data journalist
Statistics-driven news writer
A data journalist is a reporter who uses statistical analysis, databases, and visualization tools to find and tell stories.
Rather than relying primarily on interviews and documents, data journalists mine datasets for patterns, trends, and anomalies that reveal newsworthy information: The data journalist discovered racial disparities in traffic stops by analyzing ten years of police records.
Confirming accuracy of claims
- source verificationConfirming information origin authenticity
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- leakEscape through a breach
- exposéInvestigative journalism piece
accountability · transparency · public interest · documents · evidence · audit · FOIA requests · watchdog
Collected numerical information
- spreadsheetsTabular data documents
- datasetsOrganized digital records
- SQLDatabase manipulation language
- PythonLarge nonvenomous squeezer
R · scraping · cleaning · patterns · correlation · regression · trends · metrics
Time limit for completion
- editorOne who revises text
- bylineArticle author identification
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
publication · editorial · pitch · collaboration · digital · online · print · broadcast
Account of events
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
- interactiveAllowing mutual exchange
- explainerOne who clarifies meaning
- longformLengthy, detailed content
multimedia · context · impact · findings · insight · revelation · pattern recognition · annotation
fact-checking
Confirming accuracy of claims
- source verificationConfirming information origin authenticity
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- leakEscape through a breach
exposé · accountability · transparency · public interest · documents · evidence · audit · FOIA requests · watchdog · corruption
statistics
Collected numerical information
- spreadsheetsTabular data documents
- datasetsOrganized digital records
- SQLDatabase manipulation language
Python · R · scraping · cleaning · patterns · correlation · regression · trends · metrics · quantitative
deadline
Time limit for completion
assignment · publication · editorial · pitch · collaboration · digital · online · print · broadcast · freelance
narrative
Account of events
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
- interactiveAllowing mutual exchange
- explainerOne who clarifies meaning
longform · multimedia · context · impact · findings · insight · revelation · pattern recognition · annotation · newsworthy
data journalistopinion columnist
Writer of editorial perspectives
pundit · commentator · polemicist · op-ed writer · talking head
data journalistfeature writer
Journalist penning detailed articles
travel writer · color commentator · gossip columnist · society columnist · diarist
data journalistpropagandist
Pusher of biased messaging
disinformation agent · spin doctor · fabulist · conspiracy theorist · hoaxer
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