Nieman-Berkman Fellow (2014-2015) and founder of Poderomedia Miguel Paz (@miguelpaz) has announced the launch of the print version of the Spanish-language Iberoamerican Data Journalism Handbook.
As noted in the introduction, the Handbook was created with the idea of paralleling the Data Journalism Handbook (which is also available for free download elsewhere). The individual articles in this book, however, were all written in Spanish and consider the point of view of native Spanish speakers reporting from and about issues relevant to the Spanish-speaking world, making the point that open access to data and information, in many of these countries, is not as available as might be found in the US or some other countries. In fact, journalism in some Spanish-speaking countries takes a completely different approach in news-gathering and fact-finding where technology can’t reach sources and government control over information impacts the journalist’s journey in finding and reporting on stories.
The Handbook is divided into 8 sections:
- Periodismo y nuevas tecnologías
- Miles de registros y sólo una historia
- Periodismo de datos en las salas de redacción
- Experiencias con periodismo de datos en Iberoamérica
- Mapas y dibujos que cuentan historias
- Transparencia y acceso a la información en Iberoamérica
- Exigiendo información al Estado
- Refinando datos para desvestir autoridades
There is a closing appedix of “Cases, Tutorials and Tools” as well.
DATAVIZ from one of the websites referenced in the Iberoamerican Data Journalism Handbook
GRAPHIC: Xavi Giménez, Barcelona Commercial Footprints
The news release for the Handbook (in English) continues as follows:
“This handbook is a massive collaborative effort by volunteers, started by Poderomedia (thanks to Hivos International and ICFJ).
Written by over 40 journalists from 35 newsrooms and civic organizations from 16 countries, the Handbook focuses on local experiences from Mexico to Chile, including Portugal and Spain, and by doing so it shows how different, harder, easier, safer or more dangerous is to do Data Journalism, depending on the country you are in.
The Handbook is in Spanish and it`s free of charge. You can read a online version at http://manual.periodismodedatos.org and in the next days youwill find a ebook version in the site too. We also have printed copies of the book for free but you need to pay for shipping 🙂
So if you, your newsroom, J-School, university library or civic organizations would really appreciate having a copy, please…write to [email protected] with subject: I want the Handbook.
Tell us if it`s for you or for your organization.”
