Alfred Hermida is a professor at the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media of the University of British Columbia. Oscar Westlund is a professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University.
“COVID-19 has surfaced the challenges of data journalism, above all its dependence on institutional data and a lack of time, resources, expertise, or ability to scrutinize the underlying assumptions in a data set.”
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Hermida and Oscar Westlund, Alfred. "The virus ups data journalism’s game." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 22 Dec. 2020. Web. 30 Mar. 2025.
APA
Hermida and Oscar Westlund, A. (2020, Dec. 22). The virus ups data journalism’s game. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 30, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/12/the-virus-ups-data-journalisms-game/
Chicago
Hermida and Oscar Westlund, Alfred. "The virus ups data journalism’s game." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified December 22, 2020. Accessed March 30, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/12/the-virus-ups-data-journalisms-game/.
Wikipedia
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