Intro To Data Journalism

Great data stories and practical tips on how to tell them.

Lena Groeger | @lenagroeger

What’s a Data Story?

It's About Trends

It's Also About Exceptions

It's Also About Exceptions

What Do Data Stories Look Like?

Long Investigative Pieces

Charts & Graphics

Charts & Graphics

Charts & Graphics

Charts & Graphics

News Apps

News Apps

How Do I Do That?

How Do I Do That?

Reporting

Writing

Editing

Analyzing Data

Designing

Programming

How Do I Do That?

Reporting

Writing

Editing

Analyzing Data

Designing

Programming

How Do I Do That?

Reporting

Writing

Editing

Analyzing Data

Designing

Programming

Analyzing Data

Designing

Programming

A DEMO!

WaPo Solar Eclipse Story

List of Solar Eclipses

A One-Line Web Scraper

=IMPORTHTML("url", "type", number)

=IMPORTHTML("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century","table",2)

Getting Started

Pick a project

Google for the answers (srsly)

Find a community

Big List of Resources

bit.ly/data-resources

Thanks.

Lena Groeger | @lenagroeger