"data product" entries
Profile of the Data Journalist: The Data Editor
Meghan Hoyer is a data editor at The Virginan Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia.
To learn more about the people who are redefining the practice computer-assisted reporting, in some cases, building the newsroom stack for the 21st century, Radar conducted a series of email interviews with data journalists during the 2012 NICAR Conference.
Profile of the Data Journalist: The Daily Visualizer
Matt Stiles oversees data journalism on NPR's State Impact project.
To learn more about the people who are redefining the practice computer-assisted reporting, in some cases, building the newsroom stack for the 21st century, Radar conducted a series of email interviews with data journalists during the 2012 NICAR Conference.
Profile of the Data Journalist: The API Architect
Jacob Harris is building APIs and data into elections coverage at the New York Times.
To learn more about the people who are redefining the practice computer-assisted reporting, in some cases, building the newsroom stack for the 21st century, Radar conducted a series of email interviews with data journalists during the 2012 NICAR Conference.
OpenCorporates opens up new database of corporate directors and officers
The online corporate transparency data platform is providing more insight for data journalists.
OpenCorporates, which aggregates open data about businesses, has launched a new taxonomy of corporate directors and officers. In this interview, Chris Taggart, the founder of OpenCorporates, shares more details about the data and the business model behind his open data venture.
Profile of the Data Journalist: The Visualizer
Michelle Minkoff is adding context and clarity to data with interactive features at the Associated Press.
To learn more about the people who are redefining the practice computer-assisted reporting, in some cases, building the newsroom stack for the 21st century, Radar conducted a series of email interviews with data journalists during the 2012 NICAR Conference.
Profile of the Data Journalist: The Human Algorithm
Ben Welsh is augmenting the investigative work of the Los Angeles Times with open source coding.
To learn more about the people who are redefining the practice computer-assisted reporting, in some cases, building the newsroom stack for the 21st century, Radar conducted a series of email interviews with data journalists during the 2012 NICAR Conference.
In the age of big data, data journalism has profound importance for society
The 2012 NICAR conference highlighted how new tools and platforms are energizing the practice of journalism.
While the big theme of the 2012 NICAR conference was data, data journalism and the new tools to collect, clean, analyze and publish it, the importance of ethics, storytelling and finding the truth was always present. Open source has also emerged as the glue that binds newsroom developers together, both across the United States and around the world.
Profile of the Data Journalist: The Elections Developer
Derek Willis is putting data journalism to work on campaign finance and elections at the New York Times.
To learn more about the people who are redefining the practice computer-assisted reporting, in some cases, building the newsroom stack for the 21st century, Radar conducted a series of email interviews with data journalists during the 2012 NICAR Conference.
Profile of the Data Journalist: The Long Form Developer
ProPublica developer Dan Nguyen is redefining how longform journalism is told through data.
To learn more about the people who are redefining the practice computer-assisted reporting, in some cases, building the newsroom stack for the 21st century, Radar conducted a series of email interviews with data journalists during the 2012 NICAR Conference.
Big data is the next big thing in health IT
Big data introduces unique healthcare challenges and opportunities.
The proliferation of digital health information, including both clinical and claims information, is creating large datasets and significant opportunity.