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Could data save newspapers?

The world is entering a new era of “Big Data” according to a new McKinsey report which claims that businesses that can get their heads around how to harness the constant flow of information are winning the race of profit and competition. The news is likely to offend many die hard traditionalists in newsrooms, who are still enraged by the Internet making the word “content” a synonym for journalism. http://www.inma.org/blogs/out-of-the-box/post.cfm/could-data-save-newspapers
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Open data : de la transparence démocratique au développement économique - romaingiscard sur LePost.fr (17:31)

Publié par L'open data on en parle souvent ( dernièrement en Conseil des ministres ), mais peu connaissent les implications de cette tendance mêlant transparence démocratique et vertus de l'économie numérique. L'open data correspond à l'ouverture des données publiques. http://archives-lepost.huffingtonpost.fr/article/2011/09/05/2583052_open-data-de-la-transparence-democratique-au-developpement-economique.html
Data visualisation

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Journalism in the Age of Data: A Video Report on Data Visualization by Geoff McGhee

I’ve spent the past week being consistently blown away at the EyeO Festival of data visualization and computational arts, organized by my friend Jer Thorp , New York Times data artist in residence, and Dave Schroeder of Flashbelt fame. While showcasing their mind-blowing, eye-blasting work, the festival’s all-star speakers have been recommending their favorite books on the subject matter, so I’ve compiled the top recommendations for your illuminating pleasure. http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/06/30/best-books-data-visualization-computational-art/

7 Essential Books on Data Visualization & Computational Art | Brain Pickings

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/07/26/visualize-this-nathan-yau/

Visualize This: How to Tell Stories with Data | Brain Pickings

Data visualization is a frequent fixation around here and, just recently, we looked at 7 essential books that explore the discipline’s capacity for creative storytelling. Today, a highly anticipated new book joins their ranks — Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics , penned by Nathan Yau of the fantastic FlowingData blog.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Haeckel

Ernst Haeckel - Wikipédia

Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel ( Potsdam , le 16 février 1834 - Iéna , le 8 août 1919 ), était un biologiste , philosophe et libre penseur allemand .
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/06/07/color-as-data-visualizing-color-composition/

Color as Data: Visualizing Color Composition | Brain Pickings

We love data visualization and color. So what happens when you apply the former to the latter, visualizing color composition like you would any data set?
Yes, we’re on a data visualization spree this week, but today’s spotlight taps into an even more niche obsession: data viz book candy .

FORM+CODE: Eye and Brain Candy for the Digital Age | Brain Pickings

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/10/05/form-and-code/

Mapping European Stereotypes | Brain Pickings

27 SEPTEMBER, 2010 by Maria Popova http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/09/27/yanko-tsvetkov-mapping-european-stereotypes/
http://www.wordle.net/ Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.

Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds

Graduating from high school means better job prospects and higher earning potential for individuals, but what does it mean for the community or country as a whole?

NBC News' Education Nation Challenge | visualizing.org

"Statista offers thousands of statistical graphs describing numerous topics.

Highcharts - Interactive JavaScript charts for your webpage

Ce guide en deux parties présente des éléments de réponse aux développeurs et journalistes désireux de se lancer dans le monde du Data-Journalism .

Data Journalism : par où commencer (Part. 1/2) | L'Oeil Du Pirate

WEBJOURNALISME. 11 jobs d’un nouveau genre qui prouvent que le journalisme a de l’avenir « La Social Newsroom

- Partant de ce principe, le site SubstainableJournalism de l’université de Kennesaw a identifié au début du mois d’août les 11 métiers journalistiques du futur .