Finding stories in data. The pursuit of facts in plain sight.
Here is a timeline of my data journey. Starting from when I first heard about this thing called Computer-Assisted-Reporting. Well, computers have moved on since journalists were hacking away on spreadsheets a decade ago so I decided to see how CAR has come along. This proved puzzling. In almost all news institutions it has been … Continue Reading →
Ok, so you see I’ve got timelines on my blog and they’re interactive! Here’s how you do it but it does come with qualifications. You can only use timetoast which means you have to build each event. See Timelines: add a little, say a lot. Dipity allows you to build a live time line from … Continue Reading →
Today’s post will is all about timelines which really don’t feature in the news as much as they should. They can say lot because they contain a lot yet require little effort using today’s featured freeware. Text timelines need to be a thing of the past. there’s no real sense of space and time and … Continue Reading →