[ddj] Potential interview partners, content ideas for DataDrivenJournalism.net
Ahmed ElAmin
elamin.ahmed at gmail.com
Tue Nov 27 04:52:11 UTC 2012
Brilliant. Thanks so much for this.
On 26 November 2012 16:51, Mirko Lorenz <mirko.lorenz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Hanna,
>
> my suggestion: Do an interview with Sharon Machlis. She has covered a
> diversity of viz tools for Computerworld (US) and in a recent mail exchange
> said, that her interest is to tell not only media people what is now
> possible. Example: A tutorial for Google Fusion tables -
> http://www.computerworld.com/slideshow/detail/68971/How-to-make-a-map-in-Google-Fusion-Tables
>
> The thorny thing with all the tools is that beginners in this wide field
> currently have to spent considerable time to find the tools that suit them.
> So, in short, Sharon might have a good view how anyone could approach this
> wide field, what are quality indicators for certain tools and - potentially
> very important - could differentiate between beginner, advanced and experts
> level tools. Plus, she could add how the trend to data-journalism might be
> reframed in other domains.
>
> My guess is that Sharon is on this list, so creating a contact might be
> easy.
>
> Same kind of interview could be done with the guys from
> datavisualization.ch, who are curating the great selection for common tools.
> Which is best? Which is good for what purpose?
>
> http://selection.datavisualization.ch
>
> Spreading that kind of knowledge could be helpful at this moment, at least
> that is my guess.
> I am posting this suggestion here, so maybe others chime in an point to
> other potential contet topics.
>
> Best,
> Mirko
>
>
>
> Am 26.11.2012 um 15:03 schrieb Hanna McLean <mclean at ejc.net>:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I hope you all had a great weekend. Be sure to check out our latest article
> that asks:
>
> What are the lessons learned from the experiences of the 3.11 Japan
> earthquake? What were the roles of mainstream media and crowdsourcing in
> information sharing when this large-scale triple disaster hit the country?
>
> To find out, read the article here.
>
> Also, I wanted to mention that if you have a suggestion for a tool that you
> would like to see reviewed, a specific article topic, a tutorial that might
> be useful, or if there is someone that you would like to see interviewed on
> DataDrivenJournalism.net let us know and we will try to make it happen.
>
> Cheers,
> Hanna
>
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