Here is one Indian website I recently bumped into which I think is trying this out. I am not sure if they are making money at this stage, but I feel its a step in right direction : http://www.indiaspend.com
Also I came to know that The Hindu has recently made substantial investments to have data-backed stories and this url could be an output of the same: http://www.thehindu.com/data/ Thanks, Mohit Arora On 12 August 2014 08:28, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > I also agree. But my point is along the lines that yes there is good > investigative journalism and data journalism in some places. But the > Guardian and NYT with their large data crunching capacity are the > exceptions and the NYT is going bankrupt. I also am weary of waiting around > to see how sites like ProPublica and others find ways to become sustainable > financially. The pressures and lack of capacity are in newsrooms all over > the world including the west. > > India is the rule not the exception. > > This is not just a problem with Indian journalists and that means there is > a great opportunity to experiment and find new ways to work with them and > others to find different ways of promoting investigative and data > journalism. > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Mohit Arora <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. 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