Data Journalism

By Atim Charlotte Uganda ranks in the sixteenth position globally in the prevalence of child marriage and has the tenth highest absolute number of child brides totalling an estimated five million. Data by UNICEF indicates that as of 2019, about 34% of Ugandan women are married before the age of…

Gemma Gatticchi and Gemma Ritchie There are a lot of data visualisation tools out there. But two of our favourites are Flourish and Figma. Flourish is an online tool for turning data into charts, and Figma makes it easy to edit vector-based graphics. While Flourish makes great interactive graphics, at…

Co-authored with Rohit Saran. A year ago, we embarked on a project to increase the quantity and quality of data across TOI.com. The big picture: Good editorial products have novelty, evidence, speed to market, and user experience. A common component connecting all four attributes is data. Insights from data can…

By Anibe Idajili The global average of women in media remains dismal at 25%, according to the 6th edition of the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) released in 2021. Only 24% of African online reporters are women, according to the Africa GMMP regional report from 2020, compared to 76% of…

Testing a hunch about how often The Guardian links to the ONS was a chance to explore good data journalism practice, revisit some Python and play with the excellent Guardian API. But what did I find out? — When introducing data (and data-driven journalism) to students I always include The Office of National Statistics (ONS) as a go-to source. It's a really accessible gateway to the ‘low hanging fruit’ of government data sources as well as their own data gathering and analysis.

Do you want to dig into the extractive industries in your country? The Opening Extractives (OE) programme aims to build the capacity of government and local stakeholders to integrate, use, and analyse data in the public domain to improve accountability and governance in resource-rich countries. …

By Oxpeckers Reporters European Union member states imported more than €22-million worth of timber from Myanmar in 2021 — and nearly €8-million after sanctions were imposed on the military junta in June. Guillaume Pajot investigates Myanmar’s forests are dying. The Southeast Asian nation lost four million hectares of forest cover…

On 8 March every year, the world celebrates the milestones achieved by women from different walks of life. This is usually also an opportunity to discuss challenges hindering women’s development and strategise the way forward. This day is acknowledged as International Women’s Day (IWD). WanaData (WD) celebrated IWD on March…

Now it’s time for DataViz Weekly! Let’s look at the four most interesting new data visualization projects we have recently come across! Deaths in the (self-proclaimed) DPR in 2014–2022 — Reddit user feoleoneo French presidential election results — Le Monde Internet blackouts worldwide since 2016 — Rest of World April…