Aron Pilhofer on data journalism, culture and going digital

When it comes to computer-assisted reporting and the ways media companies are using technology, there are few people in the U.S.A. as knowledgeable as Aron Pilhofer. He runs a newsroom team at The New York Times that combines…

Think about data from the beginning of the story, says Cheryl Phillips

“Stories can be told in many different ways,” said Cheryl Phillips. “A sidebar that may once have been a 12-inch text piece is now a timeline, or a map.”

Debugging the backlash to data journalism

While the craft and context that underlies “data journalism” is well-known to anyone…

The Data Journalist’s Eye, An Introduction

This is the first of a series of essays by Jonathan Stray to help data journalists see the processes they must master. Anybody can read a graph — that’s the point of publishing it — but journalists who are committed to producing great work need to look…

Data skills make you a better journalist, says ProPublica’s Sisi Wei

What’s the Upshot? A promising data-driven approach to the news.

This morning, The New York Times officially launched its long-awaited data-driven news site, “The Upshot.”

David Leonhardt, the site’s managing editor, introduced The Upshot in a long note…