Following the Money on Electricity: Data Journalism Insights
Dive into the world of data journalism with insights on electricity bills, crimes, and distribution trends. Explore how data transforms abstract information into relatable stories, enhancing journalistic practices in today's digital age.
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FOLLOWING THE MONEY ON ELECTRICITY THEOPHILUS ABBAH
THINKING DATA Data journalism is an addition to traditional journalism. Today s journalists MUST know how to search for data, isolate them, inteprete and visualise data. Data helps to transform what is abstract into something that everyone can relate with. Readers no longer have the time to read a long text. They want to be able to instantly relate with a story. Download this book for more on data journalism: https://openzazu.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/the- data-journalism-handbook-gnv64.pdf.
Electricity bill from AEDC to Theophilus Abbah in 6 months January February March April May June
Table showing monthly AEDC bills to Theophilus Abbah S/ No Month Bill 1. January N5,000 2. February N5,100 3. March N4,900 4. April N5,000 5. May 25,000 6. June N4,500
What does this tell us? Crimes committed by pastors in one year Sexual Child Abuse Fraud Theft Armed Robbery Forgery Destruction Murder Kidnapping Hard drug Sodomy Intimidation Violence
What does this chart show? Series1 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 North-East North-West North-Central South-West South-South South-East
Compared with this table North-East 57.7 North-West 46.8 North-Central 38 South-West 6.7 South-South 19.2 South-East 16.7
Electricity stories and numbers Check out the following stories: (1) Electricity: 11 distribution firms reject 7,308mw in 8 days: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/electricity-11- distribution-firms-reject-7-308mw-in-8- days.html (2) No Going Back on Law to Criminalise Estimated Billing Reps: http://www.nigeriaelectricityhub.com/2018/06 /12/no-going-back-on-law-to-criminalise- estimated-billing-reps/
Electricity Stories (3) Executive, Legislators will End DisCos Estimated Electricity Bills Fashola: http://www.nigeriaelectricityhub.com/2018/06 /12/executive-legislators-will-end-discos- estimated-electricity-bills-fashola/ (4) TCN Raises $1.57 Billion to Build Critical Transmission Infrastructure: http://www.nigeriaelectricityhub.com/2018/06 /12/tcn-raises-1-57-billion-to-build-critical- transmission-infrastructure/
Electricity Stories (5) N37 Billion Grant Awarded to the DisCos for Meter Supply: http://www.nigeriaelectricityhub.com/2018/06 /12/n37-billion-grant-awarded-to-the-discos- for-meter-supply/. (6) Sahara Groups Fears Power Sector Challenges Affecting Its $1 Billion Investment: http://www.nigeriaelectricityhub.com/2018/06 /12/sahara-groups-fears-power-sector- challenges-affecting-its-1-billion-investment/.
Sources of Data Primary Data: those that you collected on the field while carrying out the investigation. Eg Theophilus Abbah s AEDC bills Secondary data: Those collected by other organisations or sourced from government/official documents Acknowledge the charts/table/infographs from secondary sources
Data and Electricity Stories There is hardly any story on electricity that does not lend itself to data gathering, interpretation, infograph and/visualisation. You can pore over the annual budgets for constituency projects, for instance. The budget can be accessed on the ministry of finance and/or budget office s website.
Data on Electricity Data can be sourced from TCN s website: www.tcnorg.com. You can also gather a lot of information from NERC website: netc.gov.ng There is also the TCN system operator s website: nsong.org Whatever is your story idea, there is a data concerning it that you need to source and apply.
Data and Electricity You may need to collaborate with civil society organisations who may be monitoring a particular aspect of the electricity sector. They may have data that could support your story. BudgIT has a lot of data that you could draw from. Learn how to crunch data using excel or Google Sheet. Familiarize yourself with varieties of ways you could search for data on google. Work with graphic artists who are at home with infographs and visualisation techniques.
