[Commlist] Symposium CFP - Data journalism and audience engagement in the post-pandemic era

*Symposium CFP: Data journalism and audience engagement in the 
post-pandemic era*

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the heavy use of statistical figures and 
data visualisations such as graphs and charts in news coverage has 
embedded data journalism into daily reporting with great potential to 
engage audiences. Data visualisations, for example, are thought to help 
effectively communicate with audiences and make it easier for them to 
understand government health messages and related news stories. In this 
context, critical questions that arise include: 1) what values can be 
added to journalism by using data in news reporting, how and to what 
extent? 2) whether and if so, to what extent audiences can be engaged 
with data journalism in general and data visualisations in particular? 
3) Are there lessons to learn and if so, what are they? 4) What is our 
vision for data journalism and audience engagement in the post-pandemic 
world?

This one-day hybrid (in-person and online) symposium will take place on 
June 27, 2022, at the University of Sheffield (in partnership with Reach 
plc). It seeks to explore the importance of data journalism and its 
potential to engage the audience and reflect on our relevant experiences 
gained during the pandemic to learn lessons and discover opportunities 
for future growth. We invite proposals for papers from academics and 
journalism practitioners engaged in data journalism and/or audience 
engagement practices. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Data journalism and health reporting (in general and in particular with 
respect to COVID-19 news reporting)(the same applies to the topics below)

Data journalism and news beats

Data journalism and investigative journalism

Data journalism and the public interest

The potential and problems of using data for journalism

Data visualisations and audience engagement

Data literacy and audience reception of data stories/visualisations

Audiences of data stories/visualisations

Statistics and journalism

Ethics of data journalism

Data journalism and audience metrics

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted to Dr Jingrong 
Tong ((j.tong /at/ sheffield.ac.uk) <mailto:(j.tong /at/ sheffield.ac.uk)> ) by April 
30, 2022. There is a possibility to develop a selection of papers 
presented at the symposium into an edited book. The symposium is funded 
by Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) - COVID Recovery fund. 
Symposium attendance and participation will be free. Funding for UK 
travel and symposium accommodation is available for successful submissions.



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