- UAB Microcredential
- Code: 5192/101
- 101th edition
- Modality: Blended
- Credits: 6 ECTS
- Start date: 12/01/2026
- Finish date: 06/03/2026
- Places: 50
- Orientation: Professional
- Price: 420 €
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Special price 126 €
Group of application: Amount with the NextGenerationUE Fund discount applied
- Teaching language: Spanish
- Location: Facultat de Ciències de la Comunicació - UAB
In a context of institutional opacity, information overload, and growing disinformation, data journalism becomes an essential tool for explaining reality with rigor, clarity, and public commitment. This microcredential, developed in collaboration with Civioa leading organization in transparency and investigative journalism in Spainoffers practical training to develop skills in analyzing and representing public data aimed at holding power to account and strengthening democracy. It is intended for communication professionals and students, as well as citizens interested in journalism and evidence-based information.
Throughout the course, participants will explore topics such as data searching and cleaning, critical reading of official sources, building data-driven journalistic narratives, and clear, engaging data visualization. The training combines practical and contextual sessions with a critical and ethical perspective, emphasizing service to the public as the driving force behind journalistic information.
- Data search, cleaning, and basic analysis
- Building narratives with data
- Fundamentals and types of data visualization
- Data visualization with Ggplot2 (R)
- Introduction to geocomputation with R
- Data and visualization journalist
- Investigative writer in digital or traditional media
- Communication and transparency officer in public institutions
- Consultant in data analysis and presentation for NGOs and social organizations
- Content manager in accountability and open government projects
This training also strengthens the profile of professionals who wish to incorporate data journalism practices into teaching, research, or the production of critical and reliable content.
Throughout the course, participants will explore topics such as data searching and cleaning, critical reading of official sources, building data-driven journalistic narratives, and clear, engaging data visualization. The training combines practical and contextual sessions with a critical and ethical perspective, emphasizing service to the public as the driving force behind journalistic information.
Contents
- Introduction to data journalism and data work culture- Data search, cleaning, and basic analysis
- Building narratives with data
- Fundamentals and types of data visualization
- Data visualization with Ggplot2 (R)
- Introduction to geocomputation with R
Career opportunities
The skills acquired in this microcredential enable professional development in various fields related to journalism, communication, and data analysis with a civic and social focus, such as:- Data and visualization journalist
- Investigative writer in digital or traditional media
- Communication and transparency officer in public institutions
- Consultant in data analysis and presentation for NGOs and social organizations
- Content manager in accountability and open government projects
This training also strengthens the profile of professionals who wish to incorporate data journalism practices into teaching, research, or the production of critical and reliable content.
Scholarships and financial aid
Chek all the information on the possibilities for grants and scholarships in the page for UAB financial aids, grants and calls.
Coordinating centres
Escuela de Formación Permanente
Collaborating centres
Fundacion Ciudadana CIVIO
Contact
Santiago Giraldo Luque
Phone: 664349487