I’m a big fan of data. My first newspaper job involved working with Paradox and Q&A for a project that analyzed municipal services in New York City. And a I applaud newspapers for attempting to empower their readers by providing them with a variety of government data. But I really wish that before they waded […]
Don’t just go for the data home run
January 31st, 2008 · No Comments
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Data done wrong
January 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Data is all the rage nowadays. From Gannett’s Asbury Park Press’s DataUniverse to Roanoke’s DataSphere it seems as if every newspaper wants to have an online portion of their website devoted to showing off their data prowess. But there is a problem with many of these sites. In addition to being what Matt Waite so […]
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