Presentation at the BBC Data Day, New Broadcasting House, November 2014

1. NEW TOOLS?
@PaulBradshaw, Online Journalism Blog, HelpMeInvestigate
Birmingham City University and City University London
BBC Data Day, November 2014
Image by Scott http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottiet812/4436396357

2. NEW TOOLS?
BUT WE HAVEN’T
EVEN WORKED
OUT THE OLD
ONES YET.
@PaulBradshaw, Online Journalism Blog, HelpMeInvestigate
Birmingham City University and City University London
BBC Data Day, November 2014

3. “It would take us weeks. We need a team of interns.”

4. *

5. * NEW!

6. https://www.youtube.com/user/kimonolabs

7. *

8. *
Scraper
extension for Chrome

9. OutWit Hub

10. OutWit Hub
OLD!

11. “The data is locked in PDFs
or emails. We need a team of interns.”

12. *
Tabula
and DocumentCloud

13. *
Tabula
and DocumentCloud
OLD!
NEW!

15. * NEW!

16. http://vimeo.com/71483614

17. *

18. * OLD!

19. “The data is a mess.”

20. “The data is a mess. We need a team of interns.”

21. OLD!
* http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/
cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/

22. Also great for converting
XML, JSON, and using APIs
DICES!
SLICES!

23. NEW!

24. “We have no data! WE NEED SOME INTERNS!”

25. *

26. * NEW!

27. https://www.detective.io/detective/the-migrants-files/

28. http://vimeo.com/106897543
http://vimeo.com/106279178

29. http://www.reporter-app.com/
*

30. http://www.reporter-app.com/
* NEW!

31. OLD!

32. https://ifttt.com/recipes/search?q=Google+Drive&ac=true

33. 1: Don’t give interns donkey
work; give them a tool to
learn
2: Aspire to great laziness
3: If you hit a problem,
chances are someone else
has solved it.

34. Thank you.
@PaulBradshaw, Online Journalism Blog, HelpMeInvestigate
Birmingham City University and City University London
Image by Scott http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottiet812/4436396357 BBC Data Day, November 2014

35. If you have do something
more than once get a
computer to do it.

37. NEW! OLD!

38. NEW! OLD!
NEW!

39. NEW! OLD!