Summary of discussion about Sensor Journalism
Discussion in the newsgroup about journalists using sensors.
Suggestions:
- A course for journalists looking to employ DIY data collection -- aerial photography or one of our other tools?
- Get list of the top 10 most important measurements that journalists would be interested in having
Places to contact:
- Knight Foundation - does work on innovative tools for journalism
- Investigative Reporters and Editors - do training on how journalists can use data to produce better stories
- Association of Independents in Radio
- Jay Allison at transom.org in Cape Cod, MA
- Alex Goldmark at WNYC
- JLab at American University
- MIT's Center for Civic Media
- Columbia jSchool
- Pro Publica
- Google Student Journalism Fellowship
- Media Ethics and Journalism
Example articles:
Existing work:
- InfoAmazonia's Geojournalism Handbook
- Internews Innovation Lab - distributing sensors to journalists in developing countries
- Global Sensor Web - API to handle geotagged data set for analysis, querying, and visualizations
- good overview of the testing issue
- good example of reporting backed up with good data
- Matt Waite and Drone Journalism Lab
- John Keefe at WNYC: snowfall map, cicada project
- Sarah Williams: Beijing Air Tracks
- Alex Howard article
- Javaun Moradi article
- Fergus Pitt, Columbia jSchool