[Sigia-l] the role of IAs in Data Journalism?

[eric scheid]

On 11/1/11 10:51 AM, "Martin Belam" <martin.belam at currybet.net> wrote:

> For me, job titles are unimportant - it is all about having the
> skillset of organising information, the willingness to collaborate,
> and the ability to empathise with the end user or reader. Journalists
> show that empathy when they synthesize complex stories in a way that
> their readers can understand. Information architects show that empathy
> when they arrange complex information structures in a way that users
> can easily comprehend, navigate, and find what they want. They can
> definitely be a natural fit for datajournalism purposes."

Journalists are users too, which brings us back to item (1) on my short list

>    1) helping the original publishing of the data

This is an area we could do more with, a lot more. There's likely to be many
pitfalls yet to be discovered (or more pertinently, re-discovered), and even
new techniques, methods, or principles which advantage the world.

e.