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What exactly is data journalism used for?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Michael Greenfield

‘Extracting key facts from the big news stories and publishing them in machine-readable format so talented creative people can make beautiful displays.’ Lisa Evans, The Guardian We are in the midst of data journalism’s golden era. I know this may … Continue reading →

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What does Data journalism mean?

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Julia Greenaway

Data journalism makes facts and figures more accessible. Turing information into graphs, diagrams and pictures makes the information a lot easier to understand. Especially with comparable information. When I think of data journalism I think of Wikileaks, and the data … Continue reading →