Digital journalism also known as online journalism / Database journalism - Data journalism - Computational journalism - Geojournalism
Open science data - Open source - Open knowledge - Freedom of information
Data journalism is a journalism specialty reflecting the increased role that numerical data is used in the production and distribution of information in the digital era.
It reflects the increased interaction between content producers (journalist) and several other fields such as design, computer science and statistics.
From the point of view of journalists, it represents "an overlapping set of competencies drawn from disparate fields".
Data journalism has been widely used to unite several concepts and link them to journalism. Some see these as levels or stages leading from the simpler to the more complex uses of new technologies in the journalistic process.
Designers are not always part of the process. According to author and data journalism trainer Henk van Ess,
"Datajournalism can be based on any data that has to be processed first with tools before a relevant story is possible. It doesn't include visualisation per se
Digital journalism also known as online journalism is a contemporary form of journalism where editorial content is distributed via the Internet as opposed to publishing via print or broadcast. What constitutes 'digital journalism' is debated by scholars. However the primary product of journalism, which is news and features on current affairs, is presented solely or in combination as text, audio, video, or some interactive forms like newsgames, and disseminated through digital media technology.
Fewer barriers to entry, lowered distribution costs, and diverse computer networking technologies have led to the widespread practice of digital journalism.
It has democratized the flow of information that was previously controlled by traditional media including newspapers, magazines, radio, and television.
Some have asserted that a greater degree of creativity can be exercised with digital journalism when compared to traditional journalism and traditional media.
The digital aspect may be central to the journalistic message and remains, to some extent, within the creative control of the writer, editor, and/or publisher.