Data News is about getting big data sets and finding a way to present this information in a simple wayto-understand way.
This is a relatively new form of news that explores the vast amount of digital information that can now be obtained.
Of course, most people have neither the time nor the willingness to spend a lot of time trying to decipher spreadsheets or databases, so it is crucial to come up with a way to bring data into life.
Usually, I will work with the design team of this era to develop interactive displays to make the information simple (
Maybe even fun)to explore.
For example, this is a snapshot of a spreadsheet we use for the "school of excellence" Dashboard: It's hard to understand all these data cells, isn't it?
That's why we show this way to make the message clearer: for the "school of excellence" program, I have collected information on the results of each school in the state that provides VCE for 10 years and connected the annual information together, so it is possible to see how the school scores change during this time.
I also collected school data from other sources and had to come up with a way to make sure all schools match up, which is not easy.
When we're done, we have to come up with a way to visualize thousands of rows of data so that it doesn't overload the reader with information.
Here is the completed dashboard: I hope we have successfully presented all this information in a useful way.
As far as I know, no one has tried this method before in terms of VCE data, and a lot of work needs to be done, but salary
The closure is that we can allow Age readers to explore the results themselves and perhaps make informed decisions about the schools in their area.
I have also analyzed this information, not just to present it, so that we can recognize the schools that are working to improve their grades.
This analysis helps to form the basis of the first "excellent school" award.
But data news is not sitting in the office watching data.
The traditional news elements are still important.
Once we found 10 outstanding schools, we went out to interview the principals of each school so that we could learn the stories behind the data.
For a school Murrayville Community College, this means driving six hours from the city and meeting with the school's staff and students to find out what drives them to excel.
The best case is that data news is a new and exciting form of news that can bring new sources of stories and new ways of telling stories, this era is one of Australia's first media organizations to recognize its potential.
In the past few years, many data news stories have been produced in this era, and we will continue to make them as long as our readers find them informative and interesting.
Here are some examples of Data News projects that have recently emerged in this era.
Peak time project we used information from VicRoads and location data company to analyze how travel speed in Melbourne deteriorated and created a series of interactive projects to show how traffic congestion affects you[
How to get through the worst rush hour in Melbourne
Are you making enough?
A series of stories can help you find a lot of important information about your job, such as average income, typical hours of work per week, types of people doing it, its future employment prospects and whether there is a gender pay gap. [
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From the beginning of the worst jungle fire in Australia to the Black Saturday 10 years later, we saw the Black Saturday fire. [
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Victoria crime Interactive
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