Facilitate Open Science Training for European Research Greek Journalism: An Old Wrinkled Craft in the Age of Web 3.0? Andreas Panagopoulos 17/06/2015 Greek Questionable Data • Greece provided Eurozone with Questionable Data for many years • Economic Data revised by the EU and austerity measures applied • If there was an open data community/ journalists investigating data, maybe there would be no Memorandum in Greece INTELLIGENT WEB INTELLIGENT WEB • Intelligent WEB :Term by John Markoff, N.Y. TIMES Journalist, 2006 • Semantic WEB: Vision originating from the WEB Inventor Tim Berners - Lee (Scientific American, May 2001). “The benefit of the Semantic Web is that data may be re-used in ways unexpected by the original publisher”. “A web that has meta-data associated with every page. A web where intelligent interaction between humans, bots and ’smart pages’ will facilitate - well lets just say it’ll be Web 3.0” (Marc Canter commenting Lee’s words about Semantic Web) DO WE LIVE IN THE AGE OF WEB 3.0? Technology as Rabbit , Journalists as …TURTLE • Greek Journalists are not scared / not hostile to new technologies Positive attitudes regarding the impact on doing the job(Spyridou et al, 2013) • Greek journalists are well acquainted with social networks, Not high level for twitter! (Spyridou et al,2013) and for researching a story, as a source of news. • Greek journalists don’t tend to use social media as promotion tools of their work (not marketing wise use). • Greek Journalists use Computers as Search Engines, Typewriters, Mailboxes… • Greek Journalists are not deepening in the abilities of the Advanced technologies. Lacking in new skills and software familiarity (Matsiola,2008; Spyridou 2009). • Lack of necessary skills (Brannon, 2008;O’Sullivan,2005), Rigid professional culture- established working & professional routines (Paulussen and Ugille, 2008; Ryfe,2009)are factors hindering innovation in Journalism. • Dominant journalistic culture, political, cultural traits hinder web publishing( Spyridou & Veglis,2008) AN EXAMPLE :Use of translation tools from the Foreign editors ΤΗΕ USE OF TRANSLATION SOFTWARE &TOOLS Not at all Sometimes Many times Always 16.67% 61.11% 19.44% 2.78% AN EXAMPLE :Use of translation tools from the Foreign editors THE USE OF TRANSLATION SOFTWARE YES NO 0% 100% AN EXAMPLE :Use of translation tools from the Foreign editorsTHE USE OF TRANSLATION & TERMINOLOGY SOFTWARE YES NO 2.78% 97.22% DATA JOURNALISM THE GREEK EXPERIENCE DATA JOURNALISM in the Greek MEDIA • Using EXCEL to Extract Some Results • Using EXCEL to Visualize Results (pies, charts, trends) • Ignorance of visualization free tools • Ignorance of the existence of new journalistic tools (p.e. storify). Journalists use digital storytelling in order to express themselves in a more engaged way than journalistic objectivity would permit, through their work in mainstream media(Kaimaki, Kyriakoulakos, Panagopoulos, 2014) • Ignorance of new trends in technology, computing and the IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY. Reluctant in implementing it (Spyridou,2013) • Low/ old standard skilled journalists(cma, photoshop, video, sound editing) (Spyridou,2013) & because Ownership/Heads of journalists are not highly qualified for the new era DATA as SOURCES for JOURNALISTS • The new DEEP THROAT for political , economical scandals…for wrong & hidden decisions … • Authentic WATCHDOG theory • The SOURCE with NO PAY BACK obligation for the journalist • The SOURCE with ACCURATE, OBJECTIVE DATA • NEW ANGLES for Stories of Present and Past. CONFUSION IN THE NEWSROOM • ALL STORIES USE DATA • IT’S LIKE (overlaps) INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM (requires investigation) • IT’S LIKE GRAPHICS AND VISUALIZATION (best ways to present data) • MORE USEFUL FOR SCIENCE JOURNALISTS (interpret difficult terms and words by adding graphics) DATA JOURNALISM ALL IS GREEK TO ME or YANKIES GO HOME • DAUNTING FOR PRINT & BROADCAST JOURNALISTS • DIGITAL ILLITERATE STAFF • NO COMPUTING SKILLS, NO VISUALIZATION SKILLS • NO WILL FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT, TRAINING in NON-MENTAL SKILLS • NO TIME TO SPEND LEARNING (due to the crisis, maximum work with minimum resources) TECH YANKEE Twilight for Greek Journalists A recent empirical case study • INTRODUCTION TO MOOC’S (VOLUNTARILY) • VISUALIZATION, INFOGRAPHICS, DATA JOURNALISM (as many hours to study as they want). • EDITORS’ AND MULTIMEDIA EDITORS’ AGGREGATION. • ENCOURAGING PROGRAMMERS TO UNDERSTAND JOURNALISTIC NEEDS The RESPONSE •@@@@@@@@@ The RESPONSE ( JOURNALISTS) • I DON’T KNOW EVEN TO WRITE MY STORY WELL, AND YOU WANT ME TO WRITE CODE? • DO YOU WANT ME TO BE A GRAPHICS EDITOR? • I AM A JOURNALIST, NOT A PHOTOGRAPHER • DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME… • THERE IS NO NEW ANGLE , ONLY MORE DATA THE RESPONSE (Programmer) • CAN’T MANAGE ALL THESE DIFFERENT DATA • CAN’T CODE ALL THIS STAFF • DON’T UNDERSTAND THE JOURNALISTIC VIEW • DATA JOURNALISM IS NOT FOR TV!!! A GOOD RESULT (infographics) A GOOD RESULT (infographics) A GOOD RESULT (infographics) NEEDS • STOP BAD UNIONISM (obstruction for new technologies/if journalist is a programmer & graphics expert then some people won’t have jobs). • UNDERSTAND THE PARADIGM SHIFT for JOURNALISM . Strong ties with political and economic elites and a low sense of media accountability(Pleios 2014, Leandros 2010, Papathanasopoulos,2001) • COMPREHEND THE NEW MEDIUM AND ITS UNLIMITED CAPABILITIES • INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION • UPDATING MANPOWER ORGANISATION FOR THE TRUE NEEDS OF THE DIGITAL JOURNALIST (covers training expenses) • TRAINING JOURNALISTS, PROGRAMMERS, GRAPHICS dept.(still a few with 3D skills) THE NEW TOOLS • LANGUAGE TRAINING (big issue terminology and same page perception). • TEACHING UNI STUDENTS THE REAL NEW TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES (ART is ok, But MORE CRAFT is Needed) THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION !!!