Open Source Data Journalism – Happening now at Buzz Data | eaves.ca
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"First, what is BuzzData? It’s a website that allows data to be easily uploaded and shared among any number of users. (For hackers – it’s essentially github for data, but more social). It makes it easy for people to copy data sets, tinker with them, share the results back with the original master, mash them up with other data sets, all while engaging with those who care about that data set.
So, what happened? Why is any of this interesting? And what does it have to do with journalism? ..."