Creative data & computational journalism. Community Data" book eBook and pre-order available. @rahulbot on other networks
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22 Jan 2025
I'm out. Find me as rahulbot on other networks.
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17 Jan 2025
SportsBall takes a unique approach to sharing their sports data viz -- timelapse video showing them hand-drawing each week's viz, with narration on top. Worth a watch to spark yourself thinking harder about how you can try something new. ππ½ instagram.com/_sportsball/reβ¦
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15 Jan 2025
New @media_cloud based research from friends: 5M news articles on healthcare R&D in π°πͺπ³π¬πΏπ¦ show patterns of coverage on new developments, prioritized diseases, stakeholders, and digital health. ajic.wits.ac.za/article/viewβ¦ @Code4Africa
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14 Jan 2025
Had a wonderful time at the @carsoncenterunl / @noysan data art jam yesterday! The amazing space inspired attendees to build creative data sculptures that reimagined how we communicate with information. Some notes on my blog dataculture.northeastern.eduβ¦
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13 Jan 2025
Profs: teaching data storytelling this spring? Consider assigning a chp from my new Community Data book on a bigger & better toolbox for data non-vis. Available to academic libraries online in Oxford Academic. Drop me a line if you want specific recs. Here's an emoji outline!
ALT Outline of chapter titles and emoji representation of some of the content: π©πΌβπ€βπ¨πΎCOMMUNITY DATA π Introduction π―π«±πΌβπ«²πΎπͺππͺ 1: Center Impact π²π½π«πποΈποΈππ½π― 2: Focus on Participation π¨πΌβπ¨ππ€¨π§βπ§βπ§βπ§ππ¨πΌοΈπ¨πΏβπ€βπ¨π½ 3: Build Mirrors, not Windows πͺπ«π¦πΏπ’ππππΏπͺπͺ 4: Create Layers of Reading πΉπΏπππΏππ€βπ’ππ€Ήπ»ββοΈποΈππ½ 5: Open Many Doors β°οΈβοΈπ¦β οΈπππ½ππ»π πͺ Conclusion π«π β³οΈππ½π§πΌπ§π½βπ¦³π¦πΎπ§πΌβπ¦°π
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10 Jan 2025
All the videos from the Computation Journalism Symposium @nujournalism hosted last year are online: youtube.com/@InternetDemocraβ¦
Abstracts and papers archived too: cplusj2024.github.io
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8 Jan 2025
This Onion piece will be living rent-free in my brain for a while: theonion.com/it-is-journalisβ¦
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6 Jan 2025
So excited to be speaking at the @carsoncenterunl Data Storytelling Workshop & Data Art Jam this weekend in Nebraska . Hope to see you there for workshops, experience, talks, and fun! go.unl.edu/data-storytelling⦠@noysan
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20 Dec 2024
I come from a family authors -- my grandfather, dad & brother -- but I think I'm the first to recreate my book cover in LEGO bricks π€£ How'd I do?
Rethink your data storytelling with some un-visualization. "Community Data" eBook & pre-order links at communitydatabook.com
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18 Dec 2024
Here's your end-of-year Journalism and AI updates, assembled by our team of @storybench reporters: storybench.org/winter-ai-jouβ¦
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17 Dec 2024
Today's data-bite: use of Twitter embeds seems to be decreasing in US National news, mirroring overall usage drop by readers and journalists (using @media_cloud data). We'll see where this shift goes next year...
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12 Dec 2024
Always a joy chat with @abmakulec about creative data visualization, this time centered around my "Community Data" book. Thanks for having me @DataVizSociety ππ½ Missed the livestream? Recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=dhu_s_t4β¦
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9 Dec 2024
US national media covering Thompson killing 300x more than Colino. Which do you think is a greater threat to the country: targeted healthcare CEO shooting, or killing of a teen for not speaking English? π€¬
abcnews.go.com/US/migrant-teβ¦
ALT Bar chart of online news stories showing 663 about Brian Thompson and 2 about Yeremi Colino.
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9 Dec 2024
Can AI help restore trust in a world of worry? At the "UN Human Security at 30" event I shared how community-driven tech can empower citizens and redefine human security from feminist & grassroots perspectives. Wrote up reflections at dataculture.northeastern.eduβ¦
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6 Dec 2024
Weekend (media researcher) read: recently co-published a pre-print evaluating how author extraction libraries perform on a global set of online news articles. Short story: *Go-readability & Trafilatura did well, but it totally depends on lang* @adbarbaresi dataculture.northeastern.eduβ¦
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6 Dec 2024
Happy to be included in this excellent Boston Globe story on Front Porch Forum, the most interesting social network you've never heard of. bostonglobe.com/2024/12/05/bβ¦
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4 Dec 2024
Excited to join @DataVizSociety / @abmakulec for a chat about my book -- "Community Data" -- next week (Wed 11th). Attend to hear about the book, push your thinking about what counts as data viz, & have some fun with a "desk-top data sculpture" challenge! eventbrite.com/e/community-dβ¦
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3 Dec 2024
Open source investigations in journalism has been an exciting space to follow and watch mature. Check out this new "Open Source Journalism" conference hosted at @uscannenberg Feb 7/8. sites.usc.edu/open-source/
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2 Dec 2024
Looking for a data viz community? I super enjoyed the Information is Beautiful Awards event last year (& gave a talk!). Submissions open soon for next year, and the event will be in Spring. Submit and join this great event. informationisbeautifulawards⦠@infobeautyaward @datavizsociety
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