Data journalism

I ran across an article 5 Tips for Getting Started in Data Journalism, to wit:

• Be mercenary: do what works. But do it.
• Shave yaks as needed: take the time to learn details when you need them.
• Develop sources
• Become the resident expert
• Be the data project you want to see on the Web

I particularly liked "develop sources", because the author points to some data journalism blogs, including the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times.

Data journalism to me is like flame to a moth - I'm not too interested in the journalism itself, but the data work, oh, it's lovely.