The boundaries of data
What do you do about tracking data relating to an organisation or area over time, if the boundaries keep changing? Recently, I’ve been doing more with English NHS data. This…
FOI and Datasets
Request Initiative, not-for-profit community interest company that helps charities, NGOs non-profits make use of FOI, is blogging top tips for using the FOI act. This week’s topic, looking at asking for…
Data journalism – necessity is the mother of invention
One of the things I like about data journalism (despite being very frustrating at times) is that it is very often an exercise in problem solving; it makes me think.…
Data journalism – necessity is the mother of invention
One of the things I like about data journalism (despite being very frustrating at times) is that it is very often an exercise in problem solving; it makes me think.…
How to get started with data journalism
Well, it’s finally here. I’ve published my book Getting Started with Data Journalism. It is a comprehensive look at techniques for finding, cleaning, analysing and visualising data and hopefully help at…
Behind the scenes on an award winning story
So this time last week, I was getting ready to catch a very early flight to Paris ahead of the Data Journalism Awards. My story looking at where social services in Wales…
A Great Big List of FOI Ideas
Is one of your journalism resolutions this year to put in more Freedom of Information requests but not really sure where to start? David Higgerson’s blog has a FOI Friday feature, collecting…