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Podcasts are a great way to find stories and to be entertained. However, have you ever thought about using them to learn data journalism?

In this list, I have collected some of the best podcasts about data. Some are specifically about data journalism, whereas others approach data from an innovative perspective.

ProPublica Podcast

ProPublica interviews every week investigative journalists about their last projects. The episodes also cover ProPublica’s own investigations.

The topics are varied, but most of them have one thing in common: they use data.

One of the best podcasts to start with is Who’s behind the “Tennis Racket”?

In this interview, BuzzFeed data reporter John Templon explains how he spent 15 months analysing tennis betting data to see if he could figure out whether players were fixing matches.

The result of this challenge was The Tennis Racket, an ambitious investigation that created a big stir when it was published.

Data stories

Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner are the creators of Data Stories, a podcast about data journalism: from visualisation to statistics.

Enrico Bertini is an assistant professor at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and writes the blog FILWD.

Moritz Stefaner is a data visualisation freelancer, consultant and researcher. He is the author of the blog Well-formed-data.

Data Stories is a conversation with professionals from a wide range of backgrounds and countries. What they have in common is they work with data.

Partially derivative

Partially derivative is a weekly podcast about how data has influenced the way we experience the world.

Jonathon Morgan, Vidya Spandana and Chris Albon are the team responsible for this amazing podcast.

Partially derivative talks about the data hidden in sports, love, sex, politics and also in journalism.

It is worth listening to the episode they did some months ago about data journalism.

What’s The Point

What’s the point talks every week about how data affects our lives.

The difference to Partially derivative is that the topics are newsworthy and focus on current affairs.

The podcast is hosted by Jody Avirgan and produced by FiveThirtyEight.

 

Journalism.co.uk

Journalism.co.uk is a useful source for updates on technology trends and journalism tools.

In Soundcloud, Journalism.co.uk offers podcasts about a wide range of topics, including data journalism.

The interviews with Marianne Bouchart, editor of the Data Journalism Blog, and Megan Lucero, data journalism editor at The Times and The Sunday Times, are also worth listening to.

Do you listen to any other podcast about data journalism? Leave a comment with your favourite ones and help complete the list.