Data – it might not mean what you think it means
It certainly didn’t when it came to the £32 bread. That was actually 11 loaves and cost £2.82. The lesson from this is if it sound ridiculous, it probably is…
Why data journalism will go mainstream
Reading through the Sunday Times Magazine, Sunday before last and there was an article about the inquiry into Stafford Hospital and the failings there. Interestingly at the end of the…
The Great Thing about Data Journalism
When it works well it works really well. This is a sort of companion piece to me complaining about how data journalism takes forever (ok, slight exaggeration). Sometimes its very quick and…
The Problem with Data Journalism…Time
As in not enough of it. Big datasets take time to go through and understand and find the stories in. Not easy when you have to write a lead on…
Combining Google Fusion Maps…
…or how I made the Welsh boundary changes map. Click for interactive version I knew the announcement was due and that we would need a way to display it. And…