A data journalist’s job is to convert raw numbers and facts into stories told through graphs, charts, pictures, and diagrams. Equal parts science, art, and journalism, the process can seem obscure to anyone who has never done it. But Hatch says it is simply the application of basic journalism skills to numerical data.
This Year’s Fellows: Kolawole Talabi
In northern Nigeria, thousands have died in conflicts between farmers and livestock herders, “and it’s a crisis I felt I needed to do something about.”
Uncertainty Is No Excuse: Gernot Wagner on Climate Engineering
The co-director of Harvard’s Solar Geoengineering Research Program tells KSJ fellows that policymakers have misconstrued the climate debate.