This document summarizes a webinar about using the import.io tool for data journalism. The webinar covered three journalism use cases demonstrating import.io's main features: extractors, connectors, and crawlers. Extractors were used to extract US defense contracts data. Connectors accessed data from the Superior Court of California website. Crawlers gathered music play data from Seattle. Import.io allows journalists to extract large amounts of data from websites without coding by recording actions on a site.

1. Powerful data journalism
with import.io
June 26, 2014

2. Welcome to the Webinar
This is an event from
Poynter’s News
University,
journalism’s e-learning
leader
▪ Host: Vicky Kruger

3. Thank You
Harnisch Foundation
▪ For funding our Webinar equipment
Knight Foundation
▪ For its support of News University

4. Today’s Presenter
Andrew Fogg
Co-Founder Import.io

5. Today’s Agenda
Brief introduction to import.io
3 journalism use cases, exploring the 3
main features of import.io
Extractors - US Defense Contracts
Connectors - Superior Court of CA
Crawlers - Music played in Seattle
Examples of import.io in use by
newspapers

7. there is a lot of data on the web

8. but it is trapped inside web pages

9. and getting it is difficult

10. you can use an API

11. if there is one available

12. you can write custom computer code :-(

13. but that is painful
:-(

14. both require a friendly developer

15. and a lot of time

16. for every single website
4 hours 4 days

17. imagine if...

18. you could turn any website

19. into a spreadsheet

20. or an API

21. in less than 4 minutes

22. without writing any code

23. without writing any code

24. so how does it work?

25. this is our web browser, for data

26. extract data by point-and-click

27. extract data by point-and-click

28. extract data by point-and-click

29. extract data by point-and-click

30. extract data by point-and-click

31. extract data by point-and-click

32. extract data by point-and-click

33. record actions on a website

34. record actions on a website

35. record actions on a website

36. there is a crawler to get all data

37. search multiple sources in real time

38. create a dashboard for data display

39. and everything is available over API

40. powerful stuff

41. let’s walk through features and use cases

210. How do I Add a Slide?
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For style
▪ Go to “Format” in the menu bar and
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▪ This ppt already has a style

211. Polling Questions (example)
How are you using your
Web site?
▪ Post 24/7 whenever
news happens
▪ Post at designated
times regardless of
news
▪ Finish print story edit
first, then post same
online
▪ Post online first, then
pursue print story
▪ Post same content in
print as online

212. Polling Questions (example)
At the Beijing ’08
Olympics, where were
the lights for the Water
Cube and the Bird’s
Nest made?
▪ China
▪ Malaysia
▪ Taiwan
▪ Durham, N.C.

213. In Summary
Brief introduction to import.io
3 journalism use cases, exploring the 3
main features of import.io
Extractors - US Defense Contracts
Connectors - Superior Court of CA
Crawlers - Music played in Seattle
Examples of import.io in use by newspapers
andrew.fogg@import.io

214. Thank You
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training

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218. Questions? Fire Away!
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