Data Journalism Conversations

Analysing and communicating uncertainty in data has never been more important for journalists. But what is the best way to interrogate data and deem it trustworthy? This week's podcast features a conversation with Professor Denise Lievesley from the University of Oxford. She discusses what data journalists can learn from statisticians and the parallels between the two professions.

This week's podcast features a conversation between Buzzfeed's Craig Silverman, the editor of the latest verification handbook, and Sam Gregory, programme director at WITNESS. The pair spoke about deepfakes and synthetic media along with the tools and techniques journalists need to detect and debunk fakery online.

This week's podcast features a conversation between Buzzfeed's Craig Silverman, the editor of the new verification handbook, and Dr Claire Wardle, the executive director of First Draft. The pair spoke about how the misinformation landscape has changed since 2014 along with the tools and techniques journalists need to spot, monitor and debunk inaccurate information.

In this week's Conversations with Data podcast, we spoke with Dr Siouxsie Wiles, an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland. As a microbiologist with a speciality in infectious disease, she explains the uncertainty behind the virus' data and why antibody tests may not yet be a reliable option for mass screening.

In this week's Conversations with Data podcast, we spoke with data visualisation expert Amanda Makulec about how data journalists can create understandable charts, graphs, and maps that better explain complexity in these uncertain times. With a background in public health, she explains how to effectively approach visualising COVID-19 data for your stories.

Simon Rogers is a leading voice in the world of data journalism. As the data editor at Google News Lab, we spoke with him about the 2020 Sigma Awards, machine learning in the newsroom, and why collaboration is the future of data journalism.

We've all heard about the gender pay gap, but what about the gender data gap? To mark International Women's Day, we spoke with Data2X's executive director Emily Courey Pryor about how missing or incomplete data on girls and women stop journalists from telling the full story.

Joining us for our first-ever Conversations with Data podcast is Craig Silverman, Buzzfeed's media editor and one of the world's leading experts on online misinformation and content verification. He talks to us about verifying the numbers along with his experience of working with Buzzfeed's data team.