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Word clouds make an eye-catching bit of visual stimulus but how helpful are they? Seen from the perspective of data visualisation, not very, and they can be misleading, says Jacob Harris
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Free online resources on media production and journalism from the BBC.
Going to spend a bit of time looking at the stuff about lighting in the production section.
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Nice explanatory piece from the Guardian's data-goonies saying data journalism "may be trending but it's not new" and that it's all about what stories you're trying to tell.
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Guardian Society uses digital mapping and citizen journalism to build up a profile of the impact of public sector cuts in the UK.
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Tim Radford of the Guardian gives his 25 commandments for journalists. Can't help thinking that a lot of what he says could be applied in many other areas.
Particular faves:
5 - ..."No one will ever complain because you made something too easy to understand."
7 - ..."The classic error in journalism is to overestimate what the reader knows and underestimate the reader's intelligence."
Interesting insight into the social media policy of a reasonably enlightened newspaper group. Encourages engagement with integrity.
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Article from Giga-Om about reluctance of traditional media outlets to embrace the social, personalised nature of social networking.
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