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The data journalism handbook / Subtitle on cover : How journalists can use data to improve the news edited by Jonathan Gray, Liliana Bounegru, and Lucy Chambers. - 1st ed. - Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly Media, 2012. - xvii, 220 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

"A project of the European Journalism Centre and the Open Knowledge Foundation."--T.p. verso. "Strata: making data work"--Cover p. [4].

In the newsroom -- Case studies -- Getting data -- Understanding data -- Delivering data.

With The Data Journalism Handbook, you'll explore the potential, limits, and applied use of this new and fascinating field. This handbook has attracted scores of contributors since the European Journalism Centre and the Open Knowledge Foundation launched the project at MozFest 2011. Through a collection of tips and techniques form leading journalists, professors, software developers, and data analysts, you'll learn how data can be wither the source of data journalism or a tool with which the story is told--or both.

ISBN: 9781449330064 (pbk.) 1449330061 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2012532441

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Journalism--Data processing.
Data mining.
Information visualization.

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Index Terms--Genre/Form: --Reading book

Dewey Class. No.: 070.430285 / DAT