domenica 1 settembre 2019

The Data JournaLIST - week1

HOT TOPIC OF THE WEEK

AMAZON RAINFOREST
Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil - the most intense blazes for almost a decade. I'm sure you read a lot of pieces about this topic and you had many questions about the fires. Several media organizations worked on the Amazon fires, trying to collect some of the answers. Click on the orange link to read the articles.


1. THE GUARDIAN

 Amazon fires: what is happening and is there anything we can do? 
The Guardian worked on the topic to understand why people should be worried about the blazes and increased deforestation in Brazil. With data and mapping you can easily understand the scale of the problem. With an intuitive comparison beetween the forest and London. Did you know that an area of London that stretches from Hyde Park to Tower Bridge was cleared every day?



2. THE NEW YORK TIMES

  What Satellite Imagery Tells Us About the Amazon Rain Forest Fires  


Scientists studying satellite image data from the fires in the Amazon rain forest said that most of the fires are burning on agricultural land where the forest had already been cleared. The analysis on The New York Times shows month-by-month pattern of fires across the Amazon rain forest in Brazil each year since 2001. The increase in fires every August to October coincides with the season when farmers begin planting soybean and corn. Maps are very useful in this piece to tell the story of the forest.

3. BLOOMBERG

 Here’s Where the Amazon Is Burning and Why It’s Going to Get Worse 

With the use of maps and charts the Bloomberg's team explains how the rate of deforestation in the Amazon jumped 73% from 2012 to 2018, even if indigenous lands had largely been effective barriers against deforestation. Bloomberg cross-reference with data about Brazilian soy exports and beef production is one of the most interesting things of the piece.




4. BBC

 The Amazon in Brazil is on fire - how bad is it? 


Like others, BBC worked with maps and visualization to tell the story of the deforestation. But there's something more. BBC looks also at the smoke and carbon that is travelling along the Atlantic Coast. If you want to know more about the carbon monoxide emission you can read the article.





5. LA NACION

 Resumen visual de los incendios que avanzan sin control en el Amazonas 


La Nacion published a wonderful visual resume of what's happening in Brazil. From the map to the CO2 emissions with interactive viz. Here's the story from a point of view really close to Brazil.

Filippo Mastroianni was born on March 14, 1988 in Milan. Data Analyst and Consultant for The Information Lab Italy, approaches the data-driven world from a humanistic background. He graduates with a thesis on Data Journalism and discovered his great passion for Data Visualization. Since 2016 he regularly collaborates with Il Sole 24 Ore. Author of several Viz of the Day, he is currently Tableau Ambassador and Tableau Featured Author.

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