Keynote Speech 2: The evolution and prospects of data journalism

Abstract

Over the past 20 years, there has been remarkable growth in the field of data journalism. Data journalism is a specialization that relies on finding news stories within data. It typically involves a visualization that can make the complex results of an article understandable. Today, there is a trend in data journalism to use programming techniques (usually utilizing the Python programming language). This trend mainly stems from large journalistic organizations involved in big data journalism projects that use big data analysis. The chapter examines the evolution of data journalism from its inception to the present day. It also discusses the necessity of using programming for practicing data journalism, the available methods, and the difficulties encountered by journalists in using programming. The chapter concludes with a reference to future developments in the field of data journalism.