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Data journalism is one of the disruptions that have sprung up in the past years and have changed the news ecosystem. Until recently, the academic literature suggests that data journalism has been a predominantly Western phenomenon with little discussion about Latin America. The practice appears to become an increasingly global phenomenon only now with a growing number of newsrooms worldwide embracing data reporting skills. Also, born in a “fluid and mutable” space, the practice is recognized by “different professional interpretations and activities” and a continuous “professional renegotiation and regeneration,” which presents further challenges to staying abreast of the evolving technology. Thus, this chapter embraces a mixed-qualitative research paradigm to understand the strategic value of data journalism, in other words, the degree to which particular actions are vital or useful to the production of …