from attention to trust: data-driven journalism and the urban future
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Presentation from Picnic 2011. At the festival the main topic was urban live. This presentation aims to show that there new needs. The key idea is to transform data into meaningful information, helping each one of us to cope with the factors influencing our lives. One way do that is to use data more and better. Journalists could take a role in this. This is what data-driven journalism is about.TRANSCRIPT
picnic 2011 From Attention to Trust:How data-driven journalism can help us in the urban future
@mirkolorenzInnovation ProjectsDeutsche Welle
#ddj#picnic11
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old story: How we see the worldnew story: What data can tell us1000 stories: Perspectives
old story
You are here
your circle of trust
You are here
To survive, we rely on:our senses
our experienceadvise from family and friends
conventional wisdom
For the future, this is not enough
Business?Drive for continually growing profits
data analyticsbusiness intelligence
Corporations
Brands
Government
Mortgages
Marketing
ConsumerCredit
Checks
Statistics
Taxes
Corporations
Brands
Government
Mortgages
Marketing
ConsumerCredit
Checks
Statistics
Taxes
Corporations
Brands
Internet
Social Media
Disparity of access to understandable data enables
„modern cheating“(small and big)
„Small“ examples:
Ending a mobile phone subscriptionIdentity theft/phishing
Compare costs of products/servicesUnderstanding full cost of a loan
Big examples:Subprime crisis
Debt crisisPrivacy
recent innovation:tracking everyone in
real-time
Who owns your data?
Photo: Mirko Lorenz, 2011 (Tekniska museet, Stockholm)
Who owns your data?
Photo: Mirko Lorenz, 2011 (Tekniska museet, Stockholm)
Why is it collected?Where is it stored?
Why is it kept?How is it used?
Source: Apple
new story
DEF:DATA-DRIVEN JOURNALISM= WORKFLOW
We need a process to transform data into story
Source: Worldbank
BETTER FILTERS
Source: David McCandless, Information is Beautiful
...show the context
Source: David McCandless, Information is Beautiful
...show the context
Source: David McCandless, Information is Beautiful
OPEN DATA
WHY A NEW STORY?
FS Michaels: Monoculture. How One Story isChanging Everything, 2011
the GNP measures everything, except that which makes life worthwhile
Robert F. Kennedy (1968)
Robert F. Kennedy Address, University of Kansas, Lawrence Kansas,
March 18, 1968Link
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CROWDSOURCING
Source: Guardian
NEW MODELS TO FINANCE THIS
Q: WHAT ARE THE DATA TOOLS FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL THINK ARE INDISPENSABLE?
VISUALISING WHAT AFFECTS US
CITY
COUNTRY
WORLD
PEOPLE
GROUP
OPEN + NOT-SO-OPEN DATA
VISUALISING WHAT AFFECTS US
CITY
COUNTRY
WORLD
PEOPLE
GROUP
MEDIA
OPEN + NOT-SO-OPEN DATA
Journalists, where do you add value?
Quote Jeff Jarvis
SWITCH IN MEDIA MODELS:FROM ATTENTION TO TRUST
VISUALIZING WHAT IS NOT SENSEABLE
_Source: Visual.ly, 2011
VISUALIZING WHAT IS NOT SENSEABLE
_Source: Visual.ly, 2011
VISUALIZING WHAT IS NOT SENSEABLE
_Source: Visual.ly, 2011
Team Ingest Filter Publish DistributeProduce Measure
TextCHANGING JOURNALISM WORKFLOWS: DATA TO STORY
Vision Cloud Media Use Case
Rethinking media workflows
Trustable services
Trustable services
Trustable servicesTransparent
OpenIndividual
No hidden agenda
TO GET THERE:TOOLSTRAININGEXAMPLES
1000stories
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DATA STORYON A GLOWING RECTANGLE NEAR YOU
„Our city is now a better place“-- Local Authority
„It‘s a wonder how we could do without it“ -- Government
DIGGING DEEPER
AN OPEN DATA PRODUCTION
„Surprisingly helpful“
-- User
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