Statistics for informative purposes

Paula Guisado @pauguisado

How media deals with statistical information, and in which way institutions could enhance this relationship

Marta Ley @leymarta

El Mundo DATA

• Born in April, 2015

• Team of five: manager, two datajournalists, a designer and a programmer

• Transversal role in the newsroom

• El Confidencial

• La Sexta

• El Español

• eldiario.es

• La Vanguardia

Other data units in Spanish newspapers

Ways of dealing with statistics in a newsroom

1. Traditional

2. Datajournalism

1. Traditional

2. Datajournalism

• Raw data

• Cleaning

• Analysis

• Crossing of databases

• Visualization

«A journalistic process based on analyzing and filtering large data sets for the purpose of creating a news story.»

(Wikipedia)

Issues when dealing with statistics in a newsroom

Where can journalists find the data they need?

Is the format adequate for them to work with?

Can data be updated quickly enough for news requirements?

What can they do if the data is not how we want it to be?

Which skills do they need to understand and analyze databases?

How can they make the audience comprehend the statistics?

Where can journalists find the data they need?

• INE

• CIS

• Banco de España

• IMF

• OECD

• Eurostat

• World Bank

• WHO

The best format is n to always published

Is the format adequate for journalist to work with?

Can data be updated quickly enough for news requirements?

What can they do if the data is not how we want it to be?

Which skills do they need to understand and analyze databases?

How can they make the audience comprehend the statistics?

Good attitude of institutions towards the use of their work

1. Communication efforts

2. Analysis possibilities

3. Designed tools

Collected ideas to go further

1. Communication efforts - INE

2. Analysis possibilities - CIS

3. Designed tools - Eurostat

Collected ideas to go further

• Joint effort to compile all statistics - new channel

• Update on all countries for international statistics

• Open format for raw data

Thank you.

Paula Guisado @pauguisado

Marta Ley @leymarta