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About a year ago I threw up a long, rambling guide hoping to teach non-programming journalists some practical code. Looking back at it, it seems inadequate. Actually, I misspoke, I haven’t looked back at it because I’m sure I’ll just spend the next few hours cringing. For example, what a dumb idea it was to put everything from “What is HTML” to actual Ruby scraping code all in a gigantic, badly formatted post . The series of articles have gotten a fair number of hits but I don’t know how many people were able to stumble through it. Though last week I noticed this recent trackback from dataist , a new “blog about data exploration” by Finnish journo Jens Finnäs .
dataist blog: An inspiring case for journalists learning to code | Dan Nguyen pronounced fast is danwin
How to make your infographics accessible and SEO friendly at the same time
Infographics are everywhere. Some good - some bad. But most creators don't stop to think how to make sure search engines can understand their infographic - or how people who can't see pictures can consume them (maybe because they rely on screen readers or have chosen not to download images to their mobile phone). The trick to make infographics accessible and SEO friendly is to ensure:
Hannah Waldram: How to map: top tips and tools for hyperlocal publishers
Getting to grips with mapping is a fundamental part of running a hyperlocal blog – this guest post by Hannah Waldram aims to give some top tips and tools for using maps on your hyperlocal blog. Hannah is one of the Guardian’s beat-bloggers and tweets here Mapping is wrapped up with the very idea of local.
Data journalism pt1: Finding data (draft – comments invited)
{*style:<i>The following is a draft from a book about online journalism that I’ve been working on. I’d really appreciate any additions or comments you can make – particularly around sources of data and legal considerations </i>*} The first stage in data journalism is sourcing the data itself.
( In my last post I introduced the idea of regularly posting research material in this blog as a way to bridge the gap between researchers and practitioners. Some people kindly replied to my call for feedback and the general feeling seems to be like: “cool go on! rock it! we need it!”.
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Coding for Journalists 101 : A four-part series | Dan Nguyen pronounced fast is danwin
Photo by Nico Cavallotto on Flickr Update, January 2012: Everything…yes, everything, is superseded by my free online book, The Bastards Book of Ruby , which is a much more complete walkthrough of basic programming principles with far more practical and up-to-date examples and projects than what you’ll find here. I’m only keeping this old walkthrough up as a historical reference. I’m sure the code is so ugly that I’m not going to even try re-reading it. So check it out: The Bastards Book of Ruby