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Sunlight Foundation: The Day in Open Government 1/31/2013

The Office of Congressional Ethics released its 2012 end-of-year report showing it forwarded 13 matters to the House Ethics Committee for review of 32 matters it opened. (Roll Call)Two cases before the House Ethics Committee are being held until the panel has its first organizational meeting and can officially begin taking action. (Roll Call)The Government Accountability Office issued a report calling for better interagency contracting practices in the federal government. (GovExec)
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How to Think like a Data Journalist

How to Think like a Data Journalist | Open Knowledge | Scoop.it

Whilst preparing for her Strata keynote, Google's Kathryn Hurley spent a week with the Datablog team and here are a few key takeaways from that experience...

 

Exploring the methods and tools that a data journalist uses in their day to day activity at the Guardian Datablog: The fast-paced environment means data analysis tools that are quick and easy to use reign supreme. There are really three major steps of the Guardian Datablog's process that drive the tools and resources they use:
  - Getting the data
  - Telling the story
  - Sharing the data

 

Read further for more details on the data journalism process and associated resources and links, as well as how you can apply some of these data analysis techniques to your own work...

 


Via Lauren Moss, Olivier Vandelaer
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