Data visualization: newsroom trends, everyday engagements, possible futures   This presentation looks at the production of data visualizations (or dataviz) in newsrooms and audiences’ engagements with dataviz, drawing on two separate research projects. The first is Seeing Data (seeingdata.org), which explored how people make sense of data visualizations, and the second is INDVIL (indvil.org), on which I worked with others to ask: How is data visualization being embedded into newsroom practice? What trends are emerging, and what challenges are arising? On the INDVIL project, we found that dataviz are perceived in diverse ways and deployed for diverse purposes. On Seeing Data, we also found great diversity, this time in how audiences make sense of dataviz. This diversity is important for the future work of dataviz practitioners. I conclude the talk by reflecting on what future data visualization in the news might look like. Helen Kennedy is Professor of Digital Society at the University of Sheffield. Her research has traversed digital media landscapes and has often involved working closely with media practitioners. She is currently investigating the datafication of everything, with an emphasis on the visual dimensions of this phenomenon. She leads the Seeing Data (seeingdata.org) programme of research, on which she collaborates with award-winning data visualizers such as Visualising Data (http://visualisingdata.com/) and Clever Franke (https://www.cleverfranke.com/).

FAKESPEAK – When New York Times journalist Jayson Blair wrote both true and false stories, his left specific language traces that lingvists like Susanne Alvestad can detect. Likewise, computer scientist Özlem Özgöbek can use these data to develop operational tools for CMS. Cooperating internationally, Silje and Özlem have support from NRK, both the Norwegian and Swedish News Agencies as well as Faktisk.no to do similar investigate work in Scandinavian languages and develop tools for disinformation detection. In their talk at NODA, titled Fakespeak – the language of fake news, lingvist Silje and computer scientist Özlem will discuss how and why linguistics may be a key to the detection of fake news and other kinds of disinformation.

VISUALIZATION – Jonas Nilsson is head of digital design in regional newspaper Adresseavisen in Trondheim. Over the last 12 years Jonas has built his reputation as celebrated and awarded designer. Over the years, he has collected 40 honors and rewards. He has taken on difficult and challenging tasks and been richly awarded from audiences, colleagues and design professionals. Jonas love learning from others and sharing – in return often delivered with rough comments and inviting humor typical of his northern Norway heritage. We have invited him on a free basis to be the spice in several sessions dedicated to visual presentations and graphic design at NODA19.

Ståle Grut is in the midst of writing a book on how journalists can extend their knowledge in critical thinking and work with digital sources. Examining known methods and combining experiences from different editorial newsrooms, his intention is to give fellow journalists guidance in executing traditional source skills in the digital age.