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How to make a choropleth map with Google Fusion Tables
Sophie Murray-Morris shows you how to make an easy choropleth map using Google Fusion Tables to help you visualise your data.
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Martin Belam launches Ampp3d the new 'socially shareable' data site
The eagerly-awaited data project from Martin Belam and Trinity Mirror, formerly known as 'Mysterious Project Y', has officially been named... Ampp3d.
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Big Data Debate live blog: The Controversial Questions
Read our live blog from the Big Data Debate.
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Joseph Stashko interview: 'Infographics aren't data journalism'
You’re the Digital News Development Editor at The Times and The Sunday Times. What exactly does that mean - what do you do on a day-to-day basis? Lots of different things. The digital team at The Times has expanded a fair bit recently - we've got a
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Interviewed: Claire Miller, senior data journalist at Trinity Mirror
Newly appointed senior data journalist at Trinity Mirror, Claire Miller, spares the time to answer some questions.
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Making data accessible: interview with Nick Scott from import.io
Import.io aims to make extracting data from the internet incredibly simple. This demo on import.io’s website shows it is as easy as highlighting an example of the bits of data you want from the website and the algorithm sorting out the rest. It launched last October at
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Mapped: England's cancer prevalence by PCT (2011)
I decided to experiment with Google Fusion Tables after my past Google Heatmap attempts, and create a map which was much more interactive. I submitted Freedom of Information requests to the Department of Health and other governmental organisations for information on cancer rates by primary care trust (PCT) or other
Audience & Social
Data, social media and elections, an account by a Transparency International insider
There is no NGO with bigger global acclaim in the fight against corruption, no matter where it is, than Transparency International. The organization turns 20 years old this month and it has tried in the last few years to adapt by monitoring not only what documents and officials say, but
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Ladies Who Code: Interview with co-founder Angie Maguire
Ladies Who Code began in 2011 and is a collective of professional coders meeting to share knowledge and ideas. Two Mint Digital employees saw an opportunity to bring people who use code in their jobs, or who are just pretty damn good at it, together to create awesome stuff. Since
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Number of refugees rises steeply in Brazil and mildly in the UK. Brave new world ahead?
The number of refugees applying to live in Brazil increased more than three times since 2010, according to United Nations figures just released. In 2012, there were more than 2,000 people asking for shelter in the South American country. That is just one tenth of the number in the
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Infographic: battle of the social sexes
InternetSeviceProviders.org show us how different social media sites tend to be dominated by one of the two sexes.
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Data Journalism Awards 2013 Shortlist Released
I blogged earlier in the year on the 2013 Data Journalism Awards and promised to keep you posted, and can now reveal that the shortlist has been announced. Speaking at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, The Global Editors Network announced their 72 finalists, with the shortlisted candidates representing 19