Between the Spreadsheets
Less is more with mobile visualizations
As readers shift to tablets and smartphones, interactive newsrooms need to re-focus on the basics
By Barrett Sheridan May 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM
To walk through San Francisco is to examine the area's lurid, sometimes brutal mid-nineteenth-century origins. Each street has a story.... More
Crowdsourcing done right
Crowdsourced journalism showed its limits during the Boston bombing, but that doesn’t mean it lacks value
By Katie Akagi and Stephanie Linning Apr 29, 2013 at 03:55 PM
Crowdsourcing -- obtaining data, information, or ideas from a group of people -- can quickly bring up vast quantities of... More
Connecting China, visually
Reporters help tell Chinese political stories in an interactive way
By Yue Qiu and Wenxiong Zhang Apr 15, 2013 at 02:00 PM
On February 28, while China's leadership transition was underway, Connected China, a visualization application produced by Reuters, went online. Using... More
CAR hits the mainstream
Computer-assisted reporting is being recognized as an important journalistic discipline
By Susan McGregor Mar 18, 2013 at 02:55 PM
It's been more than a year since The New York Times declared this The Age of Big Data, but for... More
Crediting the source code
While most of us recognize that text and images are protected by copyright laws, code copyright is less understood
By Michael J. Bellantoni and Shiwani Neupane Mar 4, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Open Google Chrome and go to your favorite website. Right click, scroll down, and select "Inspect Element." The lower-third of... More
Where the jobs are
How WYNC’s data journalism efforts show new opportunities for journalists
By Beibei Bao and Jefferson Mok Feb 18, 2013 at 02:50 PM
There are probably few things that intimidate journalists like reams of data. Unemployment might be high on that intimidation list,... More
Gun permit data wasn’t maximized
The choice that faced the Journal News was not simply whether to map gun permit holders’ addresses, but how
By Susan McGregor Jan 16, 2013 at 11:36 AM
In the weeks since the Journal News's publication of a controversial interactive map of gun permit holders' addresses in Westchester... More
Must-reads of 2012: interactives
A fantastic year for data journalism
By Anna Codrea-Rado Dec 27, 2012 at 06:50 AM
As 2012 draws to a close, CJR writers brainstormed the year's best reads in their beats. 2012 was a fantastic... More
Blogging data
Programmer blogs explain the science behind the magic
By Anna Codrea-Rado Dec 19, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Data journalism and information visualization is a burgeoning field. Every week, Between the Spreadsheets will analyze, interrogate, and explore emerging... More
Getting the whole Story
NYT reporter worked closely with the interactive team
By Anna Codrea-Rado Dec 6, 2012 at 05:00 PM
Data journalism and information visualization is a burgeoning field. Every week, Between the Spreadsheets will analyze, interrogate, and explore emerging... More
Takeaways from Tow’s report
The role of data journalism in the post-industrial world
By Anna Codrea-Rado Dec 3, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Data journalism and information visualization is a burgeoning field. Every week, Between the Spreadsheets will analyze, interrogate, and explore emerging... More
A database that brings radio to life
This American Life’s archive as an interactive map
By Anna Codrea-Rado Nov 21, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Data journalism and information visualization is a burgeoning field. Every week, Between the Spreadsheets will analyze, interrogate, and explore emerging... More
Decision 2012: Who mapped it best?
From Daily Beast’s red/blue simplicity to WNYC’s intricate oranges, greens, and purples
By Anna Codrea-Rado Nov 15, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Data journalism and information visualization is a burgeoning field. Every week, Between the Spreadsheets will analyze, interrogate, and explore emerging... More
It’s about the info, not the outlet
Google’s mapped information on Sandy topped anything news organizations offered
By Anna Codrea-Rado Nov 2, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Data journalism and information visualization is a burgeoning field. Every week, Between the Spreadsheets will analyze, interrogate, and explore emerging... More
A data dream team
One example of how academic researchers and journalists can work together on data projects
By Anna Codrea-Rado Oct 24, 2012 at 03:15 PM
Data journalism and information visualization is a burgeoning field. Every week, Between the Spreadsheets will analyze, interrogate, and explore emerging... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
Josh Barro, the loneliest Republican
What to make of the 28-year-old columnist’s contempt for the GOP—and its would-be reformers
Dowd and Fournier and countless others who have launched similar complaints are asking, “Why aren’t we getting what we were promised?”
Elizabeth Spiers on launching media brands
What do news publications need to do to adapt to digital? Any publication you see doing it really well?
Wolf Blitzer and other journalists should leave God out of natural disasters
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
