driven by data - henk van ess

Driven by Data

Henk van Ess@henkvaness

I’m so happy to be here!

I survived a train journey

I’m so happy to be here!

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

During my10 hour tripI asked myself:

Howdangerousare trainsin Switzerland?

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

Less accidents: “Zahl der Bahnunfälle geht seit Jahren zurück”

http://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/zahl-der-bahnunfaelle-geht-seit-jahren-zurueck

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

Ich, in Rudi Carrell Deutsch

Gespräche mit Statistik Schweiz und Bundesambts Verkehr, Juli 1, 2013

30 Juni 2013: Mein Eisenbahnfahrt nach Zürich

seeing through data seems so hard

30 Juni 2013: Mein Eisenbahnfahrt nach Zürich

30 Juni 2013: Mein Eisenbahnfahrt nach Zürich

Lose your respect

30 Juni 2013: Mein Eisenbahnfahrt nach Zürich

Lose your respect for data & figures

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

You CAN interview data

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

Simple questions to start data driven stories

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

what are the data rules?

Simple questions to start data driven stories

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

what are the data rules?

what is missing? why?

Simple questions to start data driven stories

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

what are the data rules?

what is missing? why?

did they change rules?

Simple questions to start data driven stories

did they change rules?

Accidents are not listed whenminimal financial damage is lower than:

1975: 5000 CHF

Accidents are not listed whenminimal financial damage is lower than:

1975: 5000 CHF1976: 15000 CHF

Accidents are not listed whenminimal financial damage is lower than:

1975: 5000 CHF1976: 15000 CHF2008: 100000 CHF

Accidents are not listed whenminimal financial damage is lower than:

Guess what is the good news now?

Guess what is the good news now?

Railways safer than ever

Guess what is the good news now?

Railways safer than ever

2007: 282 accidents2008: 103 accidents

30 Juni 2013: Mein Eisenbahnfahrt nach Zürich

30 Juni 2013: Mein Eisenbahnfahrt nach Zürich

That only happened...

30 Juni 2013: Mein Eisenbahnfahrt nach Zürich

That only happened...

... because they changed

definitions

30 Juni 2013: Mein Eisenbahnfahrt nach Zürich

That only happened...

... because they changed

definitions

2007:15000 CHF2008: 100000 CHF

Here’s where they changed the foundations

“Ganz klare Abfälle der Unfälle”- yeah,sure!

Accidents with injuries or deadly victims don’t count if the financial damage is below 100.000 Frank ($105.765)

What we’ve learned till now

Even train trips can lead to data journalism

What we’ve learned till now

Driven byData Journalism

Henk van Ess@henkvaness

TODAY

TODAY

1. What is it?

TODAY

1. What is it?2. Why now?

TODAY

1. What is it?2. Why now?3. Tradition

TODAY

1. What is it?2. Why now?3. Tradition4. Showcase

TODAY

1. What is it?2. Why now?3. Tradition4. Showcase

TODAY

1. What is it?2. Why now?3. Tradition4. Showcase

What is it?

Data JournalismFinding, processing and visualizingbig data to get (questions for) a story

My definition of

What should it do?

What should it do?Answer (hidden) questions

What should it do?Answer (hidden) questions Reveal, explain, expose

What should it do?Answer (hidden) questions Reveal, explain, exposeInform and educate

What should it do?Answer (hidden) questions Reveal, explain, exposeInform and educateEntertain

What should it do?Answer (hidden) questions Reveal, explain, exposeInform and educateEntertain

What should it do?Answer (hidden) questions Reveal, explain, exposeInform and educateEntertain

What should it do?Answer (hidden) questions Reveal, explain, exposeInform and educateEntertain

Why now

Why now

Why nowInformation Explosion

Why nowInformation ExplosionBig Data Leaks

Why nowInformation ExplosionBig Data Leaks Better tools

Deja Vu?

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/may/11/data-journalism-book

Every data journalism book since 1992: interactive timeline

Two forms of data journalism

Which one do you like?

BEFORE

before a sea of tables in digital format

Alastair DantLead Interactive Technologisthttp://guardian.co.uk

AFTER

Method 1

after the guardian atlas of public spending

Alastair DantLead Interactive Technologisthttp://guardian.co.uk

Alastair DantLead Interactive Technologisthttp://guardian.co.uk

Method 2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17442946

Differences?

Showcaseof datajournalism

1. Invisible DJ

Text

Story: no diagrams, no charts

http://www.forreporters.com/sarah

but basedon data:

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

www.forreporters.com

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

What can a Swiss tv station do with this marathon example?

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

What can a Swiss tv station do with this marathon example?

Factual story, for Tagesschau

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

What can a Swiss tv station do with this marathon example?

Factual story, for TagesschauSport item about recreational cheating

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

What can a Swiss tv station do with this marathon example?

Factual story, for TagesschauSport item about recreational cheatingHuman Interest story: why do they do it?

2. Interactive stats

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

France TV, French television

No equal pay in France

http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/dja/

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

The Great British Class Calculator

BBC News, British radio and televisionhttp://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/dja/

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

BBC News, British radio and televisionhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515

3. Non-linear storytelling

http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/war.casualties/index.html

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

Connected China

Thomson Reuters, promotional videohttp://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/dja/

3. Data is the story

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

Nederland van Boven, VPRO, Dutch television

The Flight of The Stork

http://nederlandvanboven.vpro.nl/afleveringen/overzicht.html

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

Gay Rights in the US

The Guardianhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2012/may/08/gay-rights-united-states

4. Drowning in data

5. Revealing stories

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

http://ire.org/blog/ire-news/2013/04/02/behind-story-massive-data-effort-reveals-problems-/

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/barnehager/barnehagebasen/index.php

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

From yet unpublished interview with VG, VVOJ MEDIALAB

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

“The only way tofind it was

through data journalism”

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

Children care in Wales

Trinity Mirror

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

Children care in Wales

Trinity Mirror

Driven by Data - Henk van Ess

Children care in Wales

Trinity Mirror

Will travel back

to The Netherlands now

Will travel back

Delay timetrains NL:

record low!

30 Juni 2013: Mein Eisenbahnfahrt nach Zürich

30 Juni 2013: Mein Eisenbahnfahrt nach Zürich

If you lose your respect

30 Juni 2013: Mein Eisenbahnfahrt nach Zürich

If you lose your respect for data

... you’ll discover ‘long delays’ are no longer in the statistics

Delay timetrains NL:as usual!

DANKE@henkvaness