Data and Content Production Alan Cairns
Aug 23, 2014
Data and Content Production Alan Cairns
The C word
“Open data is a global movement with enormous potential to create more accountable, efficient,
responsive, and effective governments and businesses, and to spur economic growth”
- G8 Open Data Charter, June 2013
Principle 1: Open Data by Default
“We recognise the importance of open data and we will establish an expectation that all government data be
published openly by default.”
- G8 Open Data Charter, June 2013
http://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/directory
Is data visualisation enough?
Yes
No
Data journalism is the new punk
misattributed to Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
Top ten least-trusted professions
1. Journalists 7%
- Politicians 7%
3. Bankers 11%
4. Estate agents 11%
5. Builders 19%
6. Civil servants 25%
7. Accountants 29%
8. Lawyers 35%
9. Engineers 56%
10. Teachers 69%
Public relations vs. Journalism
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