Inception and Motivation:
In this fast-paced globalized world, data can drive big brainstroms. Using data transforms something abstract into something everyone can understand and relate to.
Data means much more than a change in a technology, it represents a structural transformation is how we practice our latest journalism trends. Like science, data journalism discloses its methods and presents findings in a way that can be verified by replication. Additionally, geting into data journalism offers a future prospective. Data is the tool of sensmaking. Data Journalism is a new way of story-telling instead of old stereotype. Data Journalism can bring new solution for old problems and it offers futuristic journalism. Data is information, not only numbers. Good data analysis can reveal news story’s shape in order to get tangible results out. Therefore, journalists are supposed to be data-savvy.
In case of developing countries like Nepal, data driven journalism can have huge impact on shaping country’s direction. Little points of information which are not relevent in one stance, but, massively important when figured out from different perspectives.
Datajournonepal.org is an initiative to kick-start the practice of data driven journalism in Nepal. In the present context, investigative journalists usually donot use and analyse data to make compelling news stories. As the number of engaged audience on internet and many other social media platforms are doubling every year, data journalism could have better future implications in the field of journalism. Hence, we expect there could be huge scope of globallly emerging phenomenon “Data Jounalism” in Nepal too.
Now, we believe , time has come to start-off with data journalism which could uplift development journalism through the eyes of data in Nepal.