A brief introduction to Computer Assisted Reporting
Basic CAR Skills - ‘Computer Assisted Reporting’ is simply about using IT to gather and analyse data in way that allows journalists to produce original news stories. - As Heather Brooke recently said,...
View ArticleUsing the Audit Commission Act 1998: Investigating local government accounts
The Freedom of Information Act is something many of us are now quite familiar with and a method that often throws up pros and cons in gathering less 'public' pieces of information. So, if you've tried...
View ArticleHow-to: Researching people online
Sid Ryan wanted to see if planning applications near planning committee members were more or less likely to be accepted. Part one of the guide showed how to scrape planning applications and assemble...
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