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Nov 10, 2015

Tow Tea: Parsing Tech Talk

For any journalist writing about science or technology it is not uncommon to hear scientists and subject experts complain about how news organizations get facts or interpretations wrong in their stories. With technology today becoming more ubiquitous than ever before, there is an…

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Dec 10, 2013

As Predictive Policing Grows, New York City Must Be More Open about Crime Data and Algorithms

Crime data tends to be one of the most-requested datasets across the United States, with inbound demand from media, residents and social justice advocates.

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Sep 17, 2013

Storytelling with Data Visualization: Context is King

Data is like a freeze-dried version of reality, abstracted sometimes to the point where it can be hard to recognize and understand. It needs some rehydration before it becomes tasty (or even just palatable) storytelling material again —…

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Apr 13, 2012

How it’s made: Stop-and-frisk stepper graphic

The other week, the New York World published a data reporting project with the Guardian examining the NYPD’s controversial Stop, Question and Frisk policy. Last year NYPD Commissioner Kelly issued an order to curtail low-level marijuana arrests…

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Apr 3, 2012

Event: Doing Data Journalism

The archived video of this event can also be accessed here.

A panel of six of journalism’s movers and shakers convened at Columbia Journalism School on March 28 to debate the current state of data-centered reporting and interactive visualizations.

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Apr 3, 2012

“Adapt or Die” — Data at Yale

Data Journalism is a rapidly advancing and exciting new field in journalism. And like any new field, there are questions about effective data journalism — ranging from best practices and tools to standards and ethical conundrums.
The Data Journalism Conference organized by the…

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Dec 2, 2011

How It’s Made: NY World POPS Map

In October, The New York World began a collaboration with WNYC and the Brian Lehrer Show to crowdsource ratings of New York City’s several hundred privately-owned public spaces. To facilitate and catalog this process, The New York World’s Michael Keller developed an…