[Commlist] symposium: Data journalism and audience engagement in the post-pandemic era

On 27 June, the Department of Journalism Studies at the University of 
Sheffield will hold a one-day symposium to discuss the importance of 
data journalism in the post-pandemic landscape.

Editors and data specialists from the BBC, Sky, Financial Times, London 
Evening Standard, Global Witness and Reach plc will join international 
academics specialising in data journalism to explore the importance of 
data and its increasing potential to engage audiences. The panels will 
reflect on the experiences gained and lessons learned during the 
pandemic, and discuss a shared vision for data journalism and audience 
engagement.

The symposium will be available to view on a private YouTube broadcast 
from 10am to 4pm on Monday 27 June. The event will be held live from 
Sheffield, and viewers can take part remotely by submitting questions 
live during the event via the YouTube Q&A function.

To take part, register your interest on EventBrite and a link will be 
sent to you to access the live feed and Q&A: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-journalism-and-audience-engagement-in-the-post-pandemic-era-registration-344612052927 
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-journalism-and-audience-engagement-in-the-post-pandemic-era-registration-344612052927>


The programme is below. The full event brochure in PDF format is 
available on request by email to (dataliteracyproject /at/ sheffield.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(dataliteracyproject /at/ sheffield.ac.uk)>

*PROGRAMME*

10:00-10:10 | *Opening remarks: Professor Jackie Harrison (University of 
Sheffield, UNESCO)*

10:10-11:40 | *Session 1: Data journalism during Covid-19*

Chair: Jingrong Tong (University of Sheffield)

Louis Goddard (Global Witness): Vaccinating data journalism: applying 
lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic to a new phase in the news cycle

Carmen Aguilar García (Sky News): Sky News: Automating the Covid-19 
story in the newsroom

Farzeen Heesambee (University of Derby): Data journalism and the 
Covid-19 pandemic: analysis of data dissemination strategies across 
broadcast, online and print news media

Tshuma Lungile (University of Johannesburg): ‘When two strangers meet’: 
An uptake of data journalism by investigative journalists in Zimbabwe in 
the Covid-19 era

12:00-13:30 | *Session 2: Data journalism and audience engagement*

Chair: Irini Katsirea (University of Sheffield)

Neil Thurman, Florian Stalph & Sina Thaesler-kordonouri (LMU Munich): 
Exploring audience perceptions of, and preferences for, data journalism

Jingrong Tong (University of Sheffield): UK audiences’ perceptions of 
Covid-19 data visualisations: a case study

Jason Martin (Depaul University), Lindita Camaj (University of Houston) 
& Gerry Lanosga (Indiana University Bloomington):Data journalism and 
audience engagement in 34 countries: Instrumental or substantive?

Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos (Federal University of São Paulo) & 
Marília Gehrke (University of Southern Denmark): Credibility, 
objectivity, and transparency of data journalism during COVID-19: The 
audience’s expectations when data leads to misleading information

14:20-15.50*|Session 3: Reflecting on the past and the present: 
Implications for data journalism in the future*

Chair: Claire Miller (Reach plc)

Susan E McGregor (Columbia University) & Joanna Kao (Financial Times): 
Supporting long-haul reporting: Data integration and management in the 
newsroom

Ross Lydall (London Evening Standard): Data journalism: do we need to 
get back to the office to do it properly?

Peter Sherlock (BBC): The BBC’s Shared Data Unit: Data journalism and 
the public interest

Nathan Sparkes (Hacked Off): “Does having a TV in your bedroom lead to 
more sex?”, and more improbable headlines backed by questionable data: 
The ethics of data journalism

15:50-16.00 |*Closing remarks: Claire Miller (Reach plc)*

*About the Data Literacy Project***

The Data Literacy Project is a University of Sheffield initiative led by 
Dr Jingrong Tong, senior lecturer in digital news cultures, and Claire 
Miller, data team lead at Reach plc. The project, which has been created 
thanks to the generous funding of the Higher Education Innovation Fund, 
also includes a free, six-week online course in data literacy for 
journalists.

For more information about the course, see 
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/news/futurelearn-course-created-journalists-and-journalism-students 
<https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/news/futurelearn-course-created-journalists-and-journalism-students>

For further information, email (dataliteracyproject /at/ sheffield.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(dataliteracyproject /at/ sheffield.ac.uk)>

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