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Data Journalism Awards shortlist announced
Out of 72 shortlisted entries, 15 were for data journalism projects by media outlets in the UK
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 27/04/13#ijf13: Why collaboration is key in data-driven investigations
A look at how best to collaborate across news outlets and countries to work on data investigations
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 25/04/13#ijf13: Q&A on data journalism skills and training
Award-winning journalist and now chair of journalism at the Walter Conkrite School of Journalism in the US Steve Doig speaks to Journalism.co.uk
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 24/04/13Guardian's Simon Rogers to join Twitter as data editor
Rogers will start in the new role at Twitter in San Francisco at the end of May
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 18/04/13Trinity Mirror to set up data-driven 'digital journalism unit'
The new unit will support regional titles with 'compelling content' from data, as well as produce its own data stories outside the 'regular news agenda'
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 25/03/13Robot reporters: A look at the computers writing the news
Los Angeles Times database producer Ben Welsh explains how 'algorithms can help you find and report the news'
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 12/03/13Why Tableau Desktop has been opened up free to students
By making the data software free to students Tableau hopes to help them 'find data, analyse data and discover and publish stories very very quickly'
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 08/03/13Health data: Tips on getting started in data-driven health reporting
Data journalism pointers from Paul Bradshaw, who founded collaborative reporting site Help Me Investigate
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 06/03/13Health data: How open data can be used to examine the NHS
As part of a series in data-driven health reporting, we look at how data scientists have analysed open data released by the NHS
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 05/03/13Health data: How the BMJ approaches investigative reporting
Part of a three-part series looking at investigative journalism using health data
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 04/03/13How the BMJ investigated hospital whistleblowing
A look at one of the data-driven investigations carried out by the British Medical Journal
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 14/02/13Help Me Investigate and Birmingham Mail launch datablog
The initiative is mainly concerned with information regarding hospitals, schools, crime, policing, business, sports, arts and culture
Posted by Alastair Reid on 01/02/13PANDA: How the 'data library' for newsrooms saves time
Newsrooms can use PANDA to collect, store and search data, and can set up email alerts so journalists can be notified of news events
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 29/01/13Journalist creating tool to extract data from PDFs
Other news outlets will be able to adapt the tool to convert their receipts and other scanned documents into structured data
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 28/01/13Google launches journalism fellowship with US news outlets
Google has announced a new journalism fellowship in partnership with eight news outlets including Poynter, Nieman Journalism Lab and ProPublica
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 18/12/12Google-backed Data Journalism Awards open for entries
The Global Editors Network awards will see eight data journalism projects receive a total of €15,000
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 14/12/12French news site Owni asks users for funding ideas
Owni, which collaborated with Wikileaks in October 2010 to build an app to analyse the Iraq war logs, is crowdsourcing ideas for future business models
Posted by Rob Grant on 12/12/12Data journalism expert Nicolas Kayser-Bril to deliver news:rewired keynote
Kayser-Bril will talk about how and why news outlets should place data at the heart of the newsroom, drawing on his experiences at Owni and Journalism++
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 16/11/12How Argentina's La Nacion is opening data without FOI
Data journalists in Argentina see their role as unlocking data, sharing knowledge and skills and using the limited datasets available to dig for stories
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 25/10/12Next >
#ijf13: Data journalism pointers and Excel starter tips
Some tips on using Excel for journalistic research
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 24 April 2013#Podcast: Getting started in data journalism
Interviews with experts about how to get started in data journalism
Posted by Alastair Reid on 12 April 2013#Tip: Watch these free data journalism tutorials
kdmcBerkeley is running free tutorials in spreadsheet basics, data visualisations and mapping
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 15 March 2013#Tip: Understand open data with ODI guide
A guide to open data from the ODI
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 11 March 2013#Podcast - Robot reporting: A look at the LA Times data desk
How the Los Angeles Times auto-writes and auto-publishes a blog post following an earthquake
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 8 March 2013#Tip of the day for journalists: How to get data out of council budget reports
How to get data out of PDFs and other useful tips
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 19 February 2013#Podcast: Examining data-driven health reporting
A look at how data is being used in health investigations
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 15 February 2013#Tip of the day for journalists: Try spreadsheet analysis tool QueryTree
Try QueryTree, a drag-and-drop spreadsheet analysis tool
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 6 February 2013#Podcast: Three approaches to data journalism in Latin America
How La Nación in Costa Rica, La Nación in Argentina, and Estadão de São Paulo are approaching data journalism
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 19 October 2012#PPAdigital: Paul Bradshaw's five principles of data management
Journalism academic Paul Bradshaw sets out principles for using data for journalism or for analysing audience data for commercial purposes
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 26 September 2012
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How import.io will help reporters extract data from web pages
The free tool will let journalists gather, aggregate and analyse data from websites without the need for coding or scraping skills
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 30/04/13