The war in Ukraine: what has been the best social media coverage?
The war in Ukraine has seen a lot of coverage on social media. But what has it shown us about how social media can be used in war reporting?
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How to create BBC-style graphics with R: A bbplot tutorial
Core R is an incredible tool to manage data and can produce satisfactory data visualisations. But what if you want more control?
Going Viral with Brexit and Mr. Blobby – interview with the BBC’s Chris Mason
The BBC’s Political Correspondent Chris Mason tells us about the Mr Blobby incident and going viral.
Anatomy of a Twitter thread: is long-form tweeting great for journalism?
Twitter is often linked to journalism for two reasons. Firstly, its real-time nature makes it
What WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption means for journalism and how to use app
The last time I checked, WhatsApp was not one of the most popular social media apps
City hosts BBC News Labs’ University Challenges
The first City University London Hackathon will take place this weekend as part of the
BBC on the WWW: the website from 1996 to now
We decided to take a look through the Wayback Machine tool to watch the evolution
Interview with Kerry Alexandra, BBC UGC producer
Kerry Alexandra is a User Generated Content (UGC) Producer at the BBC. She told Interhacktives
Interview with Jeremy Tarling, BBC senior data architect
Interhacktives sat down with Jeremy Tarling, senior data architect for the BBC, to find out
Interhacktives Live Blog @ ONA Need for Speed
This afternoon from 5 PM, Interhacktives will live blog from the Online News Association discussion and networking
Who did it best? Data coverage of the 2013 local elections
Yesterday the final results were in for Thursday’s 2013 council elections, and true to form
Data Journalism Awards 2013 Shortlist Released
I blogged earlier in the year on the 2013 Data Journalism Awards and promised to
Interview: James Ball data journalist at the Guardian
James Ball is a data journalist working for the Guardian investigations team, which he joined
How See Tickets outraged 100,000 BBC Radio 1 listeners
On the weekend of June 23, nearly a hundred thousand people will descend upon the
Breaking the news on Twitter
Breaking news on Twitter is not something that’s new, but it is now being seemingly
It all started on social media: bin Laden announced dead
It was meant to be a silent victory in the War on Terror. A carefully
It all started on social media: the domino effect
February 2011 was the month of the domino effect. Following on from the popular uprisings