Open data in data journalism: opportunities and future directions

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Background: In this commentary, we argue that it is time for communication scholars to turn their attention to how and why data journalists engage with the increasing amount of open research and government data available online.

Analysis: We review the limited scholarship that has investigated data journalists’ engagement with open data and suggest directions for future research.

Conclusions and implications: Research that explicitly examines data journalists’ use of open data is sorely needed, especially research that attends to the varied forms and practices that can emerge in different national and institutional contexts.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Fleerackers, A. Chtena, N. Oliveira, M. Dorsch, I. Alperin, J.P. Pinfield, S. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4696-764X
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2025 Alice Fleerackers et al. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Canadian Journal of Communication. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Except as otherwise noted, this author-accepted version is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords:	data journalism; open data; open science; sources; science communication
Dates:	Published: March 2025 Published (online): 14 March 2025 Accepted: 27 September 2024
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield)
Funding Information:	Funder Grant number Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 495515545 Arts and Humanities Research Council AH/X001415/1
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	24 Mar 2025 15:39
Last Modified:	24 Mar 2025 17:25
Status:	Published
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.3138/cjc-2023-0040
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:224792

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