I just published a short piece on the Guardian Datablog about a big release of open data from Europeana, Europe’s digital library, which was announced earlier this morning.
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Guardian piece on Europeana open data release
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Science, data and the public
The following is a short piece written for the Guardian Datablog about what the European Commission’s recent announcement on access to scientific data could mean for science and for public engagement with science.
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The Future of Data Journalism
O’Reilly Media just published an interview with me about the Data Journalism Handbook and the future of data journalism. Here it is.
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What data can and cannot do
I just published a piece on the Guardian Datablog about ‘what data can and cannot do’, arguing that data journalists and civic data hackers should strive to cut back on data-driven hype and to cultivate a more critical literacy towards their subject matter. Here’s an excerpt.
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Data Journalism Handbook released at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia
The Data Journalism Handbook – a free, open-source book that aims to help journalists to use data to improve the news – has been released today at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia. The book is an international, collaborative effort involving dozens of data journalism’s leading advocates and best practitioners – including from Australian Broadcasting [...]
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Communicating Climate Change
Today the Public Interest Research Centre (PIRC), an independent charity “integrating research on climate change, energy and economics”, released a set of Climate Factsheets to help to communicate climate science research to a broader public.
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Illustrations for the Data Journalism Handbook
Here is a preview of some illustrations for the Data Journalism Handbook, a free, open source reference book which shows how journalists can use data to improve the news. They were created by the talented Kate Hudson, based on the original designs she did for the book at MozFest 2011.
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Poster about the Data Journalism Handbook for the Information Design Conference 2012
Freelance infographic designer Lulu Pinney has kindly designed a wonderful poster which illustrates some of the topics covered in the Data Journalism Handbook, a free, open source reference book which shows how journalists can use data to improve the news.
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Europe’s Energy wins a Silver Award at Malofiej 20
Europe’s Energy, a project I helped to create to put EU energy targets into context, has just won a Silver Award at Malofiej 20. The Malofiej Awards recognise innovative infographics from around the world:
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Attributive Justice
I woke up this morning to discover that the French news website Numerama just ran a piece on how the French government claimed that they owned the copyright in a photograph that I took (see Google’s English translation here): Quand on cherche à illustrer l’Open Data, l’une des photographies qui revient le plus souvent est [...]
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