The immense amounts of data collected by local, state and federal government agencies can be an incredibly valuable trove for enterprising journalists. It can also be a pointless slog. Texas Tribune reporter Matt Stiles and Duke University computational journalism professor Sarah Cohen explain how they find good stories in a sea of government data.
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Data Journalism - On The Media
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Data Journalism - On The Media
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Data Journalism - On The Media
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Data Journalism - On The Media
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Data Journalism - On The Media
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Data Journalism - On The Media
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Data Journalism - On The Media
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Data Journalism
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Data Journalism - On The Media
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Talking Open Data with Socrata’s Kevin Merritt
Socrata CEO Kevin Merritt on Open Data: Merritt and host Adriel Hampton discuss open data principles, open standards and APIs, and how to use social principles to get more value out of government data.
http://gov20radio.com/talking-open-data-with-socratas-kevin-merritt/
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Web inventor discusses importance of open data
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a pretty important person when it comes to the 21st century. He pretty much invented the World Wide Web, and currently leads the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
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