Data journalism might seem still a fancy, laborious and expensive business, that only big international media outlets like The New York Times or The Economist can afford. But very often data at local level is widely available and more reliable. So what are the challenges of data journalism done at local level? How can we promote more local data journalism? What are the opportunities for data journalism at local level? How can editorial groups and newsrooms put resources together to work better? What are examples of local and small newsrooms making excellent data journalism?
At the European Journalism Centre, I take care of the data journalism programmes. We curate online courses, resources and a interactive community for data journalism enthusiasts on DataJournalism.com.
Kira Schacht ist freie Datenjournalistin bei der Deutschen Welle. Dort berichtet sie über globale Themen von Klimawandel über Migration bis hin zu Kultur. Sie ist außerdem Mitgründerin und Trainerin bei der Datenjournalismus-Initiative Journocode.
