Re: [Sigia-l] the role of IAs in Data Journalism?
eric scheid <[email protected]>
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On 11/1/11 10:51 AM, "Martin Belam" <[email protected]> wrote: > For me, job titles are unimportant - it is all about having the > skillset of organising information, the willingness to collaborate, > and the ability to empathise with the end user or reader. Journalists > show that empathy when they synthesize complex stories in a way that > their readers can understand. Information architects show that empathy > when they arrange complex information structures in a way that users > can easily comprehend, navigate, and find what they want. They can > definitely be a natural fit for datajournalism purposes." Journalists are users too, which brings us back to item (1) on my short list > 1) helping the original publishing of the data This is an area we could do more with, a lot more. There's likely to be many pitfalls yet to be discovered (or more pertinently, re-discovered), and even new techniques, methods, or principles which advantage the world. e. ------------ 2011 IA Summit March 30 - April 3, 2011 Pre Conference Seminars: March 30-31 IA Summit: April 1-3 Hyatt Regency Convention Center Denver, CO ----- When replying, please *trim your post* as much as possible. *Plain text, please; NO Attachments Searchable Archive at http://www.info-arch.org/lists/sigia-l/ ________________________________________ Sigia-l mailing list -- post to: [email protected] Changes to subscription: http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigia-l