Curated Resource ( ? )
FiveThirtyEight taking shape
Curated:
29/01/2014 from
www.fivethirtyeight.com/2014/01/status-update-building-fivethirtyeight.html?m=1
my notes ( ? )
Looking forward to geeking out:
Info architecture: Guessing some serious cardsorting went into this off the cuff remark:
"the new FiveThirtyEight will provide coverage of five major subjects: politics, economics, sports, science, and lifestyle. By design, almost any topic in the news can potentially fit into one or more of these categories. "
And then there's the application of wide scale data journalism:
"... the application of statistics and other quantitative methods toward issues in the news. ... will also include data visualization; the development of interactive graphics and features; and investigative and explanatory reporting, especially as applied to publicly-available data sets."
And then there's taking a stand on lies, damned lies and statistics:
" part of our mission will be to critique irresponsible uses of data and statistics when they arise in news coverage, or elsewhere in society."
After all...:
"The idea that journalism might learn something from the methods of science has been around for many years."
Yes please.
- FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Status Update: Building FiveThirtyEight
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