Jonathan Stoneman
is a freelance journalism trainer and consultant, specialising in data journalism
Blog posts in total 5
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Data journalism: What’s new, what’s not, and work in progress
There is no shortage of books on data journalism. Into the mix comes a new one edited by John Mair and Richard Lance Keeble called Data Journalism: Mapping the Future, which comes out in January.
Mine the data in the digits to find the scoops someone’s trying to hide
You sometimes hear suggestions that data journalism could be the saviour of journalism. In a world in which so much information is free, some observers of trends look for anything which could help rescue our noble profession.
As graphic descriptions go, sometimes a graph is hard to beat
We remember what we see much better than we remember what we read. Yet journalists often shy away from graphs. That is a pity when there are many free tools available to help make interesting graphics tell important stories.
Don’t mourn Google Reader, discover a new favourite feed
If you have ever had any social media training, you may well have got used to a free Google tool called Google Reader as a way of tracking the websites you need to visit regularly.
Google it, by all means, but don’t stop there
When it comes to web search, journalists have never had a bigger toolbox at their disposal. You just need to know what is out there and how to get the best out of it.
