(This article was first published on R – Data Science Africa, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) Ghana has always been getting flooded, but it seems that only floods in Accra are getting attention. I wrote about it here, and the…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: Data stories
How the Ghana Floods animation was created
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data, Data Journalism, Environment, How, Journalism, Posts from feeds, Public safety, Resilience, Visualising data Tagged with: Data Journalism, Data stories, data visualisation, David Quartey, flood, Flooding, Ghana, R – Data Science Africa, R-bloggers
Quick Guide to Data Journalism
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Posted in Benefits of open data, Data Journalism, Journalism, Posts from feeds, Research, Transparency, Visualising data Tagged with: Data Journalism, Data stories, data visualisation, DataCamp Blog, journalism, Karlijn Willems
Peer Reviewing Our Data Stories
By Ariana Giorgi, Christine Zhang SRCCON peers, reviewing. (Erik Westra) As journalists who analyze data for stories, we strive to hold ourselves accountable to a high standard of accuracy. But checking our work is rarely a straightforward process… Read the…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data Journalism, Informing Decision-making, Journalism, Posts from feeds, Research, Transparency Tagged with: Data Journalism, Data stories, open data, research, Transparency
4 open data lessons from reporting the Panama Papers in Africa
In March this year we reported how our open data team in Africa has rolled up its sleeves to find out how open data can change lives for the better on the continent. One of the projects supported was the…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data Journalism, democracy, Informing Decision-making, Journalism, Posts from feeds, Saving money, Transparency Tagged with: Africa, Data Journalism, Data stories, journalism, Panama Papers, Web Foundation
What skills do you need to become a data-driven storyteller? Join a week-long data journalism training #ddjcamp
This post is written by Anastasia Valeeva, data journalist and member of Open Knowledge Russia, one of the local groups in the Open Knowledge Network. European Youth Press is organising a week-long intensive training on data journalism funded by Erasmus+. It…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data Journalism, Journalism, Posts from feeds Tagged with: Data Journalism, Data stories, journalism
Baby names since 1904: how has yours performed?
Names: everyone’s got one but how has yours performed over the past 110 years? Are you a comeback kid, a disappearing act or a completely new entry? Find out using our interactive graphic that shows the top 100 names for baby…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Neat tools, Posts from feeds, Visualising data Tagged with: baby name, data, Data stories, data visualisation, ONS, open data
Cambridgeshire Insight: spreading the net for open data
Feature: One of the Government’s ‘champion’ projects is now providing the scope for the proactive use of data from a range of local sources
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Research, Smart communities, Transparency, Visualising data Tagged with: Data stories, DKAN, Gary Flood, Hendrik Grothuis, local open data champions, Mike Soper, Open Data Champions, open source, Transparency, UKAuthority
Open Data Camp Hat-Trick (Day 1)
The Open Data campers start to gather (photo by Nigel Bishop CC BY-NC 2.0) The third Open Data Camp took place last weekend. I’m proud to claim the hat-trick of attending all three: the inaugural at Winchester in Feb 15, the…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Smart communities Tagged with: Bristol, Data stories, Glyn Jones, open data, Open Data Camp
Using data visualisation tools to provide local context for decision making and meet open data aspirations
The Cambridgeshire Research Group has created several interactive atlases combining local and national open data with a range of InstantAtlas data visualisation analysis tools. It has been working to establish a local data portal called Cambridgeshire Insight Open Data as…