JOURNALISM IN THE AGE OF DATA GEOFF McGHEE, CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS AT BILL LANE CENTER FOR THE AMERICAN WEST, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
JOURNALISTS ARE COPING WITH THE RISING INFORMATION FLOOD BY BORROWING DATA VISUALISATION TECHNIQUES FROM COMPUTER SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS AND ARTISTS. BUT HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH DATA, HOW CAN TRADITIONAL NARRATIVES BE FUSED WITH SOPHISTICATED, INTERACTIVE INFORMATION DISPLAYS?