Interviewing Data for News Stories

Journalism Interactive 2014

Derek Willis, The New York Times

@derekwillis

Goals

* Learning How to Get News from Data
* Developing [Data State of Mind](3825.pdf)

Meeting The Data

* Background the Source
* [Introduction](http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/crime/arrest.txt)
* Getting to Know the Data

Asking Questions

* Finding the Flaws
* Counting
* Interestingness

Drawing Conclusions

* Themes
* Where the Stories Are
* Where the Stories Aren't