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Technical Writing and Data Journalism - Angelica Lo Duca

Nov 25, 2022
50:58

We talked about:

  • Angelica’s background
  • Angelica’s books
  • Data journalism
  • How Angelica got into data journalism
  • The field of digital humanities and Angelica’s data journalism course
  • Technical articles vs data journalism articles
  • Transforming reports into data storytelling
  • Are reports to stakeholders considered technical writing?
  • Data visualization in articles
  • Article length
  • The process of writing an article
  • Finding writing topics
  • How Angelica got into writing a book (communication with publishers)
  • The process for writing a book
  • Brainstorming
  • Reviews and revisions
  • Conclusion


Links:

  • Data Journalism examples (FENCED OUT): https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/border-barriers/europe-refugee-crisis-border-control/??noredirect=on
  • Data Journalism examples (La tierra esclava): https://latierraesclava.eldiario.es/
  • Small medium publication aiming at being Stack Overflow of Medium: https://medium.com/syntaxerrorpub
  • Example of a self-published book on Data Visualization: https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Data-Visualization-Storytelling-Scientist-ebook/dp/B07VYCR3Z6/ref=sr_1_4?crid=4JRJ48O7K8TK&keywords=joses+berengueres&qid=1668270728&sprefix=joses+beremguere%2Caps%2C273&sr=8-4
  • My novels (in Italian) La bambina e il Clown: https://www.amazon.it/Bambina-Clown-Angelica-Lo-Duca/dp/1500984515/ref=sr_1_9?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=2KGK9GMN0FAHI&keywords=la+bambina+e+il+clown&qid=1668270769&sprefix=la+bambina+e+il+clown%2Caps%2C88&sr=8-9
  • My novels (in Italian) Il Violinista: https://www.amazon.it/Violinista-1-Angelica-Lo-Duca/dp/1501009672/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=12KTF9EF5UKIG&keywords=il+violinista+lo+duca&qid=1668270791&sprefix=il+violinista+lo+duca%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-1
  • Course on Data Journalism: https://www.coursera.org/learn/visualization-for-data-journalism


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