Comments on: Every news organisation should have a Datastore http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/06/15/every-news-organisation-should-have-a-datastore/ A conversation. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:45:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Webleituras « dveras em rede http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/06/15/every-news-organisation-should-have-a-datastore/#comment-10187 Webleituras « dveras em rede Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:52:17 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2818#comment-10187 [...] Every news organisation should have a data store“Is this a natural extension of the blogging culture of linking to your sources? I think it is. And the more journalists get used to publishing their work on the likes of Google Spreadsheets, the better journalism we will get”.Paul Bradshaw, no Online Journalism Blog, sobre o uso de bancos de dados para contar histórias. [...] [...] Every news organisation should have a data store“Is this a natural extension of the blogging culture of linking to your sources? I think it is. And the more journalists get used to publishing their work on the likes of Google Spreadsheets, the better journalism we will get”.Paul Bradshaw, no Online Journalism Blog, sobre o uso de bancos de dados para contar histórias. [...]

]]> By: My Site! » MLB.com’s iPhone App Could Be a Model For Media Saving Itself http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/06/15/every-news-organisation-should-have-a-datastore/#comment-10186 My Site! » MLB.com’s iPhone App Could Be a Model For Media Saving Itself Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:09:40 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2818#comment-10186 [...] We’re entering a new world online, though, where all kinds of statistics are available for anyone to use to add color and context to our understanding of current events. More and more data sets are coming available online, sometimes with Application Programming Interfaces enabling programmatic access for sophisticated ongoing access. Mathew Ingram of the Toronto Globe and Mail says that the Golden Age of Computer Assisted Reporting is at hand. As Paul Bradshaw wrote this week on his OnlineJournalismBlog, every newspaper should have a data store. [...] [...] We’re entering a new world online, though, where all kinds of statistics are available for anyone to use to add color and context to our understanding of current events. More and more data sets are coming available online, sometimes with Application Programming Interfaces enabling programmatic access for sophisticated ongoing access. Mathew Ingram of the Toronto Globe and Mail says that the Golden Age of Computer Assisted Reporting is at hand. As Paul Bradshaw wrote this week on his OnlineJournalismBlog, every newspaper should have a data store. [...]

]]> By: MLB.com’s iPhone App Could Be a Model For Media Saving Itself | Techdare http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/06/15/every-news-organisation-should-have-a-datastore/#comment-10185 MLB.com’s iPhone App Could Be a Model For Media Saving Itself | Techdare Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:12:37 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2818#comment-10185 [...] We’re entering a new world online, though, where all kinds of statistics are available for anyone to use to add color and context to our understanding of current events. More and more data sets are coming available online, sometimes with Application Programming Interfaces enabling programmatic access for sophisticated ongoing access. Mathew Ingram of the Toronto Globe and Mail says that the Golden Age of Computer Assisted Reporting is at hand. As Paul Bradshaw wrote this week on his OnlineJournalismBlog, every newspaper should have a data store. [...] [...] We’re entering a new world online, though, where all kinds of statistics are available for anyone to use to add color and context to our understanding of current events. More and more data sets are coming available online, sometimes with Application Programming Interfaces enabling programmatic access for sophisticated ongoing access. Mathew Ingram of the Toronto Globe and Mail says that the Golden Age of Computer Assisted Reporting is at hand. As Paul Bradshaw wrote this week on his OnlineJournalismBlog, every newspaper should have a data store. [...]

]]> By: MLB.com’s iPhone App Could Be a Model For Media Saving Itself | yKvz Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/06/15/every-news-organisation-should-have-a-datastore/#comment-10184 MLB.com’s iPhone App Could Be a Model For Media Saving Itself | yKvz Blog Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:14:26 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2818#comment-10184 [...] We're entering a new world online, though, where all kinds of statistics are available for anyone to use to add color and context to our understanding of current events. More and more data sets are coming available online, sometimes with Application Programming Interfaces enabling programmatic access for sophisticated ongoing access. Mathew Ingram of the Toronto Globe and Mail says that the Golden Age of Computer Assisted Reporting is at hand. As Paul Bradshaw wrote this week on his OnlineJournalismBlog, every newspaper should have a data store. [...] [...] We’re entering a new world online, though, where all kinds of statistics are available for anyone to use to add color and context to our understanding of current events. More and more data sets are coming available online, sometimes with Application Programming Interfaces enabling programmatic access for sophisticated ongoing access. Mathew Ingram of the Toronto Globe and Mail says that the Golden Age of Computer Assisted Reporting is at hand. As Paul Bradshaw wrote this week on his OnlineJournalismBlog, every newspaper should have a data store. [...]

]]> By: Debate around the web « Press Review Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/06/15/every-news-organisation-should-have-a-datastore/#comment-10183 Debate around the web « Press Review Blog Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:37:18 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2818#comment-10183 [...] asks if the Telegraph failed by keeping expenses process and data to itself whilst Paul Bradshaw calls on every news organisation to have a [...] [...] asks if the Telegraph failed by keeping expenses process and data to itself whilst Paul Bradshaw calls on every news organisation to have a [...]

]]> By: Charles http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/06/15/every-news-organisation-should-have-a-datastore/#comment-10182 Charles Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:32:55 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2818#comment-10182 Thanks for the kind words. (And the link is now fixed, not foxed.) As for showing your working - it's a nice idea, but it's also one that takes quite a lot of time if the working isn't the core of the story. If it's incidental, then assembling it into a narrative can take just as long as writing the story. This was a data-driven story; many aren't. Thanks for the kind words. (And the link is now fixed, not foxed.)

As for showing your working – it’s a nice idea, but it’s also one that takes quite a lot of time if the working isn’t the core of the story. If it’s incidental, then assembling it into a narrative can take just as long as writing the story.

This was a data-driven story; many aren’t.

]]> By: Tony Hirst http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/06/15/every-news-organisation-should-have-a-datastore/#comment-10181 Tony Hirst Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:07:55 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2818#comment-10181 A recent post on "Data Is A Dish Best Served Raw" [ http://eagereyes.org/data/dish-best-served-raw.html ] makes the point that summary data tables that describe the results from processing a raw data set are not that useful for doing further analysis. However, if those summary tables are published with a link back to the original data set and an explanation (somewhere) of how the summary table was created, we have a case study that reveals some of the assumptions made in creating the summary table, as well as showing how raw data can be engaged with. See also: Rory Cellan-Jones publishing the 'raw audio' of his interview with Tim Berners-Lee that provided the basis for the BBC dot.life blog post, "Sir Tim's cry - 'raw data now'" [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/06/sir_tims_cry_raw_data_now.html ] And also the before and after of the Telegraph expenses letters: Playing Fair? MPs’ Expenses and a Tale of Three Media [ http://ouseful.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/playing-fair-mps-expenses-and-a-tale-of-three-media/ ] As you say, it's just the equivalent of "show your working":-) A recent post on “Data Is A Dish Best Served Raw” [ http://eagereyes.org/data/dish-best-served-raw.html ] makes the point that summary data tables that describe the results from processing a raw data set are not that useful for doing further analysis.

However, if those summary tables are published with a link back to the original data set and an explanation (somewhere) of how the summary table was created, we have a case study that reveals some of the assumptions made in creating the summary table, as well as showing how raw data can be engaged with.

See also: Rory Cellan-Jones publishing the ‘raw audio’ of his interview with Tim Berners-Lee that provided the basis for the BBC dot.life blog post, “Sir Tim’s cry – ‘raw data now’” [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/06/sir_tims_cry_raw_data_now.html ]

And also the before and after of the Telegraph expenses letters: Playing Fair? MPs’ Expenses and a Tale of Three Media [ http://ouseful.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/playing-fair-mps-expenses-and-a-tale-of-three-media/ ]
As you say, it’s just the equivalent of “show your working”:-)

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