EU DataViz webinar: Is open public data easy to reuse?
On 4 April, Barnaby Skinner presented his insights on data
visualisation in the EU DataViz webinar: “How to make your data
easier to visualise [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-2Trw8bCa0]”. As the
lead of the visuals department at the Swiss newspaper “Neue Zürcher
Zeitung” he works closely with information designers, software
developers and data journalists and has focused on digital
transformation throughout his journalism career.

Visualising and presenting data in a way that it is easy to digest
while still informative, is becoming an ever-more critical asset as
the amount of data grows increasingly. 

Sharing structured and machine-readable data is becoming common
practice for public organisations across the globe. The pandemic has
clearly highlighted this, as journalists and the media have been
reporting around the clock on COVID-19 and government responses to the
outbreak.

Reporters have turned to structured machine-readable data provided by
third parties to an increasing extent to provide informative content
within a short time frame. In the webinar, Barnaby shows examples of
the data repositories created by government bodies and provides
several recommendations for data sharing policies by public
administrations. 

Curious to learn more? Have a look at the recording
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-2Trw8bCa0]!

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Publication Date/Time
2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00
A data journalist's view on COVID-19 data visualisations