Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 6/5/22 – #FOIFriday
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…
Data Journalism for Beginners: How to make a live updating council election map for candidates and results
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 22/4/22 – #FOIFriday
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 15/4/22 – #FOIFriday
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…
Data Journalism for Beginners: Why do it and how to get started
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 8/4/22 – #FOIFriday
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 1/4/22 – #FOIFriday
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…