At a time when journalists are faced with an abundance of statistics and studies, it is more important than ever for reporters to be data-savvy.
But to produce quality data journalism, visualise stories and explain findings to their audiences, media organisations need to establish dedicated teams of data reporters.
Editor and founder of Volt Data Lab Sérgio Spagnuolo offers a step-by-step guide to setting up a data journalism team in this article translated by Ijnet.
"Data can answer "what," "who," "when" and "where," but only with reporting do we answer "why" something really matters," he wrote.
"Additionally, teams must be encouraged to create their own sources through surveys, data crossovers, indexing, scrapings and more."
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