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Monthly Archives: October 2010

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.  

October 21, 2010 data, journalism, The Guardian, Wikileaks

HacksHackers getting all Interactive

Who? Hacks/Hackers London What? Another meetup! A place where people who work with data for websites and story telling can be social and not appear too weird. When? Wednesday, 20th October at 07:00 PM Where? The Shooting Star 125-129 Middlesex St London E1 7JF Why? Talk: Freedom of Information tips and tricks By: Martin Rosenbaum, … Continue Reading →

October 18, 2010 Alastair Dant, BBC, FOI, HacksHackers, Interactives, Martin Rosenbaum, The Gurdian

Coding for those who don’t know what coding is

I have gone dark on the data journalism front and I apologize. It’s just that work that actually pays me has picked up! But I have not dropped the baton and indeed, my latest finding have reignited my flame for all things data driven. So please do join me on my data journey. I am … Continue Reading →

October 18, 2010 city university of New York, coding, python, ScraperWiki

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