Joel Gurin on open data: 'Changing how we speak with governments' | News | Open Data Institute

"As most consumers can’t use data from government sources directly, we need others to set up ‘choice engines’ that turn it into information they can use. Ahead of his talk at the ODI Summit, we speak with author, director and open data expert Joel Gurin. Joel is a Senior Adviser at The Governance Lab at NYU, where he directs the Open Data 500. Joel is also the Founder and Editor of OpenDataNow, a news and information hub for open data. Joel begun his career as a science journalist, and has also worked in publishing, charities and government ..."