The main purpose of this research and development -project is to raise Finnish data journalism into international level. First section focuses on the new challenges of mobile data journalism. The second section concentrates on educational challenges of data journalism. The research and development project is a joint-venture between Department of Communication, University of Jyväskylä and Tampere University’s Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Communication (COMET).
Research director Turo Uskali (University of Jyväskylä)
and Ari Heinonen (University of Tampere)
Researcher Esa Sirkkunen (University of Tampere)
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Esa Sirkkunen’s presentation at NODA16 Academic Pre-Conference, Helsinki 21.04.2016: Data journalism education in Finland: A Rocky Road.