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Out of the available readings, I found the case study that looked at the campaign focused on crowdsourcing the water utility bill data for residents in France to be notable.  Taking statistical information and displaying it in a way that can motivate

The case study that really caught my attention was the “Covering the Public Purse…” The fact that they gathered information to show where each amount of money is disbursed throughout the a country is amazing. From that information a country

“The Eurozone Meltdown” by The Wall Street Journal was a series, which I thought captured the true essence of data storytelling. Sarah Slobin explained how tell an issue as big and complex as the European meltdown through the stories of

Of the case studies in the Data Journalism Handbook, I found most interesting the Citizen Data Reporter. I find it very cool that data journalism can help smaller communities. I think that usually when people think Data Journalism they think

My favorite example from the reading on case studies was the Eurozone Meltdown. I like how they incorporated personal stories along with their data analysis results. I think this approach is more appealing to readers than simply giving facts. Visually,

The case study from the “Data Journalism Handbook” that I found most interesting was “Citizen Data Reporters.” This case study focused on two citizen journalists and the work they conducted that utilized simple data. The results from this case study

Interactivity is, in no uncertain terms, what transforms the data of the web into pure unmitigated magic. By inviting the users into the storytelling process, it ceases to simply be a collection of informative images, videos, and words- but rather, it becomes wholly something

So a big topic being thrown around right now is whether our personal cell phones are as private as we would like to hope. Rumors that government is hacking into our phone calls and accessing our cameras so they can

Who: journalists What: data journalism When: present and future Where: Earth Why: “Our Stories Come As Code” (datajournalismhandbook.org)   Data journalism doesn’t strip articles of its narrative, but releases it from its emotional confines. Data journalism can provide a clearer

Think about how many times in the last week you have seen a data chart of some sort in an article. Quite a bit, huh? That is because data journalism is the future of story telling. Now you’re probably asking,