New Tools and Old Friends: Data journalism at #BBCdataday

@PaulBradshaw, Online Journalism Blog, HelpMeInvestigate Birmingham City University and City University London

BBC Data Day, November 2014

NEW TOOLS?

Image by Scott http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottiet812/4436396357

NEW TOOLS? BUT WE HAVEN’T

EVEN WORKED OUT THE OLD

ONES YET.@PaulBradshaw, Online Journalism Blog, HelpMeInvestigate

Birmingham City University and City University London BBC Data Day, November 2014

“It would take us weeks. We need a team of interns.”

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https://www.youtube.com/user/kimonolabs

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Scraper extension for Chrome

OutWit Hub

OutWit Hub

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“The data is locked in PDFs or emails. We need a team of interns.”

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Tabula and DocumentCloud

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Tabula and DocumentCloud

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http://vimeo.com/71483614

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“The data is a mess.”

“The data is a mess. We need a team of interns.”

*http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/ OLD!

Also great for converting XML, JSON, and using APIs

DICES!SLICES!

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“We have no data!WE NEED SOME INTERNS!”

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https://www.detective.io/detective/the-migrants-files/

http://vimeo.com/106897543 http://vimeo.com/106279178

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http://www.reporter-app.com/

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http://www.reporter-app.com/

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1: Don’t give interns donkey work; give them a tool to learn 2: Aspire to great laziness 3: If you hit a problem, chances are someone else has solved it.

Thank you.

@PaulBradshaw, Online Journalism Blog, HelpMeInvestigate Birmingham City University and City University London

BBC Data Day, November 2014Image by Scott http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottiet812/4436396357

If you have do something more than once get a computer to do it.

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