From healthcare to finance to emergency response, data holds immense potential to help citizens and government. Putting data to work for the public good, however, will require data journalists to apply the powerful emerging tools in the newsroom stack to the explosion of information from government, business and their fellow citizens. The promise of data journalism has been a strong theme throughout the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting’s (NICAR) 2012 conference.
It was in that context that I presented upon “Open Data Journalism” this morning, which, to paraphrase Jonathan Stray, I’d define as obtaining, reporting upon, curating and publishing open data in the public interest. My slides, which broadly describe what I’m seeing in the world of open government today, are embedded below.
[…] Updating a story we have been following – Google, Facebook Censor Themselves in India After Court Order. Globally though, the Internet is making a deep impact. Internet protests could be equalizer . In the EU, there is a call for a single open data licence: we want a single #opendata license And in New York, since 2010, New York City has strived to become a global digital leader. How New York City Went Digital in 2011 is a great overview of what NY city is doing. And Open data journalism becomes significant – The expanding world of open data journalism […]