Rich Gordon’s hierarchy of database journalism: must-read for anyone trying to figure out where to start parsing. via Squared.
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Sep 30, ’07
10:51 PM
“When I went looking for an intern to do mostly technical tasks for us at washingtonpost.com, I didn’t even bother with the local journalism departments. I found a computer science major instead.”
Dabble DB: A better web database to share, manage and explore your information
Jan 22, ’07
9:33 AM
Via Jacob Kaplan-Moss on the Online News list.
Dabble DB: A better web database to share, manage and explore your information
J-schools, computer science and the bigger picture – Holovaty
Oct 2, ’06
10:52 PM
“…newspapers will need to change their attitudes, culture and resource allocation if they want these people to stick around. Otherwise, they’ll pack their bags after a couple of months and go work for Google.”
J-schools, computer science and the bigger picture – Holovaty
Tracking the bucks all the way to court – Institute for Analytic Journalism
Oct 2, ’06
4:31 PM
Great rundown of an NYT database-based story that connects contributions to judge’s election campaigns with their verdicts. Duplicatable in other states.
Tracking the bucks all the way to court – Institute for Analytic Journalism
Searching for online databases — News Reporting and Public Records
Sep 20, ’06
10:07 AM
Some quick tips on searching for useful databases, including the Occam’s Razor approach of googling .xls files.
Searching for online databases — News Reporting and Public Records
Campaign 2006: Contributions to the Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates
Sep 10, ’06
3:05 PM
Maps mashup with campaign finance data. Drool.
Campaign 2006: Contributions to the Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates
Numbers: Our Data Library | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)
Sep 5, ’06
2:21 PM
Lots and lots of news research data, raw for your formatting needs.
Numbers: Our Data Library | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)
PressThink: The Era of Networked Journalism Begins
Aug 15, ’06
6:16 PM
A real live example of distributed journalism in action. You, too, can pore over Congressional documents. Seriously, you can help. Check it out.