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Data Journalism Conversations

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Oct 6, 2021 • 36min

Episode 37: Conversation with Jacopo Ottaviani & Tricia Govindasamy (Code For Africa)

This episode features Code For Africa's Jacopo Ottaviani & Tricia Govindasamy. The pair speak to us about the state of data journalism in Africa citing data-led journalism projects and initiatives, including WanaData, InfoNile and Mapping Makoko.
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Sep 22, 2021 • 42min

Episode 36: Conversation with Clayton Aldern (Grist)

This episode features Clayton Aldern, a data reporter at Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organisation dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions. He talks to us about a joint investigation led by Grist and the Texas Observer examining abandoned oil wells in the Permian Basin region of the United States. Using data analysis and machine learning, the investigation found that state governments gravely underestimated the number of wells that need to be cleaned up along with the costing models.
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Sep 8, 2021 • 34min

Episode 35: Antonio Baquero & Maxime Vaudano (OCCRP, Le Monde)

In this week's episode, we spoke with OCCRP editor Antonio Baquero and Le Monde journalist Maxime Vaudano about the OpenLux investigation. The duo discussed exploring the hidden side of the Luxembourg offshore industry based on open data released from the government.
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Aug 25, 2021 • 44min

Episode 34: Conversation with Miriam Quick and Duncan Geere (Loud Numbers)

This episode features data journalists Miriam Quick and Duncan Geere, the co-hosts of "Loud Numbers", the new data sonification podcast. The pair speak to us about what sonification means for data storytelling and what stories work best for this medium.
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Aug 10, 2021 • 27min

Episode 33: Conversation with Marie Segger (The Economist)

In this episode, data journalist Marie Segger talks to us about launching The Economist's "Off the Charts" data newsletter. We also hear about her career path into data journalism and her advice for generating data story ideas.
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Jul 27, 2021 • 41min

Episode 32: Conversation with Eva Constantaras and Anastasia Valeeva

In this episode, data journalist Eva Constantaras and open data researcher Anastasia Valeeva talk to us about the power of building a data hypothesis for telling stories about forgotten communities. The conversation also draws on the pair's vast experience of teaching data journalism around the world.
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Jul 14, 2021 • 30min

Episode 31: Conversation with Dr. Melvin Sanicas

Vaccinologist Dr Melvin Sanicas speaks to us about the current state of the global vaccine rollout. He explains how different vaccines are working to protect populations exposed to the delta and delta plus variants. We also hear about the latest research in regards to mixing vaccines to fight against growing variants. Finally, he explains how boosters work and why they especially matter for the immunocompromised.
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Jun 23, 2021 • 35min

Episode 30: Conversation with Ben Jones (Data Literacy)

Our latest Conversations with Data podcast features Ben Jones, the CEO of Data Literacy, a company whose mission is to teach you to speak the language of data. In this episode, he speaks to us about how data journalism can be used to close the data literacy gap. He also talks to us about his new book, "Learning to See Data: How to Interpret the Visual Language of Charts".
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May 26, 2021 • 30min

Episode 29: Conversation with Maarten Lambrechts

Our latest Conversations with Data podcast features Maarten Lambrechts, a freelance data visualisation consultant based in Belgium. In this episode, he talks to us about how he helps organisations like the World Bank communicate their numbers by evaluating, designing and developing static and interactive visualisations. He also explains how he developed his coding and design skills for a career in data storytelling.
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May 12, 2021 • 28min

Episode 28: Conversation with Jan Diehm (The Pudding)

Our latest Conversations with Data podcast features Jan Diehm from The Pudding. As a senior journalist engineer, she explains her creative process for generating visual story ideas and what coding languages she uses to design visual essays.

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