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Free Online Data Training | kdmcBerkeley

Free Online Data Training | kdmcBerkeley | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it

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Behind the numbers: Public assistance participation in Oregon – SJ Watch

Behind the numbers: Public assistance participation in Oregon – SJ Watch | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
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Over 170k Award Notices Missing From FedBizOpps

Over 170k Award Notices Missing From FedBizOpps | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
As part of our recent procurement initiative, I've been playing around with the data present in FedBizOpps, ( or FBO.gov) -- it’s the single point of entry for posting all government solicitations, award notices, and various other informational...
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Cyclists get warning on danger spots | theage.com.au

Cyclists get warning on danger spots | theage.com.au | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
RT @MatthewWillcox: Citizen mapping/data journalism win. Melbourne's cycling black spots http://t.co/ElBRzKOQ0Z
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Sunlight Foundation: The Political Spending of 501(c)(4) Nonprofits in the 2012 Election

Sunlight Foundation: The Political Spending of 501(c)(4) Nonprofits in the 2012 Election | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
Throughout the 2012 election cycle, Sunlight followed the unlimited money. From super PACs and corporations to unions and “dark money” we collected, in real time, the political spending reported by these outside groups.
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Sunlight Reporting Group: Reporter's notebook: How we came up with that campaign finance maze

Sunlight Reporting Group: Reporter's notebook: How we came up with that campaign finance maze | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
If it makes you all feel any better, campaign finance is hard for us too.
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Sunlight Reporting Group: Apple lobbies on taxes more than any other subject

Sunlight Reporting Group: Apple lobbies on taxes more than any other subject | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
Ahead of a hearing at the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations tomorrow at which its CEO, Tim Cook, is the star witness, computer, tablet and smartphone manufacturer Apple has preemptively released his prepared remarks defending the...
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Data Journalism at Open Source Bridge: June 20, 2013 15:45 – 16:30

Data Journalism at Open Source Bridge: June 20, 2013 15:45 – 16:30 | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
The conference for open source citizens / June 18-21, 2013 / Portland, OR
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A Little Riak Book

A Little Riak Book | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
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Rising Voices of Indigenous People in Weather and Climate Science | Spark

Rising Voices of Indigenous People in Weather and Climate Science | Spark | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
RT @AtmosNews: Apply now: Rising Voices of Indigenous People in Weather & Climate Science Workshop http://t.co/nfSgO0u2nA @indiancountry @Native_NewsNet
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Data Visualization for Tablets and Touch Screens

Data Visualization for Tablets and Touch Screens | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
At the end of 2012, comScore estimated there were 52.4 million tablet owners in the U.S.; Apple sold another 19.5 million iPads in the first three months of (Data Visualization for Tablets and Touch Screens http://t.co/s4clasysrM)...
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A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe

A rare peek into a Justice Department leak probe | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
Reporter’s movements at State were tracked and private e-mails were obtained, documents show. (RT @dangillmor: All journalists, of all political leanings, should be coming loud and hard to the defense of Fox News' Rosen.
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Chart: A data journalism workflow - translated into different languages

Chart: A data journalism workflow - translated into different languages | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
The Data Journalism workflow was originally designed by Guardian graphic artist Mark McCormick to illustrate our work on the Datablog. It's since found its way into talks, presentations and the Dat...
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Maps and the Geospatial Revolution - Anthony C. Robinson

Maps and the Geospatial Revolution - Anthony C. Robinson | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
We are a social entrepreneurship company that partners with the top universities in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free.
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The future of propaganda: A Q&A with Sean Gourley about big data and the "war of ideas"

The future of propaganda: A Q&A with Sean Gourley about big data and the "war of ideas" | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
During the Iraq war, the U.S. military used open-source data, from news reports to Facebook photos, to help detect patterns in the violence. But that’s just the beginning.
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Integrating the US' Documents

Integrating the US' Documents | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
A few weeks ago, we integrated the full text of federal bills and regulations into our alert system, Scout.
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6 ways of communicating data journalism (The inverted pyramid of data journalism part 2) | Online Journalism Blog

6 ways of communicating data journalism (The inverted pyramid of data journalism part 2) | Online Journalism Blog | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
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When Are Public Officials' Calls and Emails Public Records?

When Are Public Officials' Calls and Emails Public Records? | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
Public officials are elected or appointed to do the people's business, but what happens to transparency when they do that business through private channels?
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Sunlight Foundation: Agenda for House's Legislative Data & Transparency Conference

Sunlight Foundation: Agenda for House's Legislative Data & Transparency Conference | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
This Wednesday, the House of Representatives is holding its second annual Legislative Data and Transparency Conference.
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Watch TransparencyCamp ideas grow!

Watch TransparencyCamp ideas grow! | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
TransparencyCamp has come and gone, but the ideas that sprouted at TCamp are just beginning to come to life.
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Line App is Primed and Ready to Censor Politically Sensitive Chinese Words

Line App is Primed and Ready to Censor Politically Sensitive Chinese Words | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
Line app contains a string of code that looks for “bad words” and connects back to a server to cross-check those terms with a list of politically sensitive words. (Oh look, more Chinese internet censorship.
Amelia's comment, May 21, 9:47 PM
Wow! Really? I never though that China will limit the freedom of speech until this level.
Asel Baidyldaeva's comment, Today, 3:03 AM
yes. it is very interesting to keep up with the news about the violation on privacy.
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Towards an Open Standard for Political Jurisdictions

Towards an Open Standard for Political Jurisdictions | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
When we started OpenElections, one of our goals was to make sure that we used a common set of identifiers that users could rely on in the data we produce. For political jurisdictions like states an...
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Major field campaign targets improvement in thunderstorm prediction | UCAR - University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Major field campaign targets improvement in thunderstorm prediction | UCAR - University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
RT @AtmosNews: Field campaign targets better thunderstorm prediction--NCAR, @ColoradoStateU, @ualbany, @LifeAtPurdue, @UWM, @NSSL http://t.co/7S4av01tFf
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When Wikileaks “Scoops” NARA on Their Own Publicly Available Documents, It’s Time for Agencies to Fully Embrace Effectively Digitizing All-Things FOIA

When Wikileaks “Scoops” NARA on Their Own Publicly Available Documents, It’s Time for Agencies to Fully Embrace Effectively Digitizing All-Things FOIA | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
On Monday, Wikileaks “released” the “Kissinger Cables,” (also called the Public Library of US Diplomacy or PlusD) a fascinating collection of 1.7 million U.S. diplomatic correspondences from the mi...
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Frontiers of Computational Journalism | Columbia Journalism School, Fall 2012

Frontiers of Computational Journalism | Columbia Journalism School, Fall 2012 | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
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Data Journalism + Personal Storytelling = Brave...

Data Journalism + Personal Storytelling = Brave... | Computational and Data Journalism | Scoop.it
"In the world of storytelling, words and numbers have a complicated relationship. When I was an Americorps*VISTA volunteer at the Center for Digital Storytelling, I was privileged enough to bear witness to hundreds of stories.
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