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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 6/5/22 – #FOIFriday

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This week's potential FOI ideas include the rising cost of energy for public bodies, the impact of the rising cost of fuel on crime, and NHS pressures. While the last…

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Data Journalism for Beginners: How to make a live updating council election map for candidates and results

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Thursday (May 5) is local election day, and the classic way of displaying results is in a map, coloured in to show which party won which ward. These are relatively…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 22/4/22 – #FOIFriday 

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Freedom of Information requests can be a great way to hold public bodies to account - where a lack of information may make tackling crime harder or where action doesn't…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 15/4/22 – #FOIFriday

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This week's Freedom of Information ideas round-up is a bit truncated (as it's a sunny bank holiday, and who has time to be sending FOIs on those!) Long waits Patients…

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Data Journalism for Beginners: Why do it and how to get started

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The second edition of Getting Started with Data Journalism has just launched and over the next few weeks I'm going to be bringing you some beginners' guides to data journalism…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 8/4/22 – #FOIFriday

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This week's potential Freedom of Information ideas include a look into child neglect cases, the potential impact of the pandemic on mental health, and the cost (and effectiveness) of Covid…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 1/4/22 – #FOIFriday

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This week's Freedom of Information requests include classics like the number of parking fines handed out, but also show some of the problems with FOI, where not getting back information…

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