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So-called "big data" approaches are revolutionising the way these processes work, in government and the private sector. By crunching through large quantities of data, all sorts of interesting patterns can be found inside people's everyday activities. You might already realise that fatty and sugary fo - Alexandre Gamela

In Miami, Twitter takes on two distinct modes during the day — in the morning as headline service and in the afternoon as conversation. “In the morning, we try to get the audience between 6 and 8 a.m. on Twitter and on the website,” says continuous news editor/day editor Jeff Kleinman, who says he wa - Alexandre Gamela

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My next ebook: the Data Journalism Heist #ddj #Djheist - Alexandre Gamela

@stillawake I'll have to mention the guns vs butter idea to cover designer @jnyis http://t.co/tMCsCcnqK8 - Alexandre Gamela

RT @skwalker1964: DWP just can't get its story straight re fake psych 'test' http://t.co/wBzHMUUw02 @paulbradshaw @marcusbrig @daisybell @m… - Alexandre Gamela

@lsengers may be of interest if you're trying to organise an exchange: http://t.co/jkCjI3HZlk - Alexandre Gamela

Always good to check the Gangnam Style video every now and again: 1.6bn views one version now and 11m on another http://t.co/xbB3nYeoPj - Alexandre Gamela

@duarte_rv have you seen this? Thought of your Who Pays for Democracy project http://t.co/6ZBzuQwxls - Alexandre Gamela

Yiddish speakers in Hackney http://t.co/L1XDq2wX1I - great example of fleshing out data journalism by @sam_creighton - Alexandre Gamela

@ianjsilvera which one? This? http://t.co/PxWdpgtOMd - Alexandre Gamela

When you are thinking digital- and mobile-first publishing, Creatavist is the platform for realizing your vision. We are writers, editors, filmmakers, and digital creatives like you, and we’ve built this software to expand the limits of storytelling. Creatavist lets you assemble your work around any - Alexandre Gamela

RT @Trabzonlular_61: Requesting @UEFAcom to give its belated verdict on Turkish Match Fixing case http://t.co/EVkrWRN4b4 @paulbradshaw @… - Alexandre Gamela

The Lean #Analytics Cycle: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act - Alexandre Gamela

"Ten years ago, most sports fans looked to radio, newspapers, and television to access information on their favorite sports teams. Not many imagined that the Internet and various social media sites would ever overpower traditional news sources. According to ComScore, over 130 million people accessed sports news online in October 2012. With so many people reading their sports news online, newspapers are losing subscriptions and the nightly news is losing viewers. " - Alexandre Gamela

Photo of @bhamdatablog piece in @birminghammail by @pupulchatterjee yesterday http://t.co/a5Q5DJFRgL via @ranj13494 - Alexandre Gamela

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Dr Fiona Ford, of the East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), said the shortages have been caused by an ‘unfair’ NHS formula, which had left primary care in the area underfunded by about £6million. She said the formula did not give enough weighting for deprivation levels and has left the - Alexandre Gamela

@av_hannah_fc @HannahL_Jackson worth contacting low pay commission for expert reaction on your investigation http://t.co/kCGO3Uip1v - Alexandre Gamela

Why don’t you share? http://t.co/IJ8tut1RSV #isast13 - Alexandre Gamela

RT @mikedurham: @paulbradshaw Investigative website into money laundering disabled in DDOS attack - can anyone help? Please RT http://t.co/… - Alexandre Gamela

Vigorously agreeing with @robynbateman on the lack of support for non-breastfeeders: http://t.co/fyaMB2CDfy - Alexandre Gamela

@pupulchatterjee Centro data case study alert! http://t.co/HiE0tlMseP - Alexandre Gamela

RT @carolinebeavon: "Clever Uses for Reverse Image Search" http://t.co/5MCfngdgh1 - Alexandre Gamela

Coun Charlton was recently quoted as saying she could not turn up to civic events “in tatty clothes”. The councillor, who said she had not spent all of her allowance and tried to shop in sales, added: “We’re the front face of the county council so we’ve got to be at least clean and tidy and well-pres - Alexandre Gamela

Star Wars March Madness Final: It's Yoda vs. Vader http://t.co/omfgTjNYHr - Alexandre Gamela

Dad Adorably Documents Son's Every Crying Moment on Tumblr http://t.co/IFNUfn2zRD - Alexandre Gamela

RT @henrykirby: My first byline at the Guardian. RT @GuardianData: How much will Margaret Thatcher's funeral cost? http://t.co/pgXwDCGqZf - Alexandre Gamela

After Google revealed that it's forking WebKit with the launch of the Blink browser rendering engine for Chrome, WebKit developers began discussing the removal of Chrome-specific code from the project. This is by no means a "retaliation" despite how it sounds. It makes perfect sense to remove support for a browser that will no longer use the WebKit engine. - Alexandre Gamela

No. 4: Producing content for a new platform means the audience is different, the user experience is different. Therefore the editorial approach should be different. The animated explainers were clearly a hit — and here are the lessons I learned: The most successful animated explainers 1) used quirky graphics and humor 2) to break down complex subjects with broad appeal 3) in an evergreen approach. Some of this goes against traditional journalism instincts. Our most successful features weren’t tied to a news hook, so they stayed relevant online for months, even years. The topics were broad—almost everyone could relate to driving a car with gasoline, or eating beef. And humor helps to make complicated subjects more accessible. These lessons might seem obvious, but to reporters who are often chasing news hooks, and diving deep into very narrow channels, the big picture approach is sometimes overlooked. - Alexandre Gamela