datajournalism - dollars for docs: un caso studio
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Scuola di giornalismo, Università di Milano, febbraio 2011. Analisi di un caso studio di DataJ, la serie di articoli Dollars for docs pubblicati dalla rivista online ProPublica.TRANSCRIPT
data journalismDollars for docs
A case study
Elisabetta Tola
formicablu srl
Conventional news reporting aims to create an objective image of the world as it is.
Investigative reporting use objectively true material
(that is, facts that any reasonable observer would agree are true)
toward the subjective goal of reforming the world.
That is not a license to lie in a good cause.
it is a responsibility,
to learn the truth
so that the world can change.
L’inchiesta Dollars for docshttp://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/
$295 million
to just less than
20.000 providers
http://www.propublica.org/podcast/item/reporters-discuss-how-to-use-dollars-for-docs-data/
Reporters Discuss How to Use Dollars for Docs Data
Scraping for Journalism: A Guide for Collecting Datahttp://www.propublica.org/nerds/item/doc-dollars-guides-collecting-the-data
use of some
“power tool for working with messy data”
what they actually are:
“remedy for eye fatigue, migraines, depression, and other symptoms of prolonged
data-cleaning.”
Results
drug companies
will begin
performing more stringent background checks
not to hire sanctioned doctors
universities and teaching hospitals
are re-examining
compliance
with their conflict-of-interest policies
several drug companies have submitted
revised reports
to the States
three new companies
will release
their payment data
complied the initial challenge:
building a database-backed site so that readers could freely
search it
to start a conversation about what might go into the federal database scheduled for 2013
Una reazione
http://www.policymed.com/2010/10/propublica-docs-for-dollars-or-journalist-for-dollars.html
un altro esempio
http://projects.propublica.org/forensics/
data journalismDollars for docs
A case study
Elisabetta Tolaformicablu srl
Conventional news reporting aims to create an objective image of the world as it is.
Investigative reporting use objectively true material
(that is, facts that any reasonable observer would agree are true)
toward the subjective goal of reforming the world.
That is not a license to lie in a good cause.
it is a responsibility,
to learn the truth
so that the world can change.
L’inchiesta Dollars for docshttp://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/
$295 million
to just less than
20.000 providers
http://www.propublica.org/podcast/item/reporters-discuss-how-to-use-dollars-for-docs-data/
Reporters Discuss How to Use Dollars for Docs Data
Scraping for Journalism: A Guide for Collecting Datahttp://www.propublica.org/nerds/item/doc-dollars-guides-collecting-the-data
use of some
“power tool for working with messy data”
what they actually are:
“remedy for eye fatigue, migraines, depression, and other symptoms of prolonged
data-cleaning.”
Results
drug companies
will begin
performing more stringent background checks
not to hire sanctioned doctors
universities and teaching hospitals
are re-examining
compliance
with their conflict-of-interest policies
several drug companies have submitted
revised reports
to the States
three new companies
will release
their payment data
complied the initial challenge:
building a database-backed site so that readers could freely
search it
to start a conversation about what might go into the federal database scheduled for 2013
Una reazione
http://www.policymed.com/2010/10/propublica-docs-for-dollars-or-journalist-for-dollars.html
un altro esempio
http://projects.propublica.org/forensics/