Doing the Numbers: Getting the other 50% of the story
1. New Mexico Press Women – April 2010 -- Albuquerque Doing the Numbers: Getting the other 50% of the story Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism Santa Fe, New Mexico www.analyticjournalism.com t o m @ j t j o h n s o n . c o m
39. New Mexico Press Women – April 2010 -- Albuquerque Doing the Numbers: Getting the other 50% of the story Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism Santa Fe, New Mexico www.analyticjournalism.com t o m @ j t j o h n s o n . c o m
Notas del editor
Of course, the response is based on the THEORITCAL belief that theory is not needed by journalists.
Datasphere = environment holding all conceptual data of interest to humans Datasphere = similar to biosphere, except resources not depleted or transformed, merely copied Journalist: one species in the Datasphere Environment changes: Species either evolve or die
Datasphere = environment holding all conceptual data of interest to humans Datasphere = similar to biosphere, except resources not depleted or transformed, merely copied Journalist: one species in the Datasphere Environment changes: Species either evolve or die
Journalism is no longer just telling stories Journalism’s future = Hub for transactions How can we help those with data needs – cultural, economic, educational, medical, governmental, etc. -- connect with those people, agencies, institutions who have the data resources being sought?
Journalism is no longer just telling stories Journalism’s future = Hub for transactions How can we help those with data needs – cultural, economic, educational, medical, governmental, etc. -- connect with those people, agencies, institutions who have the data resources being sought?
Great site of 2008 Presidential election maps: http://kottke.org/plus/2008-election-maps/
http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html
http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html
Don’t get bogged down too deeply in minutia of the data BUT make data available to any readers who do wish to do their own analysis Note RANKING of causes. Drugs are relatively minor Note relative rates of conviction. Are they more important than the # of tickets written? We don’t know until we do some more reporting. I.e. “Talk to the Chief of Police!”
Don’t get bogged down too deeply in minutia of the data BUT make data available to any readers who do wish to do their own analysis Note RANKING of causes. Drugs are relatively minor Note relative rates of conviction. Are they more important than the # of tickets written? We don’t know until we do some more reporting. I.e. “Talk to the Chief of Police!”