Newsroom Hacks. How data journalism was bootstrapped at Renascença

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# Newsroom Hacks
### How data journalism was bootstrapped at Renascença

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# Who Am I?

- .large[A "regular" journalist with a very special interest in data, data science, code and web.]

- .large[The guy at the newsroom who people started asking for "interactive things".]

- .large[Journocoder - a journalist that uses code to tell stories.]

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## Even though...

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# My Team

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# My Team

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# What the #$@&%*!? <br> is Data Journalism?

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.large[Journalism where data can be **the source**, or it can be **the tool with which the story is told** — or it can be both.]

Paul Bradshaw @ ["Data Journalism Handbook"](https://datajournalism.com/read/handbook/one/introduction/what-is-data-journalism)

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## What makes data journalism **different** to the rest of journalism?

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<h3> The new possibilities that open up when you combine data with the traditional ‘nose for news’ and ability to tell a compelling story.
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Paul Bradshaw @ ["Data Journalism Handbook"](https://datajournalism.com/read/handbook/one/introduction/what-is-data-journalism)

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## Examples

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# <span id="flag">🇵🇹</span>
# in Portugal...

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# Lessons Learned

### *what three years being the guy with RStudio open on a newsroom taught me*

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# 1. Show what's possible
.large[Even if you don't know how to do it. It's impossible to think as data journalist if you don't know what data/code can do for you.]

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# 2. News outlets can't afford unicorns
.large[I don't even know if they are real.]

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#Become one

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# 3. Manage expectations

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# 4. Learn how to buy time

.large[If you think it’ll take you just a few minutes, **you’re wrong**. It’ll take a lot longer than that.]

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# 5. It's ok to be a hacker

.large[It's a new thing and your company will not understand why the hell a journalist needs to pay for an API (a what?).]

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# An ode to the credit card

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en" data-theme="light"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Some day, when the really, really niche history of journalism is written, there’ll be a part of a chapter dedicated to how Pcards and cloud servers enabled an end run around IT, and thus lurching newspapers forward against their will.</p>&mdash; Matt Waite (@mattwaite) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattwaite/status/1098570420293373952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 21, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
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# 6. Stop acting as if you have unique superpowers

.large[Being able to code and do data analysis among journalists can make you feel as if you’re endowed with mystical powers.]

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# Still so much to do...

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<img src="figs/rr_open_data.png" witdh="70%">

https://gitlab.com/Renascenca/dados

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# Why we think all newsrooms should go open data:

- .large[Accountability;]

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<h3>
In data journalism you get to choose the data you want and say whatever your wish
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My editor, mocking the faith in data everybody has

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# Why we think all newsrooms should go open data:

- .large[Accountability;]

- .large[Journalist's moral obligation;]

- .large[We believe open data = better society;]

- .large[Thank the community;]

- .large[Show data geeks what we do.]

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# Next steps...

- .large[Turn our analysis "readable" to everyone.]

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# Next steps...

- .large[✅ Turn our analysis "readable" to everyone;]

- .large[❌ Allow "non geeks" to use our data portal;]

- .large[☑️ Open Source more code.]

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# 🛠 Under development 🛠

https://gitlab.com/Renascenca/renascencar/

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# Thanks!

<a href="https://twitter.com/rui_barros17"><i class="fa fa-twitter fa-fw"></i>&nbsp; @rui_barros17</a><br>
<a href="gitlab.com/ruimgbarros/"><i class="fa fa-gitlab fa-fw"></i>&nbsp; @ruimgbarros</a><br>
<a href="https://blog.ruimgbarros.com/" target='_blank'><i class="fa fa-link fa-fw"></i>&nbsp; blog.ruimgbarros.com </a><br>
<a href="mailto:rui.barros@rr.pt"><i class="fa fa-paper-plane fa-fw"></i>&nbsp; rui.barros@rr.pt</a>

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