Data-driven journalism has become as ubiquitous as hand-sanitiser during the COVID-19 pandemic, but its roots go back to before germ theory. This resource looks at the history of data journalism, and how changing trends in reporting and technology have fuelled its expansion
"One of the first media forays into computer-driven data journalism came in 1952 when an eight ton, $1 million Univac computer was used by American broadcaster CBS to predict the results of the presidential election."