Data Journalism and the COVID-19 Disruption

Jingrong Tong is Senior Lecturer in Digital News Cultures at the University of Sheffield. She is the author of Data for Journalism: Between Transparency and Accountability and seven other books. Her current research focuses on media freedom, the impact of digital technology on journalism, and social media communication of social issues.

• IntroductionPart 1: Data journalism practices: achievements, changes and challengesChapter 1 Four shifts in data journalism practice during the COVID-19 pandemic Chapter 2 Communicating uncertainty in data journalism during the Covid-19 pandemic Chapter 3 Data journalism and investigative news reporting practices during the pandemic: the case of Zimbabwe and South Africa Chapter 4 Beyond the Numbers: Spotlight on Data and Citizen Journalism During Australia's Covid-19 CrisisChapter 5 The ethics of data journalism in a pandemicPart 2: Data journalism and the newsroomChapter 6 Automating the COVID-19 story in the newsroom Chapter 7 Data journalism practices during COVID-19 in the main Spanish newspapers: features of data-driven stories and the influence of the pandemic on newsroomsChapter 8 Longitudinal Reporting and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Need for Integrated Newsroom Data PracticePart 3: Data journalism and its audiencesChapter 9 Factors influencing audience engagement with COVID-19 data visualisations: a case studyChapter 10 The audience turn in Data Journalism: How do data journalists conceptualize and perform audience engagement?Chapter 11 Trustworthiness, Accuracy, and Transparency: The Audience’s Perceptions of How the Audience Perceived Errors in Data JournalismPart 4: Data journalism, data, and external entitiesChapter 12 From Restrictions on Freedom of Expression and Access to COVID-19: Open-Source Data in Investigative Arab JournalismChapter 13 Shaping Data Journalism in Times of Crisis: Critical Perspectives on the Role of the StateChapter 14 Data Journalism and Public Health during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Opportunities and Challenges to Improve Pandemic Preparedness and ResearchConclusion