data journalist, ExaroNews.com var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-27652132-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @henryctaylor)http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/Barely has a moment passed over the last year without thoughts turning to jobs. We are fortunate...http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/52793429099http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/52793429099Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:31:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dc23ed9c092ec499a65dde717d97e2f7/tumblr_mml6b37S1P1qg6cano1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Data journalism: a conversation</big></p><blockquote><p>A brief Storify demonstrating a typical sort of conversation I have had many times over the past…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://backthatthingup.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/data-journalism-a-conversation/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/50089458827http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/50089458827Fri, 10 May 2013 15:16:14 +0100communityconversationjohn burn-murdochpropublicascott kleinstorifytwitter<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/01d08642b785993fe49c78252d8cac91/tumblr_mml56nc2JP1qg6cano1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Infographic v Interactive</big></p> <blockquote> <p>While working on The Hackney Post during City’s production weeks, I was seconded away from the web…</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://backthatthingup.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/infographic-v-interactive/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/50088420077http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/50088420077Fri, 10 May 2013 14:51:00 +0100google fusionhackneymappingpaperphotoshopprint journalismvisualisation<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ffab6da23ca06a8c8980f8d777047603/tumblr_mmfqfrvyfr1qg6cano1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>2,740 new candidate planets have been discovered: get the full list</big></p><blockquote><p>My first byline for the Guardian’s data blog. The Tableau visualisation was created by John…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://backthatthingup.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/2740-new-candidate-planets-have-been-discovered-get-the-full-list/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/49859175052http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/49859175052Tue, 07 May 2013 16:45:27 +0100bylinedatablogguardiannasaplanetsspacetableautelescope<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/20998fb6c26a323097c2d12aa80cd6a2/tumblr_mmfnnesxsY1qg6cano1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Census 2011: UK’s population rises 7 per cent to 63.2 million</big></p><blockquote><p>For <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/greenpolitics/population/9751142/Census-2011-UKs-population-rises-7-per-cent-to-63.2-million.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">this article</a>, the Telegraph’s Online Graphics Editor, Mark Oliver, created the main heat map…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://backthatthingup.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/census-2011-uks-population-rises-7-per-cent-to-63-2-million/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/49856415072http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/49856415072Tue, 07 May 2013 15:45:14 +0100bylinecensusdaily telegraph<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e19c9d5703439810eaa74829594c7e95/tumblr_mmfjqdWjkw1qg6cano1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>‘Jedi’ religion most popular alternative faith</big></p><blockquote><p>This is the most successful data byline I’ve had to date. I was fortunate enough to be on work…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://backthatthingup.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/jedi-religion-most-popular-alternative-faith/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/49852864194http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/49852864194Tue, 07 May 2013 14:20:37 +0100bylinecensusdaily telegraphmappingreligion<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/91cb5511c600b01969708a83fab802d5/tumblr_mme69jUVhB1qg6cano1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Cleaning up data in Google Refine</big></p><blockquote><p>Got some messy data that you need to clean up? Google Refine (technically known as Open Refine, but…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://backthatthingup.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/cleaning-up-data-in-google-refine/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/49791670315http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/49791670315Mon, 06 May 2013 20:32:07 +0100cleaningexcelformattinggoogle refineGRELnewspaper circulationregex<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f77fb0cb254f25569fea8861e06a0fe5/tumblr_mmbt6k0fEY1qg6cano1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Quickly turning around data</big></p><blockquote><p>Inspired by the chaps over at Google, Twitter unveiled their first <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/2012/twitter-transparency-report" target="_blank">Transparency Report</a>in July last…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://backthatthingup.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/quickly-turning-around-data/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/49682059955http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/49682059955Sun, 05 May 2013 13:54:20 +0100transparencytwittervisualisationData’s debut“What exactly is data journalism?” my flatmate asked earlier this evening. “Ermmm…it’s...http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/37139608967http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/37139608967Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:42:15 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdpcwzz3Ul1qg6cano1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>#transparency: Government requests to Google</big></p><blockquote><p>In my last post I wrote about how I learned to use Google Fusion tables to create an interactive…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://backthatthingup.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/transparency-government-requests-to-google/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/36014776579http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/36014776579Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:26:58 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczi5f2kOc1qg6cano1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Playing with Google Fusion Tables</big></p><blockquote><p>I’ve heard a lot about Google Fusion Tables over the last few weeks. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/simonrogers" target="_blank">Simon Rogers</a>, editor of the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/data" target="_blank">Gu…</a></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://backthatthingup.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/playing-with-google-fusion-tables/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/35011263335http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/35011263335Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:22:26 +0000From what I can gather, data journalism seems to be both an art and a science. All of us on City’s...http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/33771400122http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/33771400122Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:40:56 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbzed49TR61qg6cano1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>How to: a basic scrape</p><p><a href="http://backthatthingup.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/how-to-basic-scraping/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/33702048255http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/33702048255Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:27:03 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbwl3r3hHZ1qg6cano1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Scraping for beginners</big></p><blockquote><img/><p>courtesy of wickes.co.uk</p> <p>It’s Sunday night. I have had four days to ruminate on what I learned in…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://backthatthingup.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/scraping-for-beginners/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p><p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p>http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/33596602164http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/33596602164Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:59:51 +0100The newspaper industry as we know it is collapsing. No one knows how fast, but few people argue that...http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/24739829714http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/24739829714Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:30:00 +0100charityNGOnewspapergeri halliwellparis hiltonUNheart of goldfuture of journalismcharitable sectorPatrick Smith at themediabriefing.com got hold of some profit &amp; loss figures for a Johnston...http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/24623126469http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/24623126469Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:22:11 +0100ashley highfieldjohnston pressweeklypatrick smiththemediabriefing.comThe Nieman Journalism Lab had this interview with Alan Rusbridger on their website last week. Apart...http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/24540142211http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/24540142211Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:22:04 +0100open journalismthe guardianfacebookalan rusbridgerrichard gingrasgooglewashington postyahooespnmashablemtvbundleAPIsocial networkpeter prestonnieman journalism labLinks to some anti-austerity writing in the mainstream press: Austerity Agenda – Paul Krugman, New...http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/24471943804http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/24471943804Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:20:24 +0100economyfinancedepressionrecessionGDPpaul krugmanjoseph stiglitzjon moultonandrea leadsomconservativesnew york timesnewsnightha-joon changwill huttonSome news and opinion from the last few days: Rupert Murdoch joins Twitter Sky News&#8217; Alex...http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/15234027389http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/15234027389Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:41:08 +0000David Higgersonbloggingfleet street bluesrupert murdochtwitterAlex crawfordsky news<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwnqynPL0z1qg6cano1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of the most memorable pictures of the year for me, which also features in Getty Image’s “<a href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ea9d8ec#/4ea9d8ec/1" target="_blank">Year In Focus 2011</a>” magazine.</p>http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/14667831753http://henryctaylor.tumblr.com/post/14667831753Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:03:59 +0000gettyvancouver riotsphotographyphotojournalism