The Data Journalism Podcast

2021 in data journalism: Scott Klein on how ProPublica does it, plus our favourite projects of the year


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Scott Klein leads the teams at ProPublica that work at the intersection of journalism and technology. His teams have been recognized with a Peabody Award, several Online Journalism Awards for General Excellence, Malofiej International Infographics Award medals, the Data Journalism Award Jurors Choice Award, as well as Society for News Design Awards of Excellence, including one special recognition for “defining the design language of data-driven news apps.”

Scott is also co-founder of DocumentCloud, a service that helps news organizations search, manage and present their source documents. He sits on the board of the Muckrock Foundation.

Scott, Alberto and Simon chat about the state of data journalism in 2021, how ProPublica does it and how journalism is at the forefront of innovation.

We also talked about these projects:

  • The Atlantic's Covid tracker
  • Which birds are jerks
  • Using old ships logs to record historic weather
  • A room, a bar and a classroom
  • The music this week is based on holiday search interest, and made with TwoTone.

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