What’s the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting? Here are the Top Ten links for May 8-14: Seven reasons to use dot graphs (@maartenzam), 5 truths about the UK election (@SPIEGELONLINE), ICIJ’s #luxleaks (@cabralens), history of men’s tennis (@duc_qn), U-shaped challenges (Data Colada) and more.
What’s the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting? Here are the Top Ten links for May 1-8: Easy-to-use historical maps (@wired); Lobbyradar (@ZDF); @GENdjawards shortlist gradients+news graphics (@EdwardTufte); network analysis tutorial (@cguibourg); Saudi death penalty (@jeune_afrique), and more.
What’s the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting? Here are the Top Ten links for Apr 25- May 3: How quickly America changes its mind (@business); Latin America HackLabs winners (@HacksLabsData); Tmap in a nutshell; crazy Berlin real estate (@morgenpost) and more.
What’s the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting? Here are the Top Ten links for Apr 18-26: data viz resources (@visualisingdata), Europe refugees (@zeitonline), French school names (@EugenieBastie), Perugia Fest highlights (#digilab), Le Monde fack-checks (@lemondefr), Global South ddj (SciDev.net).
What’s the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting about? Top Ten links for March 27 – Apr 5: journalists and coding, 30+ free data tools, #ddj for beginners, asbestos in Italy, political money in Germany, and more. This list is determined by NodeXL, a social media network mapping program. The full map is available at the bottom of this roundup.
What’s the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting about? Investigating unusual trading patterns at a Chinese solar company (@FT), tracking the rising Right in France (@Rue89Strasbourg), looking back on a year of fighting Ebola (@MSF), and announcing @ICFJKnight fellowships. Read on!
What’s the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting about? Top Ten links for March 13-20 feature investigating water aid from El Confidencial, IndiaSpend’s manipulating data in India’s most populous state, explaining the Middle East in 40 maps from Vox; & Poynter’s interactive storytelling lessons.
What’s the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting about? Tracking EU politicians on data protection regulations (@LobbyPlag), updated #NICAR15 tools + tutorials (@MacDiva), Big Pharma profits from taxpayers (@SRFData), and more…
What’s got the data-driven journalism crowd tweeting about? Here are the week’s Top Ten links for Feb 27-Mar 5: cool #NICAR15 tools + tutorials (@MacDiva), mapping power in Africa (Guardian), how to find, extract + use #OpenData (IJNet), and the history of immigration in England + Wales (Times of London).
Open Data is spreading across the globe and transforming the way data is collected, published, and used. But all of this is happening without well-documented standards, leading to inconsistent metadata, no or little corroboration of sources, and conflicting terms of use. The Data on the Web Best Practices Working Group is working to change this.
