At the News World Summit in Paris this week most of the discussion was about how technology is transforming journalism. A good example is the rapid growth data journalism, the analyzing and filtering large data sets to uncover news.
Last November we announced our support for the first international Data Journalism Awards organised by the Global Editors Network and the European Journalism Centre . Winners were announced this week in Paris at the News World Summit.
1. Terrorists for the FBI (Mother Jones and UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program, USA) Data-Driven Investigations (national/international)
2. Methadone and the Politics of Pain (The Seattle Times, USA) Data-Driven Investigations (local/regional)
3. Riot Rumours (The Guardian, UK) Data Visualizations and Storytelling (national/international)
4. Pedestrian Crashes in Novosibirsk (Nikolay Guryanov, Stas Seletskiy and Alexey Papulovskiy, Russia) Data Visualizations and Storytelling (local/regional)
5. Transparent Politics (Polinetz AG, Switzerland) Data-Driven Applications (national/international)
6. Illinois School Report Card s (Chicago Tribune, USA) Data-Driven Applications (local/regional)
Congratulations to all the winners who will each receive a prize of EUR7,500 We hope you’ll take a look at their projects.
Posted by Peter Barron, Director, External Relations, Europe, Middle East, and Africa
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