You may find the word “data” in the term “data journalism” redundant. After all, newsmaking of any kind, even the tacky, propaganda-driven type, has always relied heavily on data. Earlier, on-set journalists, reporters and data collection teams would scramble to procure information that could then be processed before being presented to the masses. However, this approach had an obvious problem—the disparities between newer real-life developments and published news reports in newspapers or even on electronic media would be vast.
Origen: Data Journalism: How Big Data-Driven Analytics Improves Newsmaking
