Jonathan Stoneman
is a freelance journalism trainer and consultant, specialising in data journalism
Blog posts in total 5
Posts
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Data journalism: What’s new, what’s not, and work in progress
There is no shortage of books on data journalism. Into the mix comes a new one edited by John Mair and Richard Lance Keeble called Data Journalism: Mapping the Future, which comes out in January.
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Mine the data in the digits to find the scoops someone’s trying to hide
You sometimes hear suggestions that data journalism could be the saviour of journalism. In a world in which so much information is free, some observers of trends look for anything which could help rescue our noble profession.
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As graphic descriptions go, sometimes a graph is hard to beat
We remember what we see much better than we remember what we read. Yet journalists often shy away from graphs. That is a pity when there are many free tools available to help make interesting graphics tell important stories.
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Don’t mourn Google Reader, discover a new favourite feed
If you have ever had any social media training, you may well have got used to a free Google tool called Google Reader as a way of tracking the websites you need to visit regularly.
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Google it, by all means, but don’t stop there
When it comes to web search, journalists have never had a bigger toolbox at their disposal. You just need to know what is out there and how to get the best out of it.