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Data Journalism is a combination of keen news sense and using the available data. It refers to developing a story out of the available exclusive statistical sources, analyzing the numbers, structuring them into an informative descriptive story, and making it visually impactful to the readers by incorporating media tools.

What can I do (Roles Available) ?

Data Journalist

Business Journalist

Financial Journalist

Financial Reporter

Where can I work?

Press Information Bureau (PIB)
Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) (All State Govts)

Media haouses
Newspapers
Magazines

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Independent Data Journalist

Positives

Good demand

Creative work

Opportunity to travel

Working in one's own schedule

Plethora of opportunities

Challenges

High stress

Lots of travel required

No work-life balance

Not paid enough

Key Skills Required

Domain knowledge

Good observational skills

Communication skills

Storytelling skills

Data visualization

Critical thinking

Detail oriented

What Should I study ?

Pathway 1

Class XII in any stream; Bachelor's in Journalism & Mass Communication; Master's in Journalism & Mass Communication; PG Diploma in Data Journalism.

Pathway 2

Class XII in any stream; Graduation in any discipline; PG Diploma in Business Journalism.

Pathway 3

NA

Top colleges in India and Abroad

Asian College of Journalism (ACJ), Chennai https://www.asianmedia.org.in/
Indian Institute Of Journalism And New Media (IIJNM), Bangalore https://www.iijnm.org/
Xavier Institute of Communication (XIC), Mumbai https://www.xaviercomm.org/
Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (SIMC), Pune https://www.simc.edu/
Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi https://www.apeejay.edu/aimc/

Columbia University, USA https://www.columbia.edu/
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK https://www.lse.ac.uk/
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands https://www.uva.nl/en
University of British Columbia, Canada https://www.ubc.ca/
University of Sydney, Australia https://www.sydney.edu.au/

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