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Local data goes big – interview with David Ottewell
David Ottewell is head of the biggest data journalism team in Britain. The Reach (formerly
12 data journalists you need to follow on Twitter
Data journalism is gaining importance in our day and age. Increasingly, readers look to data journalists for statistics and facts to find the ‘truth’ of a story.
Data visualisation checklist: 7 things to check before you click ‘publish’
We all know that data visualisations can really bring an article to life. However, I’ve
Interview with Eliot Higgins of Bellingcat
Verifying missile launchers, tracking down ISIS supporters and holding worldwide governments to account is just
Data day: The rise of fake news on Facebook
Did Pope Francis endorse Donald Trump? Did Hillary Clinton sell weapons to Isis? If you
Are analytics changing newsrooms? Interview with Federica Cherubini
and Esmeralda Sandoval Analytics are some of the most effective tools publishers have for distributing
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
City hosts BBC News Labs’ University Challenges
The first City University London Hackathon will take place this weekend as part of the
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
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
Data Journalism workshops by Interhacktives 2015: learn to clean and visualise election data
Love data? Ever wondered what a data journalist actually does? Just want free booze? The Interhacktives are
How to use statistical functions in Excel
Lies, damn lies, and statistics. At least that’s how the saying goes and how the
Interview: Ben Kreimer on drone journalism
When most people think of drones, they’ll probably think of the flying machines that hail
The best places to get your data
Best places to get your data For many beginners getting into data and what are
6 sites that show why data is beta
New to data journalism and keen to learn but unsure about the kind of stories you could
What’s on Reddit’s front page?
We go behind data scraped from the front page of Reddit – what does it tell us about the online super-community?
Interview with Abraham Thomas, co-founder and head of data at Quandl
We sit down with Quandl’s co-founder and head of data Abraham Thomas about his project.