Words + Numbers
TELLING STORIES THROUGH DATA JOURNALISM AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
Helping you improve your skills with resources and training
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Who I am
Data journalist + FOI expert
My name is Claire Miller and I am an award winning investigative data journalist working across national and regional newspapers in the UK, with more than a decade’s experience of using data skills to dig out data, find stories, and create visualisations.
What I do
My areas of expertise
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Data Journalism
Turning official data, statistics, and FOI responses into interesting, engaging exclusive stories that connect with readers.
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Data Analysis
Spending hours trying to clean messy data or analysing information. Are there quicker techniques and formulas?
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Data Visualisation
Visually telling your data stories can be the strongest way to get your point across. But what makes a great graph?
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Freedom of Information
From ideas to get you started with sending your first FOI request to help with fighting refusals and other challenges.
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 26/7/2024 – #FOIFriday
Blog
Telling Stories through Numbers
Regularly updated with tutorials and tips, the Telling Stories through Numbers blog is a great first stop for learning more about data journalism and Freedom of Information.
How to posts walk you through finding, cleaning, analysing, and visualising data, while the regular #FOIFriday features is a weekly update on repeatable FOI ideas.
Getting Started with Data Journalism
This e-book is packed with data journalism tips and tutorials to help you find data, analyse and visualise, and create great stories.
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