Data Journalism in the post-conflict transition in Colombia

Abstract

This article supports the hypothesis that a special type of data journalism production is emerging in Colombia in the period of transition towards the armed post-conflict. Through bibliographic documentation and exploratory analysis, six data journalism projects are analyzed, produced by migrated and emerging media on the Internet, whose central perspective is related to the conflict. It is analyzed to what extent these projects involve a renewal and reconfiguration of the usual journalistic practices. The examination of the projects has allowed to identify four figures of information from the data: 1. Geo processes and chrono reference of events, 2. Visualization of contrasts and comparisons, 3. Representation of power links by graphs or networks, and 4. Graphic synthesis of information. Through the examination of the results, the advances of these initiatives stand out and it is proposed to revise the paradigm of interactivity in the media. It is emphasized that the weak exploration of deep offline / online interactivity is a crucial challenge for the development of new and old type media.