Workshop on Sensor Journalism, ROOS dagen 2015

1. sensors, apps, tools & journalism

2. nice to meet you!
@hillevanderkaa

3. sensors & journalism

4. “Sensor Journalism refers to the use of
sensors to generate or collect data, then
analyzing, visualizing, or using data to support
journalistic inquiry. This is related to but
distinct from data journalism. Whereas data
journalism relies on using historical or existing
data, sensor journalism involves the creation
of data with sensor tools.”
Wikipedia

5. journalists using sensors
people using sensors
existing sensor networks
mobile sensing
wearables and data donation
Bui (2014)

6. journalists using sensors
to retrieve field data, independently or
with a collaborator & analyze the data and
deliver a report or a more visual
presentation of the data

7. In the months leading up to the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing’s poor air
quality was a major source of concern. The host city struggled to fulfill its
commitment to provide the best environment for athletes and visitors.

9. Associated Press journalists were assigned with handheld monitoring devices
and GPS units which tracked both the air quality and the journalists’ location
as they moved throughout the city in the course of their daily reporting.

12. The Houston Chronicle tested the air in public parks, playgrounds and
neighborhoods bordering. They found the air in the Manchester area so laden
with toxic chemicals that it was dangerous to breathe.

13. “Until the Chronicle monitored for air pollution at her
house this summer, Hildegard Bruce, who has lived on
Gober Street for nearly 50 years, didn't know for
certain that the air in her back yard was contaminated.
There were hints: the odors, the dish-rattling boom of a
flare burning off chemicals at the nearby plant, and the
times the company came around asking questions or
offering a free turkey for Thanksgiving.
Her eyes welled tears when she was told her house was
among the most polluted in the study.”

14. people using sensors
engage supporters or followers by either
providing them with sensors or by asking
them to build their own assignment specific
sensors

16. The iSPEX team, led by Frans Snik of Leiden University, analyzed all
measurements from three days in 2013 and combined them into unique maps
of dust particles above the Netherlands.

18. The Cicada Project was among the first large scale experiments to use data
that is collected by tiny, inexpensive bits of hardware. The Cicada Tracker
received nearly 1,500 temperature readings from listeners.

20. existing sensor networks
journalist gets access to sensor
networks that are already
embedded in the public space

21. The Sun Sentinel was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for
its investigation of off-duty police officers endangering the lives of citizens by
speeding.

22. The newspaper launched its investigation after an off-duty Miami police
officer was pulled for driving 120 mph in the fall of 2011. They used data
collected from SunPass toll booths to calculate the officers' speed.

23. water weather pollution

24. The Air Quality Egg, founded by a Kickstarter campaign, is a sensor system
designed to allow anyone to collect readings of NO2 and CO concentrations
outside of their home. It creates a community-led air quality sensing network.

25. mobile sensing
projects that are wrote based on the data
that is reported by any of the sensors that
are build-in to our mobile phones

26. SeeClickFix is a civic app that allows users to report non-emergency issues. In
Detroit, residents use SeeClickFix to report damaged water pipes that need
repair to the City of Detroit Water and Sewage Department.

27. The problems are usually mapped and logged in a news feed. Ideally, an app
like this enables a platform on which citizens and cities can collaboratively
identify issues.

30. StreetBump is an app that logs accelerometer data as bikers and drivers
commute to help report on potential potholes and inconsistencies on public
roads.

31. wearables and data donation
it’s possible for someone (or more than
one person) to co-opt an individual’s
data stream for secondary use

33. ProView tells the story of your favorite runner, based on real time sensor
information and live GoPro footage. It is up to the viewers to choose the
story they like the best on this second screen application.

34. Runkeeper Live uses the GPS radio of an iPhone to track running any other
exercise that gets one moving around. That data is used on the RunKeeper
website to map your route, log your speed, elevation and more in real-time.

35. GPS (speed, acceleration)
sound (noise measurement)
light
altimeter
vibration meter (earthquakes)

36. live GPS tracking
Trackr - Greenalp

37. sound (noise measurement)
Db volumemeter – TooLoud?

38. light
light sensor

39. altimeter
DS Altimeter

40. vibration
vibration meter

41. pothole detector

43. apps, tools & journalism

44. 20 tools
20 minutes to play
20 minutes to share

45. six tools to build a framework

46. ‘Storehouse turns your iPad into a visual storytelling tool with which you can
share your life experiences through a blend of text and multimedia content.’

49. Racontr aims to be a a place to gather, create and share web-documentaries,
interactive videos, websites and mobile apps, interactive comics, long-form
articles and all those formats defining the future of storytelling.

54. ‘Interactive photography’
‘Allow users to unlock narrative elements, directly from your image.’

56. ‘Beyond text, video, images and quizzes, Versal offers an array of
customizable and interactive gadgets – so learning is not only effective but
fun.’

57. two tools to build animations

60. four tools to make timelines

65. Timemapper

66. three tools to create infographics

67. visme

68. easel.ly

70. icharts

71. two tools to create maps

72. batchgeo

74. ‘Think of our platform like building blocks: add custom markers and tooltips,
give turn-by-turn directions, and then add your map to your website or
mobile app.’

76. and: live streaming

77. live stream apps

78. 20 tools
20 minutes to play
20 minutes to share

79. 20 tools
20 minutes to play
20 minutes to share