News
Inside the mind of a forum user
Emma, 23, from Surrey, joined the forum of popular women’s magazine five years ago. Interhacktives tracked her down to talk trolling, platform hopping and braving offline meet-ups…
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Data
Interview: James Ball data journalist at the Guardian
James Ball is a data journalist working for the Guardian investigations team, which he joined after working for Wikileaks and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. He is the Washington Post Laurence Stern Fellow for 2012 and visiting lecturer at City University London for the Interactive Journalism course. I interviewed him
Data
The Economist data book makes me believe in love at first sight
It was a rainy afternoon I gazed sadly into the bookshelves of Waterstone’s for hours and hours. My ex-girlfriend was a few meters away, reminding me of how tough love can be. I just wanted to go home and drink as much Cherry Coke as I could (I
How-To
Social media tools to use (more) in 2013
Being a student puts you in touch with new resources, but it also makes you wonder how people in real newsrooms are actually using tools to reach out to readers. So I asked some of my former colleagues what are the most interesting tools they will try to use more
Data
2013 Data Journalism Awards
The Data Journalism Awards (DJA)- the first international contest recognising outstanding work in the field of data journalism – has just announced it is back in 2013 for its second ever year, this time with some exciting additions. The Guardian’s Datablog don Simon Rogers and Data Journalism Handbook editor Liliana
Data
Why Pivot Tables are Your Best Friend
Following on from my post on beginner’s tips for Excel taken from our workshop with James Ball (of Guardian Datablog fame), I’d like to highlight the possibly most valuable tool within Excel, which if you can master, you’d be well on your way to becoming an actual
Data
A Beginner’s Pre-Guide to Data Journalism
So, you want to be a data journalist? All well and good, but it’s important to remember to learn to crawl before you can walk, and luckily we had the Guardian’s James Ball to guide us every baby-step of the way in the form of the essential
Data
Look, I made a map!
At the gentle urging of Mauricio, I've decided to dedicate my time landlocked and bored in Florida to conquering my fear of data visualisations. I've spent all year completely overwhelmed, wondering how I went from a master's in political sociology to a master'
Audience & Social
Exclusivity and age in social networks
As the social media market becomes saturated, networks have realised that they need to change to remain viable. What might the future hold for our online communities?
Audience & Social
Social media users in emerging countries want more than just flashy visuals
Brazil and India don’t share much common ground. But, along with the United States, they are the top three markets for Facebook in the world. While more than 156 million Americans have already adopted Mark Zuckerberg’s creation, only recently did almost 100 million Brazilians and Indians migrate from
Events
An Interhacktive's live-blogging debut
Last week saw my first ever live-blogging attempt, a Halloween live-blog for Islington Now. It was an opportunity to cover something which was hyper-local, with lots of events to report, but also light-hearted and fun, so any mistakes wouldn’t matter as much. I used a
Audience & Social
Interview with Nick Petrie
An interview with Social Media & Campaigns Editor at The Times, and former Wannabe Hack, Nick Petrie. Nabeelah: So you've just installed a new comment system – Livefire - How're you finding that? Why did you decide to make the change? Nick: Two reasons. One, Pluck, which is