In Defense of Old-School Reporting Tactics in the Age of Data Journalism

To be fashionable in the journalism world these days, one needs only a single line on his or her CV: “data journalist.” It wins Pulitzers and it brings down dictators, but a singular focus on data massively underserves readers and writer alike.

Data journalism is on the tip of everyone’s tongue and at the top of their jobs listings. It’s changed the game of research and fact-checking in the last 10 years.

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