Free Download Computing the News: Data Journalism and the Search for Objectivity by Sylvain Parasie
2022 | ISBN: 0231199775 | English | 312 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Faced with a full-blown crisis, a growing number of journalists are engaging in seemingly unjournalistic practices such as creating and maintaining databases, handling algorithms, or designing online applications. "Data journalists" claim that these approaches help the profession demonstrate greater objectivity and fulfill its democratic mission. In their view, computational methods enable journalists to better inform their readers, more closely monitor those in power, and offer deeper analysis.
