Data Journalism and the COVID-19 Disruption offers an international, multidisciplinary account of how and to what extent the COVID-19 pandemic has been a blessing for data journalism.

Jingrong Tong is Senior Lecturer in Digital News Cultures at the University of Sheffield. She is the author of Data for Journalism: Between Transparency and Accountability and seven other books. Her current research focuses on media freedom, the impact of digital technology on journalism, and social media communication of social issues.

Introduction

Part 1: Data journalism practices: achievements, changes and challenges

Chapter 1 Four shifts in data journalism practice during the COVID-19 pandemic

Chapter 2 Communicating uncertainty in data journalism during the Covid-19 pandemic

Chapter 3 Data journalism and investigative news reporting practices during the pandemic: the case of Zimbabwe and South Africa

Chapter 4 Beyond the Numbers: Spotlight on Data and Citizen Journalism During Australia's Covid-19 Crisis

Chapter 5 The ethics of data journalism in a pandemic

Part 2: Data journalism and the newsroom

Chapter 6 Automating the COVID-19 story in the newsroom

Chapter 7 Data journalism practices during COVID-19 in the main Spanish newspapers: features of data-driven stories and the influence of the pandemic on newsrooms

Chapter 8 Longitudinal Reporting and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Need for Integrated Newsroom Data Practice

Part 3: Data journalism and its audiences

Chapter 9 Factors influencing audience engagement with COVID-19 data visualisations: a case study

Chapter 10 The audience turn in Data Journalism: How do data journalists conceptualize and perform audience engagement?

Chapter 11 Trustworthiness, Accuracy, and Transparency: The Audience's Perceptions of How the Audience Perceived Errors in Data Journalism

Part 4: Data journalism, data, and external entities

Chapter 12 From Restrictions on Freedom of Expression and Access to COVID-19: Open-Source Data in Investigative Arab Journalism

Chapter 13 Shaping Data Journalism in Times of Crisis: Critical Perspectives on the Role of the State

Chapter 14 Data Journalism and Public Health during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Opportunities and Challenges to Improve Pandemic Preparedness and Research

Conclusion