data journalist

noun

Someone who is doing data journalism.

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Meanings

noundata journalist (plural data journalists)

plural data journalists

  1. Someone who is doing data journalism.

    Poorly structured and messy data means data journalists need to convert it to structured data or to clean (prepare) it so that the data can by analysed on a computer. A data journalist from the Financial Times obtained data from the EU data portal.

    2022, Jingrong Tong, Data for Journalism: Between Transparency and Accountability, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN
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APA

data journalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20journalist

MLA

“data journalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20journalist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “data journalist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20journalist.

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