Awesome Data Journalism

A curated list of resources for (aspiring) data journalists

Contents

• Books
• Online courses and tutorials
• Tools
• Data sources

Books

• Data Journalism Handbook 1 - An introduction to data journalism with contributions from many leaders in the field.
• Data Journalism Handbook 2 - Released as a complement to the first book. It provides a critical look at the practice of data journalism.
• The Art and Science of Data-driven Journalism - An introduction to the use of data in journalism published by Columbia University.
• The Curious Journalist's Guide to Data (PDF) - On the difficulties of quantifying the world around us, and conveying this information in a meaningful way.
• Data Journalism Heist - A practical guide to getting started with data journalism.

Articles

• Continue, Pivot, or Put it Down - The pudding, which does quirky, data-driven stories, explains their process to go from idea to publishing.
• 7 common angles for data stories - A list of common angles for data-driven stories.
• Communicating with Interactive Articles - Comprehensive and accessible analysis of different techniques for interactive storytelling.
• Applying Racial Equity Awareness in Data Visualization - A guide to inclusivity in data visualization.

Online courses and tutorials

• Doing Journalism with Data: First Steps, Skills and Tools - Covers everything from finding the right data to telling stories with visualisation.
• Data Journalism and Visualization with Free Tools - Self-directed course led by Alberto Cairo and Simon Rogers.
• Python for Journalists - Dutch data journalist Winny de Jong explains the most common uses of Python for journalists.
• R for Journalists - Learn how to use R for data analysis.

Tools

Visualisation

• Tableau - Create interactive visualisations without needing to code.
• Datawrapper - Free tool for creating embeddable charts and maps.
• Flourish - Create charts, maps and interactive stories.
• Gephi - Open source visual analysis tool.
• QGIS - Open source tool for working with geospatial data.

Data wrangling

• OpenRefine - An open source tool for cleaning messy data.

Miscellaneous

• Klaxon - Get an email when a website changes.
• Sherlock - Track down social media accounts for a username.

Data sources

• Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit - An extensive list of resources for finding the information you need.
• OpenCorporates - An open database of companies from around the world.
• Awesome Public Datasets - An awesome list specifically for public datasets.
• EU Open Data Portal - Provides access to open data published by EU institutions and bodies.
• European Data Portal - Aggregator for public data from across Europe.
• Our World in Data - More than 3000 charts across 297 topics.
• Google Dataset Search - Google's search engine for publicly available datasets.
• World Bank Open Data - Provides access to global development data.