poland datadays-3-10-2013
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Esa MäkinenNews Editor for Data JournalismHelsingin Sanomat
Make Data Jounalism Quickly
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DATA IS THE NEW THING
IN DATAJOURALISM
Data is not a stat or a graph
Stat Data
Open data meets all of the following criteria
1) It is data2) It is published in internet3) It is readable by machine
(Excel, not PDF)4) It is published with open license
Data journalism is made by triplets
Journalists interviews the data
Coder writes the program and does the
math
Graphic designer does the magic of visualization
Datajournalism in Helsingin Sanomat Data Desk
JOURNALISTS THINK
THROUGH TEMPLATES
http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/a1369811054209
http://www.hs.fi/a1380246171996
http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/a1305677755208
Traffic map of Helsinki http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/HSfin+ruuhkakartta+n%C3%A4ytt%C3%A4%C3%A4+liikenteen+pullonkaulat/a1305610085608
Ask for comments on fourfold table http://dynamic.hs.fi/2012/nelikenttapohja/
http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/a1305635815432
http://www.hs.fi/talous/a1305713537729
BIG PROJECTS
Voting advice application
The user answers to 30 questions
You’ll get a suggestion: Who to vote?
We have a value map of City Councils.
Who voted for and against the Hotel Project
The Tax Machine
DATAVIZ IS THE NEW SCOOP:
CONTENT THAT CANNOT BE COPIED
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