Audience & Social
Pioneers from the frontiers of social media newsgathering and user-generated content (UGC) shared their wisdom at News:rewired's 'in focus' event last week. Below are my seven takeaways from "The Wild West of Social Media" panel event, featuring Aine Kerr, managing editor of
Data
Ever wanted to scrape something with OutWit Hub but the data you want is tied up in ugly HTML tags that change with each new piece of information? Regular expressions - known as regex - are often an easy way of getting around them. These are sequences of symbols and characters which
How-To
So you want to get started with coding, but don’t know where to start. It can feel like a daunting project, possibly because many of us have the idea of coding being some kind of dark art, with lots of complicated syntax to get right. Thankfully, the internet is
Data
Best places to get your data For many beginners getting into data and what are the best places to get your data , the first stumbling block is actually accessing the information you want. Before you’ve started to tell the story, and before you can even get your teeth into
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
The 2014 Budget saw some great data coverage, but it showed that one of data journalism's biggest challenges lies in working well on mobile devices.
Tips
“If data journalism is about anything, it’s the flexibility to search for new ways of storytelling.” Simon Rogers, Facts are Sacred. There are a lot of people out there trying to visually explain information they have obtained through data. They are using their own skills and tools to display
How-To
In this post we show you how to save time and stress with Alfred, the program that provides shortcuts to just about anywhere straight from your desktop.
Data
Here's a simple guide to Raw. You can make alluvial diagrams, which represents flows and changes in network structures, and so much more.
Tips
Make your website a hub of activity and not just a blog.
Tips
The benefits of having a core set of regular posts should not be undervalued.
How-To
Advice on how to make improve the readability of your posts.