[euopendata] Data J questions

Mon Mar 21 08:38:01 UTC 2011

Re: the questions I think the last one could be picked apart a bit more to
make journos answer along the following lines:
- What information about the data itself would be useful (e.g. how it was
gathered, who by, methodology, sample size etc)
- What contextual information would be useful (e.g. jargon definitions,
where they can get related information)
- What format do you prefer data in? (can of worms I know!)

My own experience is that journalists don't really know what questions they
want to ask of data until they get it - so may be better to ask 'What areas
do you report on where you might benefit from raw data?'
There are obvious blind spots here, too, but you're more likely to get a
meaningful response.

Any other ways I can help let me know,

Paul

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> A friend of mine is doing a survey on the data needs and data related
> training needs of journalists and has asked if I have any suggestions
> for questions that I'd like answers to, that could be included in the
> survey. I'm thinking of proposing 2-3 questions, along the lines of:
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>  * What kinds of public datasets would be useful to you as a
> journalist? (Please be as specific as possible)
>  * What kinds of questions do you want to use these datasets to
> answer? What kinds of issues do you want to explore? (Please be as
> specific as possible)
>  * What kinds of tools would you like to help you work with these datasets?
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> Anyone think of any other questions? Or improvements/amendments to the
> questions above? Suggestions for rewording?
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> Answers on a postcard. ;-)
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