JRC Chat on data journalism

Good morning! Members of the Journal Register Company's Idealab - and anyone who wants to - are going to be taking part on the weekly Twitter chat at noon.

Today we are talking about data journalism, how awesome it is, how we don't have time to do it, and how to do it when you don't have time.

That's how we roll.

The live feed is posted below. But you can also follow the chat here or here or also here. And you can also check out past chats over here.

If you want to chime in, just post a tweet with the hashtag "#jrcchat" so it can automatically appear below, or post a comment in the field at the bottom of the chat box.

Data journalism

As you've recently seen at the Freeman, we've been trying to improve our offerings of data journalism. We've used maps, stats, data sets and the like to give you a better experience (and to let you decide for yourself).

So I'm playing a bit with Crime Reports in an attempt to visualize the data, if possible, other than the most excellent map form provided at the site. Here's some data.



After a bit of playing, I realized I didn't need to do anything, because everything is already done by the service. Seriously. Check it out.

Here's some visualization for the last six months:


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JRC Chat on our future and the future of journalism

Good morning! Let's rock the boat!

Because it's Wednesday! And that means that members of the Journal Register Company's Idealab - and anyone who wants to - are going to be taking part on the weekly Twitter chat at noon.

As you might have heard, our parent company, Journal Register Company, was bought by Alden Global Capital. Freak out time!
So what does this mean to our Digital First mission, and to journalism itself?

The industry has been paying attention to this, so I figure what better way to let it know what we journalist are up to, warts and all. So you better bring your projects and your concerns.

Because that's how we roll at JRC.

The live feed is posted below. But you can also follow the chat here or here or also here. And you can also check out past chats over here.

If you want to chime in, just post a tweet with the hashtag "#jrcchat" so it can automatically appear below, or post a comment in the field at the bottom of the chat box.

As always, you are welcome to participate at anytime you want.

And yes, trolls are welcome.

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