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Report: Open Data Editor in Action: Interrogating Data for Investigative Journalism in Mexico

For investigative journalists, data is a source to be questioned, a witness to be interrogated. In Mexico, the agency Data Crítica uses data to uncover critical public health stories. Their challenge is not just analysing data, but first assessing its reliability. They have integrated the Open Data Editor into the core of their methodology, using […]

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Editors’ Choice: Feeling Scale Is Necessary to Inspire Action

In psychology, affects are known to be the prime motive in action, and since we are storytellers, visual rhetoric should not be overlooked. Read full post here.

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Resource: Working with The New York Times API in R

From the post: Have you ever come across a resource that you didn’t know existed, but once you find it you wonder how you ever got along without it? I had this feeling earlier this week when I came across the New York Times API. That’s right, the paper of record allows you–with a little […]