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What would you do with open data?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Emma Brewin Dec 2, 2010. 1 Reply

Are you very keen on data journalism? Would you like to start your own business based on data? Why don't you start it right now? I just wondering what would you do with open data, what do you want…Continue

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Nicola Hughes replied to Zoltan Varju's discussion Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership Innovation Challenges in the group Data-Driven Journalism
"You can check out everything that went on and watch the webinars by the likes of Mohamed Nanabhay, Shazna Nessa, Amanda Cox and Jeff Jarvis here. It's all open. Read about the proposals that resulted from the lab starting here."
Aug 24, 2011
Zoltan Varju replied to Zoltan Varju's discussion Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership Innovation Challenges in the group Data-Driven Journalism
"Yeah, sure!   I'm thinking about a browser extension similar to Ubitquity, you can read more about my ideas here http://databrowser.posterous.com/   I would like to get some feedback from professionals and I'm also interested in…"
May 30, 2011
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Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership Innovation Challenges

The Mozilla Foundation (the maker of the free open source Firefox browser) signed a 3-year partnership agreement with the Knight Foundation (https://drumbeat.org/en-US/journalism/about/) The Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership is a three-year initiative of the Knight Foundation and Mozilla to harness open-web innovation for journalism. Through a series of innovation challenges and community events, we will identity 15 fellows…See More
May 22, 2011
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Zoltan Varju replied to John Bones's discussion Text mining in the group Data-Driven Journalism
"There are plenty of methods for text mining out there. You might find interesting the nltk package for python (free + there is a nice easy-to-follow open book on its site), with nltk you can do much more!   For visualization, try out Gephi with…"
Feb 4, 2011
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What would you do with open data?

Are you very keen on data journalism? Would you like to start your own business based on data? Why don't you start it right now? I just wondering what would you do with open data, what do you want to do with it. Do journalist consider participating in the International Open Data Hackatlon (http://www.opendataday.org/)? Do you have ideas for Apps for Development (…See More
Dec 2, 2010
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Zoltan Varju replied to João Fernando Mendes's discussion Why doesn’t media cover innovation? in the group Linking Innovation
"I think media cover innovation - ok, a special type of media has been developed around innovation for the tech savy readers. TechCrunch (and its variations, like TC Europe, TC France, TC Japan), Mashable are good examples of this type of media with…"
Nov 29, 2010
Zoltan Varju replied to João Fernando Mendes's discussion Is Europe losing the battle for talent? in the group Linking Innovation
"It depends on the angle you watch Europe. Despite the Bologna process, I think you still cannot think of the European Higher Education Area as a whole. There are very great places in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia (and there are a…"
Nov 29, 2010
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What would you do with open data?

Are you very keen on data journalism? Would you like to start your own business based on data? Why don't you start it right now? I just wondering what would you do with open data, what do you want to do with it. Do journalist consider participating in the International Open Data Hackatlon (http://www.opendataday.org/)? Do you have ideas for Apps for Development (…See More
Nov 29, 2010
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Linking Innovation

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Data-Driven Journalism

Ten, even five years ago, the use of data as a basis for reporting was difficult and costly. Now, with a whole stack of tools to dig into ‘big data‘, join this group and contribute your thoughts on the emerging field of data driven journalism.See More
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