3Ws of Data Journalism Education
- 12 January 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journalism Practice
- Vol. 13 (3), 349-366
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2018.1463167
Abstract
This paper explores data journalism education, with a particular focus on formal training in the higher education sector globally. The study draws on data from: (1) the 2017 Global Data Journalism Survey, to study the state of data journalism education and the requirements in terms of training and (2) a dataset of 219 unique modules or programmes on data journalism or related fields that were curated and examined in order to understand the nature of data journalism education in universities across the world. The results show that while journalists interested in data are highly educated in journalism or closely related fields, they do not have a strong level of education in the more technical areas of data journalism, such as data analysis, coding and data visualisation. The study further reveals that a high proportion of data journalism courses are concentrated in the United States, with a growing number of courses developing across the world, and particularly in Europe. Despite this, education in the field does not have a strong academic underpinning, and while many courses are emerging in this area, there are not enough academically trained instructors to lead and/or teach such interdisciplinary programmes in the higher education sector.Keywords
This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
- Waiting for Data JournalismDigital Journalism, 2014
- Data-Driven Revelation?Digital Journalism, 2014
- The View on Open Data and Data Journalism: Cases, Educational Resources and Current TrendsCommunications in Computer and Information Science, 2014
- Datenjournalismus in DeutschlandPublizistik, 2014
- Data Journalism in SwedenDigital Journalism, 2014
- Computational Journalism in Norwegian NewsroomsJournalism Practice, 2013
- The rise of contextual journalism, 1950s–2000sJournalism, 2013
- Data-driven journalism and the public good: “Computer-assisted-reporters” and “programmer-journalists” in ChicagoNew Media & Society, 2012
- THE PROMISE OF COMPUTATIONAL JOURNALISMJournalism Practice, 2012
- How Post-secondary Journalism Educators Teach Advanced CAR Data Analysis Skills in the Digital AgeJournalism & Mass Communication Educator, 2008