There are not enough doctors in Catalonia. Unions and the Catalan government acknowledge it. The deficit of physicians affects Barcelona’s metropolitan area, but it is in small towns where it is particularly challenging. Without a school or a doctor, villages are condemned to disappear. Mayors are aware that maintaining essential services is the only way …
Listening to experienced journalists is one of the best ways to learn data journalism. In this article, you will find five podcasts with interviews with some of the most prominent experts in data journalism and data visualisation. Through these conversations, you’ll find tips, tools, and the last projects by Simon Rogers (Google), Amanda Cox (The New …
Women represent 49.5% of the world’s population, but they do not have a corresponding public, political and social influence. In recent years, more and more women have raised their voices, making society aware of their challenges — data journalists included. To commemorate International Women’s Day, I have compiled a list of data journalism projects that explain and denounce …
125,000 people died, disappeared or were repressed in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and during the Franco dictatorship, according to historians. Many of their families still do not know, 40 years later, what exactly happened to them. Now the Innovation and Human Rights (IHR) association has created the first central database of casualties, missing persons …