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Wolfram Alpha and other ways to enhance database journalism

Participants at Matt Thompson’s recent gathering on the Future of Context discussed (among many other things) database journalism — city crime maps, for example — and agreed that they can actually be a disservice to readers.  The problem comes in maintaining the data: a reporter or team gathers data, analyzes it, creates interesting presentation graphics [...]

6 comments | Posted by Martin Langeveld | May 11, 2009 | 10:44 am

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