2nd Edition of Data + Journalism This Fall!
You can pick up the second edition of “Data + Journalism: A Story-Driven Approach to Data Reporting” for your fall 2026 classes. Pre-orders start in late summer. The new book features dozens of new tools, exercises and several new approaches with AI tools that the first edition didn’t have. The book serves as a great…
Keep readingData Scraping Exercise Tweak
By Mike Reilley If you are doing the data scraping exercise in Chapter 3, Page 52, exercise 1, here is a small tweak you need to make to the process. And you can thank the federal government. In order to scrape all 600-plus failed banks from the FDIC failed banks list, you must first select…
Keep readingAI Tools for Data Journalists
By Mike Reilley Since “Data + Journalism” published last December, dozens of new AI-driven tools and plug-ins have hit the market. We’ll be adding posts in the future about new tools, including Claude.ai and ChatGPT’s Code Interpreter, which looks to be a game-changer. In the meantime, here’s a training exercise for ChatGPT’s Daigram plug-in, which…
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Bonus Chapter: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Data Reporting
By Samantha Sunne As data collection, algorithms and social media become more and more influential in a reporter’s day-to-day life, journalists should grapple with a question: How can we incorporate data, and keep up with trends, while keeping diversity and inclusion in mind? How can we avoid leaving some groups behind, or emphasizing a status…
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Data + Journalism: A Story-Driven Approach to Learning Data Journalism
Reporting data-driven stories means following a process. Data + Journalism takes you from A to Z, from acquiring data to scraping, cleaning, analyzing, writing and visualizing data. The book also addresses how to share data and build public trust with data, as well as interviews with top data journalists, training videos and hands-on exercises to elevate your…
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Pro Tips: Creating Data Visualizations
Tips from Andy Boyle, data visualization consultant, Chicago Sun-Times ● Remember your audience. Put yourself in the shoes of someone who has no knowledge of this subject. What terms do you need to explain? What can you get rid of that might confuse them? If possible, share your project with others to get their initial…
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About the Book
Reporting data-driven stories means following a process. Data + Journalism takes you from A to Z in this process, from acquiring data to scraping, cleaning, analyzing, writing and visualizing data.
Data + Journalism 