Andy DickinsonExperimenting with AI-assisted reporting exerciand job interviews for journalism studentsPrompted by a recent AJE conference and colleagues, I’ve been experimenting with AI-powered exercises for journalism students…Jul 17Jul 17
Andy DickinsonPulling at ThreadsSo, Threads the much-trailed Meta Twitter clone is finally here. It brings with it a load of questions. But there’s also a…Jul 4, 2023Jul 4, 2023
Andy DickinsonScraping local election results.The recent local elections were a good chance for a quick reminder of how scraping can help quickly release the data trapped in the amber…May 15, 2023May 15, 2023
Andy DickinsonInnovation in Journalism: The weight of tradition and expectation.Journalism startups may want to change journalim. But success means still having to do journalism. And that's heavy baggage to carry.Feb 3, 2023Feb 3, 2023
Andy DickinsonA rat-like cunning and a good pair of shoesNick Tomalin famously said all that was required for success in journalism was “ratlike cunning, a plausible manner, and a little literary…Sep 27, 2022Sep 27, 2022
Andy DickinsonHow often does The Guardian link out to data sources?Testing a hunch about how often The Guardian links to the ONS was a chance to explore good data journalism practice, revisit some Python…May 6, 2022May 6, 2022
Andy DickinsonGoogle sheets: Basic scraping, sorting and cleaning data.Google sheets is a great starting point for exploring many of the basic processes of data journalism.Jul 16, 2021Jul 16, 2021
Andy DickinsonTech demos with ZoomUsing zoom as a ‘kind of’ vision mixer so you can use multiple device demos.May 7, 2020May 7, 2020
Andy DickinsonJournalism.cards — Ideation for journalism.A few weeks ago we held an industry event where students got to chat with working journalists and news editors. The inevitable question at…Dec 17, 2019Dec 17, 2019
Andy DickinsonQuick Tip: HITT for your podcasts and live videoCould an intervals app help keep your podcast or video on track?Nov 12, 2019Nov 12, 2019