![]() “We face the same problems as other news organisations, but we have additional challenges. “The whole point is that these stories help us to push the boundaries forward for the next story.” Unique data challengesĪt NICAR this year data journalists working in the global south highlighted some of the obstacles they face when reporting – from accessing data to dealing with formats that aren’t machine readable.įor AJ Labs, some of these challenges involve credibility, says Mohammed. ![]() “The Arab Spring Retweeted was a good exercise in what big data really means,” he says. ![]() ![]() One of the challenges with the story was the sheer size of the Twitter dataset – at 250 gigabytes, it took Mohammed several days to download the data. “There was definitely a side to it that was experimental, but fundamentally it was a story.” “From a design decision we wanted it to feel like you’re scrolling through this endless feed of information. Using tweets from the time, along with maps and charts, AJ Labs mirrored a Twitter feed to construct a play-by-play of each uprising. Here’s a look back at the first year of the Arab Spring as it unfolded – one tweet at a time – on Al Jazeera's Twitter accounts /K0cz4ZHQYT- Al Jazeera English January 28, 2021 10 years ago, the Arab world changed forever.
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