Chapter 1 Introduction What Is Data Journalism? Why Journalists Should Use Data Why Is Data Journalism Important? Some Favorite Examples Data Journalism in Perspective Chapter 2 In The Newsroom The ABC’s Data Journalism Play Data Journalism at the BBC How the News Apps Team at the Chicago Tribune Works Behind the Scenes at the Guardian Datablog Data Journalism at the Zeit Online How to Hire a Hacker Harnessing External Expertise Through Hackathons Following the Money: Data Journalism and Cross-Border Collaboration Our Stories Come As Code Kaas & Mulvad: Semi-Finished Content for Stakeholder Groups Business Models for Data Journalism Chapter 3 Case Studies The Opportunity Gap A Nine Month Investigation into European Structural Funds The Eurozone Meltdown Covering the Public Purse with OpenSpending.org Finnish Parliamentary Elections and Campaign Funding Electoral Hack in Realtime (Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires) Data in the News: WikiLeaks Mapa76 Hackathon The Guardian Datablog’s Coverage of the UK Riots Illinois School Report Cards Hospital Billing Care Home Crisis The Tell-All Telephone Which Car Model? MOT Failure Rates Bus Subsidies in Argentina Citizen Data Reporters The Big Board for Election Results Crowdsourcing the Price of Water Chapter 4 Getting Data A Five Minute Field Guide Your Right to Data Wobbing Works. Use It! Getting Data from the Web The Web as a Data Source Crowdsourcing Data at the Guardian Datablog How the Datablog Used Crowdsourcing to Cover Olympic Ticketing Using and Sharing Data: the Black Letter, the Fine Print, and Reality Chapter 5 Understanding Data Become Data Literate in Three Simple Steps Tips for Working with Numbers in the News Basic Steps in Working with Data The £32 Loaf of Bread Start With the Data, Finish With a Story Data Stories Data Journalists Discuss Their Tools of Choice Using Data Visualization to Find Insights in Data Chapter 6 Delivering Data Presenting Data to the Public How to Build a News App News Apps at ProPublica Visualization as the Workhorse of Data Journalism Using Visualizations to Tell Stories Different Charts Tell Different Tales Data Visualization DIY: Our Top Tools How We Serve Data at Verdens Gang Public Data Goes Social Engaging People Around Your Data Colophon