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Why is DDJ important? 

Why is DDJ important?

According to World Wide Web inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, data driven journalism will play an increasingly important role in journalism in the future...

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rssNews & Analysis

17/6/2013

Using Data from Citizens to Measure Radiation Levels and Air Quality

How a strong belief in open data transformed the way both citizens and authorities in Japan approached radiation in the wake the Fukushima disaster.
 

21/5/2013

Al Jazeera and the European Journalism Centre to Translate The Data Journalism Handbook into Arabic

Another translation of The Data Journalism Handbook, into Arabic, is expected to be completed in about one month.
 

rssResources

Hate Spreadsheets Formulas? Meet Drag and Drop Data Analysis Tool ‘QueryTree’

Daniel Thompson, the developer behind the data analysis tool QueryTree explains how the tool can help make data analysis simpler.
 

The ProPublica Nerd Blog Presents: Design Principles for News Apps & Graphics

ProPublica’s Lena Groeger explains eight principles that guide the investigative journalism outlet’s news apps and graphics design.
 

rssFeatured Projects

12/6/2013

Working with Migrants’ Remittances Data: How to Master a Big Project with a Small Team

Swiss journalist David Bauer tells the story behind the data driven project ‘The Incredible Rise of Migrants’ Remittances’.
 

27/5/2013

Behind the Australian Financial Review’s Budget Explorer

The Australian data journalist Edmund Tadros walks us through the creation of the Australian Financial Review’s Budget Explorer.
 

rssUpcoming Events

3/4/2013 - 2/9/2013

New Round of Grants for Innovation in Development Reporting

The European Journalism Centre accepts applications for creative reporting to cover development issues until September 2nd.
 

6/6/2013 - 5/7/2013

The 3rd Edition of the Italian Data Journalism School Coming Up

Istat and the Ahref Foundation are launching the third edition of Italian Data Journalism School - four days of intense learning of concepts and techniques…
 

About the project

The EJC’s data-driven journalism initiative is aimed at enabling more journalists to use data-sets as a source for reporting by providing them with the necessary skills, techniques and tools, according to their level of expertise. This website is dedicated to providing anyone interested in getting started with data driven journalism with a collection of learning resources, including relevant events, tools, tutorials, interviews and case studies.
The data journalism community and mailing list are dedicated to strengthening the community of journalists, designers, data providers and others, and encourage collaboration and the exchange of knowledge and expertise with one another.

This intiative receives partial funding from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

Join the mailinglist

Join the EJC/OKF open data and data-driven journalism mailing list which aims to enable discussions and encourage collaboration between the community of open data experts and the community of journalists interested in working with publicly available data.