20 Thursday Apr 2017
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Do you know what is “Git”, “Geocoding”, or other data phrases mean?
Few data journalists launched a brand-new tool called The data journalism dictionary might help you.
Please check: Journocode Data Journalism Dictionary
06 Thursday Apr 2017
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Data visualization sometimes can be very similar, data news use bar charts and lines to show the details. From this articles we can have another thought about using easy hand drawing to enhance the reading experience:
1.Hand Drawing
Mona Chalabi is data editor at Guardian US. She previously worked at FiveThirtyEight, the Bank of England, the Economist Intelligence Unit, Transparency International and the International Organisation for Migration.
20 Monday Mar 2017
Posted in general, news story, Opinion, Resources
The Sharing Economy is a socio-economic ecosystem built around the sharing of human, physical and intellectual resources.
Whilst the Sharing Economy is currently in its infancy, this is only the beginning: in its entirety and the potential, it is a new and alternative socio-economic system which embeds sharing and collaboration at its heart – across all aspects of social and economic life.
The leading businesses that are advancing the concept of the “sharing economy” are in many respects no longer insurgents and newcomers. The size and scale of Uber, Airbnb and several other firms now rival, or even surpass, those of some of the world’s largest businesses in transportation, hospitality, and other sectors. As the economic power of these technology-driven firms grows, there continue to be regulatory and policy skirmishes on every possible front, across cities and towns spanning the United States, Europe and beyond.
Here is one example in China:
20 Monday Mar 2017
Posted in general, news story, Opinion, Resources
The Sharing Economy is a socio-economic ecosystem built around the sharing of human, physical and intellectual resources.
Whilst the Sharing Economy is currently in its infancy, this is only the beginning: in its entirety and the potential, it is a new and alternative socio-economic system which embeds sharing and collaboration at its heart – across all aspects of social and economic life.
The leading businesses that are advancing the concept of the “sharing economy” are in many respects no longer insurgents and newcomers. The size and scale of Uber, Airbnb and several other firms now rival, or even surpass, those of some of the world’s largest businesses in transportation, hospitality, and other sectors. As the economic power of these technology-driven firms grows, there continue to be regulatory and policy skirmishes on every possible front, across cities and towns spanning the United States, Europe and beyond.
Here is one example in China:
16 Thursday Mar 2017
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香港特首選舉還有10天，香港各大媒體都時刻關注這個熱點話題，《香港01》更是利用動畫，數據新聞來呈現這次的選舉全過程。繼上次分享了《香港01》的“特首選舉”網頁以之後，網站的專頁內容比起三個月前更是有所增加和修改，這也對從事數據新聞報道提供了可參考的思路。
網站詳情：香港特首選戰2017
對比3個月前，“焦點新聞”依舊放在首頁，而項目則新增了“特首戰走勢”、“政綱對比”、“篤篤撐”和“選委圖鑒”四個，把原本的互動小遊戲“特首跑馬仔遊戲”換成了“篤篤撐”。
16 Thursday Mar 2017
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香港特首選舉還有10天，香港各大媒體都時刻關注這個熱點話題，《香港01》更是利用動畫，數據新聞來呈現這次的選舉全過程。繼上次分享了《香港01》的“特首選舉”網頁以之後，網站的專頁內容比起三個月前更是有所增加和修改，這也對從事數據新聞報道提供了可參考的思路。
網站詳情：香港特首選戰2017
對比3個月前，“焦點新聞”依舊放在首頁，而項目則新增了“特首戰走勢”、“政綱對比”、“篤篤撐”和“選委圖鑒”四個，把原本的互動小遊戲“特首跑馬仔遊戲”換成了“篤篤撐”。
06 Monday Mar 2017
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The travel ban is a buzz word since the U.S President Donnal, let us read how The Washington Post turns data to graphics with a story:
(This is a repost from The Washington Post, click the link to read the original:
How today’s visa restrictions might impact tomorrow’s America)
Many tech companies and scholars have raised their voices against President Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order on immigration. The hundreds of researchers and high-skilled workers who could be affected by the travel ban are part of the larger U.S. innovation economy, a community that relies heavily on foreign talent and whose members now worry that legal immigration could be the next target.
06 Monday Mar 2017
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The travel ban is a buzz word since the U.S President Donnal, let us read how The Washington Post turns data to graphics with a story:
(This is a repost from The Washington Post, click the link to read the original:
How today’s visa restrictions might impact tomorrow’s America)
Many tech companies and scholars have raised their voices against President Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order on immigration. The hundreds of researchers and high-skilled workers who could be affected by the travel ban are part of the larger U.S. innovation economy, a community that relies heavily on foreign talent and whose members now worry that legal immigration could be the next target.
28 Tuesday Feb 2017
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Pls register at Eventbrite and visit Hackpad to add your open data hack ideas.
Please bring your laptop, laptop charger, power extension bar to attend ODD. For those who will present your project at the end of ODD, please also bring your VGA adoptor.
Eventbrite: https://opendatadayhk2017.eventbrite.hk
Hackpad: https://opensourcehk.hackpad.com/Open-Data-Day-HK-2017-QvQ2MhnhJE6
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/154862401625387/permalink/244902289288064/
Open Data Day Offical website: http://opendataday.org
Email Enquiry: webmaster@opensource.hk
21 Tuesday Feb 2017
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At the first Data & News Society Colloquium of 2017, Jonathan Soma, from Columbia Journalism School, shared his ideas on Data and Visual Design in Journalism on Feb.20th.
(Photo by Bobo WEI)
The Data & News Society 