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Data Visualisation: A History
I’ve been a bit obsessed with Mona Chalabi’s Instagram for a while now. But what's the history of data journalism and visualisation? Where did it come from?
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News Round Up
In the first of our weekly news round-ups, we take a look at the increasing demand for data journalism and the storytelling potential of virtual reality. Tech in the newsroom The first-ever global survey “The State of Technology in Global Newsrooms” by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
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Facebook's Safety Check: what is it, and is it helping?
London suffered its first, large-scale terrorist attack since the 7/7 bombings this week. Tragically, three innocent lives were taken, and the attacker was shot and killed by the police. At the time, no one knew if another attack was on its way, or if this was a one-
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3 ways journalists can deal with Donald Trump's ‘alternative facts’
White House press secretary Sean Spicer appeared on Fox News on Tuesday evening, comparing his “alternative facts” regarding Donald Trump’s inauguration crowd to reading different weather reports. “The press was trying to make it seem like we were ignoring the facts when the facts are that sometimes… in the
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6 lessons for digital journalism from the New York Times’ strategy report
The New York Times has released a report, written by a group of seven of their journalists called ‘The 2020 Group’, outlining “the newsroom’s strategy and aspirations”. This is part of the paper’s ambition to dramatically increase its number of subscribers and build a true digital business by
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17 ways to use Facebook Live
Facebook is putting cash in your hands for using its new live streaming service. Not only is this a sign the social media giant is wholeheartedly backing Facebook Live to the hilt, but it also presents huge opportunities for digital journalists.As word spreads that Buzzfeed is set to earn
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11 ways digital publishers covered Election Night
All eyes were on the United States two short weeks ago when it elected its next president. Many digital publishers used the opportunity to explore some creative new ways to cover the event as election and polling results rolled in throughout the night. The Interhacktives team tuned into some live
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12 easy tricks to help find your voice on social media
No one – not even Instagram queens, national newspaper editors or that weird guy from school who inexplicably has thousands of Twitter followers – fully understands social media. And isn’t that exciting? Journalists increasingly value the analytics and audience connection offered by Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and who-knows-what-next. Together,
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6 tips from Google on making compelling visualisations
Journalists aren’t used to taking advice from tech companies. Indeed, the row between Facebook and the journalism industry has intensified over the last two months. A Vox article published earlier this month attacked Mark Zuckerberg, who has been called “the world’s most powerful editor” for abandoning his editorial
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BBC Pop Up and CNN Digital: Local reporting vs reporting locally
Every journalist of the future will be dependent on technology and social media to tell and share their stories, whether they like it or not. Gone are the days when readers read the news by solely picking up a newspaper on the way to work. In fact, chances are that
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Should we kill the homepage?
Two years ago, Buzzfeed leaked a graph showing a steep decline in visitors to the New York Times’ homepage. Almost immediately, Quartz and the Atlantic pronounced the homepage dead. In 2014, The Columbia Journalism Review noted, “Less than half of visits to nytimes.com start on the homepage.” Poynter described
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7 ways to make your Twitter bio stand out as a journalist
It’s only 150 characters, but it's the first thing people will see when they come to your profile, and it's a great way to pop up in people's searches. Here's how to make it as good as it can be: 1.