Setting an Agenda to Tackle Environmental Issues with Data and Collaboration

de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe

doi:10.1080/17512786.2022.2031256

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“…To keep the public engaged, previous studies have shown that newsrooms must adopt audience-centered innovations in delivering content that captivates their imagination and sustains their interest (de-Lima-Santos and Mesquita, 2021a). Ripples has recently organized a masterclass that brought journalists and scientists together to teach them about the tools that they can use to gather and process the data that they need, and then translate it into storytelling that would be easy and easily accessible to the masses (R2).…”

Section: Humanizing Data: Digestible For the Publicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, La Nación’s “ Proyecto Naturaleza ” in Argentina employs data journalism and public engagement to advocate for environmental action, fostering active public participation (de-Lima-Santos, 2022). In Brazil, certain digital news outlets have actively involved peripheral audiences as a means of implementing data decolonization and activism practices.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A similar approach was adopted in Latin America to support journalists and technologists in pursuing data-driven skills (Borges-Rey, 2019; de-Lima-Santos and Mesquita, 2021b). By promoting the adoption of data journalism practices, civil society actors played an important role in enhancing the truth-telling mission of journalism using basic data-driven techniques, diversifying the sources to retrieve data, and promoting citizen participation (de-Lima-Santos, 2022; Palomo et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…On another perspective, a growing movement of data journalists is building platforms that combine interactive maps with environmental data and traditional reporting to tell stories of the harmful effects of human activities on the environment (Salovaara, 2016). However, scholars have failed to discuss the implications of such approaches from an audience-centered perspective (de-Lima-Santos and Mesquita, 2021aMesquita, , 2021b. It is important to understand how data journalism projects involve the public in the news processes.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Naturally, subfields of data journalism are emerging in the news industry. For example, environmental reporting has found its way onto the agenda of data storytelling due to the increased availability of data sources, such as satellite imagery and aerial photographs (de-Lima-Santos, 2022). Thus, data is used to trace the evolution of the environment and its impact on people’s lives and natural resources (Appelgren and Jönsson, 2021).…”

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Geojournalism, data journalism and crowdsourcing: The case of Eco-Nai+ in Nigeria

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2024

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Data journalism is increasingly vital in our data-driven society, requiring professionals to gather, analyze, and visualize data for public understanding. While scholars recognize its significance, the audience-centric aspects remain underexplored. This study focuses on Eco-Nai+, a digital geo-journalism platform aiming to be Nigeria’s first. It provides interactive data access via web and mobile apps and tools for geospatial data handling. Employing a multi-method approach, including document analysis, interviews, and platform analysis, this study examines how geo-data enhances data-driven storytelling, fosters cooperation and co-creation in data collection, and creates a new income stream for news organizations. From a business standpoint, Eco-Nai + functions as a “newstech” company, capitalizing on digital age challenges. It offers journalists a means to inform and engage the public and policymakers in vital environmental discussions, especially in environments with limited open data sources. Crowdsourcing data is critical in this context, where open data and freedom of information legislation are lacking. This research contributes to the data journalism discourse by exploring audience involvement in data-driven storytelling and advocating for public participation in data journalism projects to enhance reporting and understand data’s societal role. It also underscores the value of geojournalism skills in delivering spatial products and thematic maps, adding context and insights beyond numerical data. Eco-Nai + exemplifies the potential for data journalism to bridge information gaps and drive meaningful conversations in an increasingly data-centric world.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%