Why Small Newsrooms Do the Best Data Journalism

Posted Thursday, February 8, 2018 1:30 pm

Bettina Figl | MediaShift

Turns out you don’t need a big newsroom to do award-winning data journalism.

For my research on data journalism in small newsrooms, I talked to heads of data teams in Germany, Austria and the UK. I found that size is no barrier to innovation.

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Why Small Newsrooms Do the Best Data Journalism

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