driven by data - henk van ess
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Summary of my keynote for SRF (Switzerland) during two day congress about data driven stories. Contains recent showcase of data journalism and puts it in five different categories: invisible ddi, big data, drowned data, revealing data and interactive statistics. Keynote 1, July 2, 2013TRANSCRIPT
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
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
