Although “data journalism” can encompass infographics, interactives, web apps, FOI, databases and a whole host of other numbering, coding, displaying techniques; the road less travelled-by has certain steps, turns and speed bumps. In that sense, here’s a list of things to tick off if you’re interested in going down the data journalism road: Know the [...]
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Top 10 Things for getting Started in Data Journalism
Posted: August 9, 2011 in Data JournalismTags: ArcGIS, BuzzData, data, datajournalism, FlowingData, geocommons, Get the Data, Google refine, HacksHackers, information is beautiful, Many Eyes, MapAList, NICAR, ScraperWiki, Tableau
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The web data revolution – a new future for journalism
Posted: November 12, 2010 in Data Journalism, Events, My Data JourneyTags: data, David McCandless, events, FOI, Guardian DataBlog, Heather Brooke, information is beautiful, Richard Pope, ScraperWiki, Simon Rogers
This event hosted by The Guardian. They say: “The web not only gives easy access to billions of statistics on every matter – from MP’s expenses to the location of every public convenience in the UK – but also provides the tools to visualise said information, giving a clarity of voice and an equality of [...]