I learned about something called "computational journalism" and about what the President's chief technology officer, who is obviously committed to transparency and open government, called the "frictionless" transfer of information from government to journalists. I'm not sure I'll hold my breath for that one, though.
- Eiriks
@vrangest Kjedelig. Men du bygger deg et kjempepotensiale for en opptur i morgen!
Undersøkende journalister er ikke smartere enn andre journalister eller folk flest for den saks skyld. Det viktigste verktøyet er tid. Tid til å undersøke ting ordentlig. Finne fakta og dokumentere alt. Feil i faktagrunnlaget velter enhver historie.
- Eiriks
Knight News Challenge: A grant to DocumentCloud promises a data boost for investigative journalism » Nieman Journalism Lab - http://www.niemanlab.org/2009...
“DocumentCloud isn’t really conducive to a two-minute elevator pitch.” But later in our conversation, he ventured one: “It will turn documents into data.”
- Eiriks