You can read what contributors had to say about the Data Journalism Handbook project launched at the Mozilla Festival in London on 5 November in an article by Federica Cocco. 

“It could be vital having a handbook that really explains to journalists how you can approach data journalism from scratch with no prior knowledge, ” says Caelainn Barr of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

“A project like this is quite necessary,” noted Pilhofer, “It’s kind of surprising someone hasn’t tried to do this until now.”

In the following video published on DataDrivenJournalism.net, the Data Journalism Handbook coordinators and contributors explain why a guide to data journalism could help revolutionise our newsrooms...