VozData screenshot 1. Introduction VozData is a collaborative tool for converting public documents trapped in PDFs into a structured database that all citizens can understand and journalists can report from. The application is inspired in “Free the files” by Propublica.org and “MP´s Expenses” by The Guardian; it allows readers and users to be part of the process of checking… Seguir leyendo VozData: collaborating to free data from PDFs – The Senate Expenses part II
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Monitoring the new Media Law in Argentina 2009-2013. 94% created were state media, no plural voices as promised so far
LA NACION´s data journalist José Crettaz, together with data team and interactive visualization team from Lanacion.com demonstrated with DATA that the new media law was not fulfilling what it was created for, then opened dataset for everyone to reuse. In 2009 an Audiovisual Communications Law was approved that was very controversial, because many media said… Seguir leyendo Monitoring the new Media Law in Argentina 2009-2013. 94% created were state media, no plural voices as promised so far
2013 Elections data-driven Highlights
LA NACION produced a multimedia and multiplatform coverage of the 2013 legislative elections with a focus on innovation through datajournalism as the fundamental tool to show content in a new way and to present the information in a more transparent way . Here are 5 data-driven highlights.
Census Project, 2001-2010
In April 21st, 2013 we launched “The Census Project”, a microsite that maps and organizes the main variables of the 2001 and 2010 Argentina census. It was a step by step process with different skills needed, as usual in our Data Projects. Step 1: Embracing Hacktivism gave born to this initiative The initiative began last year, during a Hacks / Hackers… Seguir leyendo Census Project, 2001-2010