Saturday, October 15, 2011

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.

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