Data Journalism for Accountability and Transparency
Explore the power of data journalism in holding institutions accountable and promoting transparency. Learn how to gather, analyze, and present data effectively to uncover hidden insights and drive meaningful change within society. Dive into various aspects such as browsing vs. searching, defining data, designing for questions, and expanding inquiries for greater impact.
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Data Journalism for Accountability Derek Willis, Merrill College of Journalism
Browsing vs. Searching SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/reports/awards/ static FPDS: https://www.fpds.gov/fpdsng_c ms/index.php/en/ (or, reading answers vs. asking questions)
Searching vs. Gathering FPDS search for COVID NIC Or, why manual repetitive tasks mean you re doing it wrong
Get the Right Data Not just the easy data
Data Means Definition The more you use data, the more you learn from it
Design The Data to Answer Questions https://pp-covid19- contracts.herokuapp.com/covid _contracts Zach Fuentes New Contractors Looks aren t important right now
Expand Your Questions Who makes PPE? Who is VPL? VPL Using data for leads & theories
Visible -> Accountable Terminated Contract Actions Federal Government Experts Data can be used to hide things. Better questions make them easier to find.
When You Understand, Readers Will Or, When should we publish a database?
How We Built It A SQL Database (PostgreSQL) A programming language (Ruby) A Web application framework (Ruby on Rails) HTML/CSS/JavaScript Lots of editing
