I think the context here is being taken in wrong sense. No one can deny the role of investigative journalism but at the same time its equally important to have data backed journalism. In fact, data journalism can actually complement investigative journalism.
So on this note, I would largely agree with the article. I have a few friends in media and have been talking to few journalists personally. There is so much focus and pressure on the journalists for "breaking stories" that they patience, time and effort required for data journalism is just not there. Add to that the fact that most of the journalists are not skilled enough to extract the required data from various sources in an efficient manner. I am not sure, but I have heard that some workshops are planned across the country to make them aware of some basic scripting (and other required) knowledge so that they can extract basic data themselves, I don't think there is an industry-wide push in that direction. Thanks, Mohit Arora On 11 August 2014 12:30, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > i think this title is weird... > > what revolution are we talking about? while you get solid investigative > and data reporting in the west the funding is disappearing rapidly and the > reporters doing this work are being squeezed. Real local reporting is > almost non existent... most of the US is also missing out on this amazing > revolution as well...So don't feel so left out! > > The article I find to be pretty interesting. I agree more data that is > actionable, can be used it is a necessity to help build capacity and skills > in news rooms. Also just pushing for data journalism is a short sighted > ask. Investigative journalism needs to be pushed also. > > I think there is plenty of interest in getting facts and moving the media > coverage in that direction. Whether we can pull together and make it a > realty is another question. > > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Meera <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What do you folks think? >> >> -Meera >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> India’s Media — Missing the Data Journalism Revolution? >> >> How can media make sense of a country that has over 1.2 billion people >> (about 17 percent of the global population), close to 800 languages, an >> electorate of 814 million, and the largest urban agglomeration in the world? >> >> How does one plan for a country where, at the end of 2012, about 22 per >> cent of the population lived below the poverty line (with a daily spending >> of less than about US45 cents in rural India and US55 cents in urban >> India), but which also has 89 billionaires and features fifth in the Global >> Rich List <http://www.hurun.net/EN/ArticleShow.aspx?nid=274>? The >> country's latest Census >> <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/31/census-17-percent-world-indian> >> in >> 2011 was taken with the help of 2.3 million enumerators travelling to more >> than 630,000 villages and more than 5000 cities. Census officials counted >> the thousands of homeless scouring footpaths and railway stations, while >> managing to include even the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist behind the >> 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. >> >> http://gijn.org/2014/07/21/indias-media-missing-the-data-journalism-revolution/ >> >> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Nisha Thompson > DataMeet.org > [email protected] > skype: nishaqt > mobile: 962-061-2245 > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
