Interviews
James Ball interview: 'I would love the CIA cables'
We delved into the archives and pulled out a classic interview with Guardian journalist James Ball from before the Snowden revelations.
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Scoop: WJChat - First Global Journo Webchat
On 13 November, the Online Journalism Association (ONA) organised WJChat, the first international web chat for journalists.
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Welcome back!
Here's saying hello from us 3rd gen interhacktives!
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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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Who did it best? Data coverage of the 2013 local elections
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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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
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WiFi censorship: How big can the problem be?
David Cameron has announced plans that could see public WiFi censored to stop people downloading porn in public places. Now, I can't say I've seen people ever doing this myself but, if one wanted to, how many places could you actually download porn? There are a
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Florida newspaper wins Pulitzer for data journalism
Growing up in South Florida, there weren’t many professional outlets available for aspiring journalists. If you lived in Broward or Palm Beach counties, your allegiance was to the Sun-Sentinel, and if you grew up in Miami-Dade, you “worked” for the Miami Herald. My two years writing for
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Eastern Europe and Latin America hit the spotlight in FOIs, but media still makes the UK influential
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
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Data shows why Barcelona might have trouble with PSG now Messi is injured
Last night Barcelona against drew PSG in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-finals clash. Scoring two goals in Paris set up the Catalan giants for a spot in the semifinals. But not all was good news for them: Lionel Messi, the best player in the world, will
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What is the point of having 100 international billionaires without a world map?
A few weeks ago Forbes published in their website a list of the 100 top billionaires on the planet. They published graphs of these people's net worth over time, a lot of background information and could even link every one of them to other important billionaires, in a