Filter posts by:
big data database cities data driven journalism event review locative media picnic 2011 privacy urban spaces wikipedia wikipedia entry
ProPublica is Re-Purposing Data for Social Reforms

ProPublica is Re-Purposing Data for Social Reforms

Whether you were scrolling through your Facebook news’ feed or simply reading tweets about the most recent political scandals, chances are you have been exposed to contradictory information, and even ‘fake news’. On the internet, anyone can spread dishonest...
By Laurie Le Bomin on 09/23/18 Comments Off on ProPublica is Re-Purposing Data for Social Reforms

PICNIC: Life in Readable Cities

Using public transport, we leave digital traces when checking in and out with our OV chip cards. Once our Bonus Card at Albert Heijn got scanned over the counter, we provide Albert with valuable information about what we like...
By Caroline Goralczyk on 09/18/11 3

To Be or Not To Be Deleted: My First Wikipedia Entry

There are 3,431,688 articles in the English Wikipedia on a dizzying range of topics. Surely there must be one on data-driven journalism, right? Well, the answer is no; an article on database journalism focuses on computer-assisted reporting, the digital...
By Catalina Iorga on 10/04/10 Comments Off on To Be or Not To Be Deleted: My First Wikipedia Entry