Journalist versus Programmer

This post is for December’s Carnival of Journalism where we were asked to write what would be the best present from programmers/journalists that Santa Claus could leave under your Christmas tree? Stick people courtesy of xkcd. My  Christmas wish from both programmers and journalists would be the realisation that both cultures are dependent on the goodwill and [...]

Sink/Source Journalism – A News Model for the Digital Age

I consume, code and curate news. I am no longer in the ‘newsroom’ per se, but taking a step back and looking deeper in to the nuts and bolts of the news platform has given me time for reflection. I reflect off hard surfaces. As such, I would like to present three sources of information [...]

State of my Media

This week the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released its annual State of the Media Report. The findings are based on American media, which is the same species as the UK media but of a different tribe. Nevertheless, I think a lot of the findings ring true for the media sector here. [...]

What The Guardian learnt from the first Wikileak

With the next set of WikiLeaks due out soon I thought I’d remind everyone that the first release of the Afghan War Logs highlighted the importance of datajournalism. Here’s a guide the good people at The Guardian made. They are one of the few champions when it comes to datajournalism. Well recommended reading indeed.  

Frontline Club: Data skills and techniques for journalists

Who? Frontline Club What? Find out  how top data-driven journalists collate, analyse and present vast amounts of facts and figures into interactive graphics, searchable databases and fascinating charts. When? Wednesday, 22nd September at 07:00 PM Where? 13 Norfolk Place London W2 1QJ Why? What would you do if someone handed you 90,000 unfiltered documents and [...]