Data
Visualising your story is a key aspect of a lot of data journalism. While there are stories that don’t require a visualisation, be it a simple or complex, many more do and getting that right is key for readers and journalists. I caught up with Cath Levett, Head of
Data
New to data journalism and keen to learn but unsure about the kind of stories you could uncover with numbers? Well worry not because the Interhacktives have collected the examples of experts in action so you don't have to. Here's a roundup in no particular order
Data
Beatrice Schofield, Head of Data Intelligence at import.io talks to Interhacktives’ Aleksandra Wisniewska and debunks the data science myth.
Events
Interhacktives was at last week's MediaLab Session. Find out about the joint venture of Newspaper Club and The Guardian.
News
Yesterday the final results were in for Thursday’s 2013 council elections, and true to form some of the biggest media publications were not content with simply stating by numbers which councils had won or lost seats (à la the less than inspiring Independent and Spectator’s election results run-
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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
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Countries that had dictators in power until very recently are now prominent when it comes to new Freedom of Information Acts. The UK system trusts heavily on the press to work. This is the opinion of Fabiano Angelico, a specialist on transparency and a Guardian contributor. As a master in
News
Neha-Tamara Patel This week The Guardian opened up its news lists in an experiment in citizen journalism. The paper’s website calls for readers to ‘help shape the Guardian's news coverage by talking to editors and reporters about upcoming stories as [they] work on them’. Readers are