Episode 54: Conversation with Duncan Geere, Pei Ying Loh and Rodolfo Almeida
Jun 6, 2023
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Duncan Geere, Pei Ying Loh, and Rodolfo Almeida discuss visualizing climate stories to inspire change. They explore the power of data visualizations in climate journalism, engaging audiences through interactive strategies, and the urgency of empowering individuals for climate action through emotional storytelling.
Data journalists should focus on making climate change stories relevant and relatable to engage audiences effectively.
Journalists should avoid fear-mongering tactics and empower readers with actionable steps to address climate change.
Future data visualization in climate solutions reporting should aim to evoke emotions and create impactful storytelling experiences for audiences.
Deep dives
Importance of Human-Centered Climate Stories in Data Journalism
Data journalists play a crucial role in contributing to the public debate on the climate crisis by telling stories that center around people. Stories about climate change need to be relevant and relatable to the audience by focusing on the impacts on individuals, making it more engaging. Data visualization should prioritize human experiences rather than technical data to connect with the audience emotionally and spur action.
Empathy and Empowerment in Environmental Coverage
In environmental coverage, journalists should approach stories with empathy, avoiding fear-mongering tactics, and focusing on empowering readers with actionable steps to address climate change. By making stories relatable and offering solutions, journalists can engage audiences effectively, encourage conscious environmental behavior, and push for systemic change.
Innovative Approaches to Data Visualization for Climate Change
Future data visualization in climate solutions reporting should aim to evoke emotions and create impactful storytelling experiences for audiences. The use of sonification, sound parameters mapping to data, can provide a visceral understanding of climate data, engaging listeners in a unique way. Stronger, emotionally compelling data visualizations can drive home the urgency of the climate crisis and motivate individuals and policymakers towards meaningful action.
Empowering Audiences with Actionable Climate Solutions
Journalists need to focus on providing audiences with a clear understanding of the situation regarding climate change, emphasizing the importance of taking immediate action to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. By moving beyond technical accuracy to evoke emotions and drive action, data journalism can play a crucial role in raising awareness and promoting tangible changes in habits, economies, and energy consumption.
Humanism and Emotion in Communicating Climate Data
In communicating data about climate change, journalists should embrace a humanistic approach, making data messages vivid and emotionally impactful. Encouraging the use of emotions in climate reporting can propel individuals to act and make sustainable changes in response to the climate crisis. Data visualization, including sonification and innovative tools, can effectively convey the urgency and complexity of climate change, prompting immediate and informed responses from communities and decision-makers.
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. So what can data journalists do to help audiences understand this complex issue and help evade audience apathy? Powering your climate stories with visualisation is one way to awaken emotion and inspire change. To delve further into this, we caught up with information designer Duncan Geere, data journalist Pei Ying Loh from The Kontinentalist, and visual journalist Rodolfo Almeida from Nucleo. They talk us through their climate stories and share their best practices for visualising climate solutions journalism.
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