What politicians know thanks to the Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act turned 10 on January 1 (yes, I am a bit late, but I have been in West Wales) and political parties have been celebrating by…
Why Labour’s smear test attack on the coalition just doesn’t stand up
The coalition is failing women, the number who are overdue smear tests has soared 11% since they came to power, possibly due to the difficulty getting GP appointments. When working…
With FOI think MVP
Being quite busy recently, I’ve been thinking about ways to use Freedom of Information Act requests to generate stories without taking up huge amounts of time (mine, and FOI officers)…
Journalism New Year Resolutions
Do I write this post every year? Probably. Some things I’m planning to work on this year. Blog more Yes, I say this a lot, then I get busy and don’t…
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.…