"Data journalism is an emerging area of practice and study, which draws on knowledge from several disciplines, including journalism, information science, social sciences, data and computer sciences, data analytics, information design, and storytelling. Having been built on the foundations of precision journalism, data journalism promotes a fact-based and scientific approach to journalism."

Source: Heravi, Bahareh (2018). 3 Ws of Data Journalism Education. What, where and Who? Journalism Practice. 2019. Volume 13. Issue 3. Online: https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2018.1463167 

"A new form of journalism stimulated by the open data movement, in which stories are presented or supplemented through graphics or visualizations of analyzed datasets. These static or interactive graphics include databases, maps, diagrams, grids, charts and many
other forms of illustrations that have transformed the look of mainstream news media."

Source: Data-Pop Alliance (2015). Beyond Data Literacy: Reinventing Community Engagement and Empowerment in the Age of Data.” Data-Pop Alliance White Paper Series. Data-Pop Alliance (Harvard Humanitarian
Initiative, MIT Media Lab and Overseas Development Institute) and Internews. September 2015.

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