Interview with Louise Crow of WhatDoTheyKnow
Sending Freedom of Information (FOI) requests can be a daunting job for UK journalists. From
Data
How to win a Data Journalism Award
Correction: In the podcast, we refer to the organisation running the Data Journalism Awards (GEN)
Interview with Peter Yeung
Peter Yeung: Society will gain greater benefit from just having open data. Fresh from his time
Data day: The rise of fake news on Facebook
Did Pope Francis endorse Donald Trump? Did Hillary Clinton sell weapons to Isis? If you
6 tips from Google on making compelling visualisations
Journalists aren’t used to taking advice from tech companies. Indeed, the row between Facebook and
Data Journalism Awards past winner focus: The Migrant Files
The Data Journalism Awards organised by the Global Editor’s Network (GEN) showcase some of the best data journalism
Why you should apply to the Data Journalism Awards 2016
Are you a journalist with a data-driven project you are proud of? Apply to the
Megan Lucero interview: ‘all journalism will eventually be data journalism’
Hailing from a tiny Californian town, where the main mode of transport takes the literal
Lunch with the IHT: John Burn-Murdoch
At the tender age of 27, John Burn-Murdoch is one of the leading young lights of
Nicolas Kayser-Bril interview: ‘It’s important to institutionalise data practices’
In 2008, Nicolas Kayser-Bril, a young graduate in media economics, fell into data journalism by
Malcolm Coles interview: ‘news organisations don’t experiment enough’
The eyes of the British media are watching Malcolm Coles, the Telegraph’s Director of Digital
Cath Levett: The Guardian Head of Graphics
Visualising your story is a key aspect of a lot of data journalism. While there
How to write a data story with bad data
The General Election is the most important media event of the year. Its a chance
Sociotope brings your online identity to life
While browsing data visualisations on Pinterest the other day, I came across an interesting-looking tool:
Interview: Hera Hussain on the need for open data
Hera Hussain is Communities and Partnerships Manager at OpenCorporates, the world’s largest open companies database.
Billy Ehrenberg on data journalism’s future and the skills you need
Billy Ehrenberg, ex-Interhacktive and data journalist, has spent the last year working on new data-based
I asked YouGov’s Stephan Shakespeare about Miliband’s non-dom promise and whether this is the most data-driven election yet
When you get the chance to speak to the CEO of YouGov on the day
Interview: You Gov’s Joe Twyman on polling 2015’s unpredictable election
When I met You Gov’s head of political and social research for Europe,  the Middle
How to use statistical functions in Excel
Lies, damn lies, and statistics. At least that’s how the saying goes and how the
Video: How to use regex to scrape HTML pages
Ever wanted to scrape something with OutWit Hub but the data you want is tied up