The relationship between open data and journalism is a complex one. No one questions the desirability of good journalism and the value of open data but both are under threat. British print circulation…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: Media
Open data and journalism
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data Journalism, Journalism, Posts from feeds Tagged with: BBC, big data, journalism, Media, NII, ODI, OKFN, open data, Simon Briscoe
Why are the media not part of the open data conversation?
Knight International Media Innovators Data Journalism ICFJ Knight Fellow Stephen Abbott Pugh explores why the media are absent from the world of open data. In early September, hundreds of open data practitioners, civil servants, researchers, technologists and specialists in health,…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Commercial opportunities, Journalism, Posts from feeds Tagged with: Data Journalism, International Journalists' Network, journalism, Media, open data
Inflation, poor supply, great demand – a summary of Argentina’s open data
Last month our project progressed and move to Israel. We visited the land of the milk and honey in mid May, and we are super excited about what we found. However, we still have some catch up to do from…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Greater efficiency, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Transparency, Visualising data Tagged with: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Data Journalism, Demand, Hackdash, inflation, innovation, Israel, journalism, Media, OKFN, open data, Open Government Partnership
Data journalism in the Philippines: changing the open data landscape
Transparency, accountability and open data in the Philippines have just become more palpable to citizens and journalists alike. Open Knowledge/School of Data joined forces with the World Bank and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism(PCIJ) to launch a five-month training…
Posted in Data Journalism, Journalism, Posts from feeds, Transparency Tagged with: citizen, Data Journalism, journalism, Media, OKFN, open data, Philippines, training, Transparency, World Bank
Twelve Lessons for Creating International, Data-Driven News Collaborations
A new paper by William E. Buzenberg, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Spring 2015) and former Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity, explores the need for and impact of international collaborations between news outlets. Buzenberg argues that although our…
Posted in Data Journalism, Journalism, Posts from feeds Tagged with: data, Data Journalism, journalism, Media, Medium.com, news, Shorenstein Media, William E. Buzenberg
UK Crime Data: Feeling is Believing
Latest crime data shows that the UK is getting significantly more ‘peaceful’. Last month, the Institute for Economics and Peace published the UK Peace Index, revealing UK crime figures have fallen the most of all EU countries in the past…
Posted in Data Journalism, Informing Decision-making, Journalism, Public safety, Transparency Tagged with: API, crime, data, Data Journalism, journalism, Media, OKFN, open data, perception, Police, science, statistics, trust, UK Statistics Authority