Finding stories in data. The pursuit of facts in plain sight.
If you have been keeping an eye on my blog you’ll know I scraped Cabinet Office Spending data. Few journalists will look at the mountain of CSVs on government data. Even fewer will code enough to scrape them, although a lot of them want to do this and I believe it will address the … Continue Reading →
So far I’ve called myself a data journalist. But then again Paris Hilton calls herself a business woman. From my previous post, you can see my interest growing. But I haven’t really done anything. I am trying to learn the skills. These skills aren’t actually known and neither is the job description. But the best … Continue Reading →
Words are data also and this video by Sir Ken Robinson shows how animation can make real time visuals for stories which are information rich and picture poor. I really love this. Graphics, to a certain extent, makes the story more understandable and much more entertaining. And for all those interested in the topic of … Continue Reading →