Global Investigative Journalism Network (https://archive.gijn.org/tag/data-collection/)
An investigative data journalist and a former tech lawyer teach you how to spot tricks and hidden disclosures within these interminable documents — and even how to claw back some privacy.
Too often, inexperienced data users accept the data they receive at face value. Data scientist Heather Krause cautions that data should be treated similar to a human source. Just as you’d do a background check on a human source before publishing what they told you, you need to understand your data.
John Schrag had known for a while about an unexamined pool of data that could shed new light on the issue of concussions in high school sports. The executive editor of a newspaper in Oregon, his first instincts were to keep the story in-house and garner all the glory, but he quickly realized the only way the story would see the light of day was through collaboration.
He whenua hou, Te Ao Raraunga Te Ao Raraunga, He whenua hou
In Maori that phrase means, “Data is a new world, a world of opportunity.”
The lack of reliable and consistent data results in a paucity of evidence-based Indigenous policy-making.For Indigenous peoples worldwide, the lack of good data about their communities and their limited control over the collection and use of the data have serious consequences. The lack of reliable and consistent data results in a paucity of evidence-based Indigenous policy-making.
The absence or poor quality of data on Indigenous communities presents both challenges and opportunities for data journalism. Because it is widely recognized that official data on Indigenous communities is faulty or sparse, reporters may need to look for alternative sources, or even create it themselves.