Document Type
Article
Source Publication Title
Novum Jus
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14718/NovumJus.2021.15.1.4
Abstract
This research uses in-depth interviews with three data journalists from the Houston Chronicle and the New York Times in the United States to describe the role of data journalists, and to illustrate how and why they use big data in their stories. Data journalists possess a unique set of skills, including the ability to find and gather data and use that data to tell a compelling written story in a visually coherent way. Results from our interviews and research show as newspapers move to a digital format, the role of data journalists is becoming more essential, as are laws like the Freedom of Information Act, which enable journalists to request and use data to inform the public and hold accountable those in power. [This work is under international license Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). This is a published version of an article published in "Novum Jus" in February 2021, available online: https://novumjus.ucatolica.edu.co/article/view/NovumJus.2021.15.1.4. DOI: 10.14718/NovumJus.2021.15.1.4]
Disciplines
Communication | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Publication Date
2-1-2021
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Recommended Citation
Clark, Andrew M. and Rodríguez, Julián, "Big Data and Journalism: How American Journalism is Adopting the Use of Big Data" (2021). Communication Faculty Publications. 6.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/communication_facpubs/6