thescoop.org
Civic Data and Journalism
http://thescoop.org/archives/2015/06/06/civic-data-and-journalism
Civic Data and Journalism. A solid foundation of publicly available, consistent civic data - think of election results, voting information and other political records - is more important than ever for journalism. And while we’ve made a good start, we have a long way to go. On June 5 I had the privilege of being on a panel at the Personal Democracy Forum. Two projects have helped make these points clearer to me. The first, the United States project. That I maintain were to be discontinued, something very ...
compjour.org
Week 7 | Computational Journalism
http://www.compjour.org/weeks/7
My test flask app (live). New homework, due on Thursday. Making a Flask Web App 101. A data journalist for the Associated Press, will guest lecture on the topic of open elections. He recommends reading this New York Times piece on the real-world work of data science: For Big-Data Scientists, ‘Janitor Work’ Is Key Hurdle to Insights. Some information about the Open Elections project which Serdar has been involved:. OpenElections - Certified election results. For Everyone. What is a news application? A new...
dwillis.github.io
Civic Data and Journalism
http://dwillis.github.io/archives/2015/06/06/civic-data-and-journalism
Civic Data and Journalism. A solid foundation of publicly available, consistent civic data - think of election results, voting information and other political records - is more important than ever for journalism. And while we’ve made a good start, we have a long way to go. On June 5 I had the privilege of being on a panel at the Personal Democracy Forum. Two projects have helped make these points clearer to me. The first, the United States project. That I maintain were to be discontinued, something very ...
knightfoundation.org
Six ventures bring data to the public as winners of Knight News Challenge - Knight Foundation
http://www.knightfoundation.org/press-room/press-release/six-ventures-bring-data-public-winners-knight-news
Informed and Engaged Communities. Six ventures bring data to the public . Sep 20, 2012. Six ventures bring data to the public as winners of Knight News Challenge. Knight Foundation invests $2.22 million to accelerate data projects. Winners of News Challenge: Data. On Knight Blog by John Bracken. Photos of winners can be found on this album on Flickr.com. Or downloaded as a zip file here. VIDEO: http:/ bit.ly/S3gNyJ. PHOTOS: http:/ bit.ly/UeFOHD. Vice president for journalism and media innovation at Knigh...
blog.thedataincubator.com
Data Sources for Cool Data Science Projects: Part 4 | The Data Incubator
http://blog.thedataincubator.com/2016/10/data-sources-for-cool-data-science-projects-part-4
The Data Science Fellowship. Data are becoming the new raw material of business. Data Sources for Cool Data Science Projects: Part 4. On October 13, 2016. Links to Part 1. At The Data Incubator. County and Precinct Level Results:. The National Atlas of the US has downloadable datasets for the last 12 years-. Provides the most unbiased, certified election results. The. Harvard Election Data Archive. Lets you download precinct level results from. Collects data from elections all over the world. You’re also...
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