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Statistical analysis as journalism – Benford's law

I’m always on the lookout for practical applications of statistical analysis for doing journalism, so this piece of work by Diego Valle-Jones, on drug-related murders, made me very happy. I’ve heard of the first-digit law (also known as Benford’s law) before – it’s a way of spotting dodgy data. What Diego Valle-Jones has done is use the method to highlight
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Posted by Paul Bradshaw on Oct 12, 2010
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The New Online Journalists #10: Deborah Bonello

As part of an ongoing series, Deborah Bonello talks about a career that has taken her from business journalism in London to video journalism in South America, and a current role producing video at the FT. What education and professional experience led to your current job? After I graduated from Bristol University in 1998 (I wrote for my student newspaper
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Posted by Paul Bradshaw on Aug 24, 2010
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Mexican Senate uses Google Moderator for a Q&A session with citizenship

Built upon the Google Apps Engine, Google Moderator is the tool used by the Mountain View company’s executives to hold their town hall meetings that sometimes include Q&A sessions with thousands of people from all over the world. The software allows participants to submit questions and vote for those who want to meet with priority. Google has announced on its
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Posted by Mauro Accurso on Jun 08, 2010
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