up.

June 29, 2018 // by Lam Thuy Vo // BuzzFeed News

Most 311 data investigations are frivoulous if not outright flawed. Here’s one that works within the limits and weaknesses of the data to tell an important story about racial tensions and gentrification. TK.

Examples

Investigations

Using data to comfort the afflicted and/or afflict the comforted

Suckers List: How Allstate’s Secret Auto Insurance Algorithm Squeezes Big Spenders

February 25, 2020 // by Maddy Varner Aaron Sankin //
Insurers are supposed to price based on risk, but Allstate’s algorithm put a thumb on the scale

More than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments were Likely Faked

November 22, 2017 // by Jeff Kao
Examples

The Data Sleuths of San José

May 27, 2015 // by Christian Caryl // Foreign Policy
How three scrappy Costa Rican reporters used the power of data to bring down a system of sleaze.

Essays

How-do-you-Do TK

Connecting with the Dots

by Jacob Harris
Jake Harris on data visualization, empathy, and representing people with dots

What the Fox Knows

March 17, 2014 // by Nate Silver
FiveThirtyEight is a data journalism organization. Let me explain what we mean by that, and why we think the intersection of data and journalism is so important.

Design Principles for News Apps & Graphics

May 30, 2013 // by Lena Groeger
Lena Groeger’s lowdown on how to apply classic design principles to your newfangled interactive graphics and apps

Building a Database From Scratch: Behind the Scenes With Documenting Hate Partners

October 23, 2019 // by Rachel Glickhouse

How We Helped Our Reporters Learn to Love Spreadsheets

June 12, 2019 // by NYT Open

How to Prepare for an Engineering Interview at The New York Times

January 30, 2020 // by NYT Open

Mapping coronavirus, responsibly

A data designer’s responsibility during a global crisis

March 25, 2020 // by Tobias van Schneider
As designers, we have a responsibility to visualize information in a simple, accurate and easy-to-understand way. This couldn’t be more true for designers reporting the news during this global crisis.