{"title":"A Descriptive Study on Data Journalism and its Application in Indian Media Industry","authors":"Abhishika Sharma","doi":"10.18701/imsmanthan.v11i01.6884","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The face of journalism has changed from the industry that relied\non technology and information of happenings that took place\novernight and is produced the next morning. Today media is all\nabout gathering, filtering and visualizing information beyond\nwhat eyes can see. Gone are the days when ‘Nose for news’ was\nconsidered as one of the essential qualities for a journalist to\nreport a news story. Interpretative and investigative reporting\nwas considered as the job of senior and experienced reporters.\nCompetition, advent of computer aided systems, interactivity\nand participation of audiences have changed the tradition form\nof news from 5 W’s and 1H to more data driven journalism.\nGiving a different shape to the journalistic writings which more\nbased on data available from sources, journalist today are\ndepending on data available from various sources like\ngovernment bodies, corporate houses, reports from well know\nhouses to develop and design stories. These stories are getting\npopular and accepted by the masses as they are not the normal\n‘he said or she said’ stories rather they are more factual,\nimpactful and transparent stories developed from more trusted\nsources. The objective of the paper is to study what data\njournalism is and its application in today’s mass media to develop\nnews stories. The paper will also examine the challenges faced\nby mainstream journalist coming out with data driven writings\nand its popularity amongst the readers.","PeriodicalId":135569,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Innovations","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of Innovations","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.18701/imsmanthan.v11i01.6884","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The face of journalism has changed from the industry that relied
on technology and information of happenings that took place
overnight and is produced the next morning. Today media is all
about gathering, filtering and visualizing information beyond
what eyes can see. Gone are the days when ‘Nose for news’ was
considered as one of the essential qualities for a journalist to
report a news story. Interpretative and investigative reporting
was considered as the job of senior and experienced reporters.
Competition, advent of computer aided systems, interactivity
and participation of audiences have changed the tradition form
of news from 5 W’s and 1H to more data driven journalism.
Giving a different shape to the journalistic writings which more
based on data available from sources, journalist today are
depending on data available from various sources like
government bodies, corporate houses, reports from well know
houses to develop and design stories. These stories are getting
popular and accepted by the masses as they are not the normal
‘he said or she said’ stories rather they are more factual,
impactful and transparent stories developed from more trusted
sources. The objective of the paper is to study what data
journalism is and its application in today’s mass media to develop
news stories. The paper will also examine the challenges faced
by mainstream journalist coming out with data driven writings
and its popularity amongst the readers.