Cormac Campbell works for the data team at Northern Ireland's The Detail. In this presentation from Data Journalism UK 2016 he gives an insight into some of their stories.
Data journalism in Ireland has grown in recent years with the establishment of dedicated data journalism teams at publications like The Irish Times and RTÉ. RTÉ Investigations Unit, established in 2013, is the only dedicated investigative journalism team in the Republic of Ireland. Led by editor Paul Maguire, the 16-person team produces documentaries focusing on data-driven investigations into issues like childcare, healthcare, universities, and public officials. Their investigations have uncovered improper financial dealings at universities, consultants not meeting their public work commitments, and failures in oversight of charities and hospitals.
At Data Journalism UK 2016 Andy Dickinson provided an insight into the ways that data journalism is being used at a hyperlocal level. Here are his slides.
Rosalie hoskins digital financial sustainabilityTheFuseBox
Wired Sussex is a membership organization for digital, media, and tech companies and freelancers in Sussex, UK. It published a report finding that combining art and technology is a strength in the local cluster. The FuseBox is a 3,500 square foot space providing resources for startups, including FuseBox24, a 24-week program marrying art and tech with support from various contributors. Key learnings include the importance of the relationship between Wired Sussex and the local cluster in defining The FuseBox's purpose, obtaining funding from multiple sources to support varied areas, and how digital businesses thrive when combined with social and creative disciplines.
Looking for a New Strategic Approach: The Culture is Digital DIgitisation Tas...Museums Computer Group
Valerie Johnson, The National Archives
The #CultureisDigital project was launched at the end of March 2018 by the Rt Hon Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, coming out of the Government’s Culture White Paper commitment to review the digitisation of public collections and enhance the online cultural experience.
As one of the commitments from the report, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/culture-is-digital, The National Archives was asked to set up a Digitisation Taskforce to work with a broad reach of cultural sector representatives in order to explore a new strategic approach to the digitisation and presentation of cultural objects.
This paper proposes to discuss the work of the Taskforce and the results of the survey it undertook, and explore the themes that emerged, for example, content strategies, standards, data interoperability, preservation and sustainability, different economic models to fund digitisation, and skills development. The paper will show what the group achieved, and how it intends to take the work forward.
The document discusses the importance of communication for the CountrySTAT community and outlines a communication strategy. It provides information and raises awareness to promote partnerships around CountrySTAT. The strategy aims to ensure coordination and efficiency to achieve project objectives. It focuses on external communication at the national and regional levels as well as internal communication. The target audiences include policymakers, data users, data producers, and other stakeholders. The key messages and communication channels emphasized include brochures, social media, events, and media coverage. The strategy also discusses planning, identifying resources, and establishing budgets for comprehensive national communication programs.
Austin, Texas is launching a Smart Gigabit Communities initiative in January 2016. Austin has over 360,000 households with access to advanced fiber networks from providers like AT&T Gigapower and Google Fiber. Key local partners include civic hackers, tech incubators, the University of Texas, and city leadership. Initial application ideas focus on transportation, healthcare, and energy management. Austin offers resources like 100 sites connected to Google Fiber, the University of Texas Dell Medical School, SXSW Interactive Festival, and several tech incubators and accelerators to partner communities.
Lasa is a charity that offers knowledge, support and resources to thousands of third sector and government organizations across the UK to help them deliver efficient, high quality services. The document lists several free online resources provided by Lasa, including an ICT knowledge base, supplier directory, technology newsletter, and events to address pressing technology issues for the third sector. It also prompts the group to introduce themselves and state what they want to get out of the session.
Data journalism in Ireland has grown in recent years with the establishment of dedicated data journalism teams at publications like The Irish Times and RTÉ. RTÉ Investigations Unit, established in 2013, is the only dedicated investigative journalism team in the Republic of Ireland. Led by editor Paul Maguire, the 16-person team produces documentaries focusing on data-driven investigations into issues like childcare, healthcare, universities, and public officials. Their investigations have uncovered improper financial dealings at universities, consultants not meeting their public work commitments, and failures in oversight of charities and hospitals.
At Data Journalism UK 2016 Andy Dickinson provided an insight into the ways that data journalism is being used at a hyperlocal level. Here are his slides.
Rosalie hoskins digital financial sustainabilityTheFuseBox
Wired Sussex is a membership organization for digital, media, and tech companies and freelancers in Sussex, UK. It published a report finding that combining art and technology is a strength in the local cluster. The FuseBox is a 3,500 square foot space providing resources for startups, including FuseBox24, a 24-week program marrying art and tech with support from various contributors. Key learnings include the importance of the relationship between Wired Sussex and the local cluster in defining The FuseBox's purpose, obtaining funding from multiple sources to support varied areas, and how digital businesses thrive when combined with social and creative disciplines.
Looking for a New Strategic Approach: The Culture is Digital DIgitisation Tas...Museums Computer Group
Valerie Johnson, The National Archives
The #CultureisDigital project was launched at the end of March 2018 by the Rt Hon Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, coming out of the Government’s Culture White Paper commitment to review the digitisation of public collections and enhance the online cultural experience.
As one of the commitments from the report, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/culture-is-digital, The National Archives was asked to set up a Digitisation Taskforce to work with a broad reach of cultural sector representatives in order to explore a new strategic approach to the digitisation and presentation of cultural objects.
This paper proposes to discuss the work of the Taskforce and the results of the survey it undertook, and explore the themes that emerged, for example, content strategies, standards, data interoperability, preservation and sustainability, different economic models to fund digitisation, and skills development. The paper will show what the group achieved, and how it intends to take the work forward.
The document discusses the importance of communication for the CountrySTAT community and outlines a communication strategy. It provides information and raises awareness to promote partnerships around CountrySTAT. The strategy aims to ensure coordination and efficiency to achieve project objectives. It focuses on external communication at the national and regional levels as well as internal communication. The target audiences include policymakers, data users, data producers, and other stakeholders. The key messages and communication channels emphasized include brochures, social media, events, and media coverage. The strategy also discusses planning, identifying resources, and establishing budgets for comprehensive national communication programs.
Austin, Texas is launching a Smart Gigabit Communities initiative in January 2016. Austin has over 360,000 households with access to advanced fiber networks from providers like AT&T Gigapower and Google Fiber. Key local partners include civic hackers, tech incubators, the University of Texas, and city leadership. Initial application ideas focus on transportation, healthcare, and energy management. Austin offers resources like 100 sites connected to Google Fiber, the University of Texas Dell Medical School, SXSW Interactive Festival, and several tech incubators and accelerators to partner communities.
Lasa is a charity that offers knowledge, support and resources to thousands of third sector and government organizations across the UK to help them deliver efficient, high quality services. The document lists several free online resources provided by Lasa, including an ICT knowledge base, supplier directory, technology newsletter, and events to address pressing technology issues for the third sector. It also prompts the group to introduce themselves and state what they want to get out of the session.
04 - US Ignite OneCommunity Greater Cleveland OhioUS-Ignite
OneCommunity is a nonprofit organization that operates an 800 mile fiber network connecting over 800 community anchor institutions in Northeast Ohio at speeds up to 100 Gigabits. The network aims to accelerate innovation through digital technologies and collaboration. Key partners include universities, hospitals, and city organizations. OneCommunity has initiatives focused on using their network and partnerships to improve public health through chronic disease management using augmented reality and exploring uses of IoT and big data across sectors like transportation, manufacturing and public safety for public benefit. They have proposed a multi-city next generation STEM network called CITI-NET across their fiber network.
Day 2: Openness: building commitment to openness, Mr. Robert Reeves, Deputy C...wepc2016
It is perhaps too early to say that openness is ‘business as usual’ for parliaments, but it is certainly clear that making information accessible to people outside parliament is increasingly happening in digital, and specifically machine-readable, ways. The session will explore new and emerging forms of commitment to openness in legislation and parliamentary rules and practices.
Open data engagement: ideas for open data 2.0Leah Lockhart
As a community of interest we understand why open data, smart cities and IoT will create enormous economic, environmental and social benefits and opportunities. But how well do citizens understand these ideas and concepts? What responsibilities do we have to foster understanding and to bridge technical and non-technical communities in the development of open, smart and IoT agendas? We'll look at research and case studies to frame a discussion about the importance of meaningful citizen engagement and involvement in the development of technologies and services that will eventually impact nearly everything in their lives.
The document discusses the need to create a European data sharing space to enable data exchange and unlock AI potential. It poses questions about distinguishing data platforms from data spaces, the value of a European data space, issues around data ownership both legally and technically, the extent to which the EU should intervene to guide data market setups, and how to make data platforms easily interoperable. The overarching question addressed is what must be done to make the European data economy flourish and be competitive globally.
The document outlines Utah-Ignite, a project to connect communities across Utah with gigabit internet access through partnerships between organizations like UETN, local ISPs, data centers, and academic institutions. It describes several research projects led by Utah universities using this network, including SeaCat which provides application-level network security and an air pollution monitoring system using mobile sensors. Key local partners involved in Utah-Ignite and related smart community initiatives are also listed.
Presentatie Carl Esposti KJO9- CrowdsourcingMediamatic
Crowdsourcing involves tapping into online communities to utilize their expertise, knowledge, or time to achieve specific goals. There are several models of crowdsourcing including managed knowledge discovery, distributed human intelligence tasking, broadcast search, and peer vetted creative production. Common applications include crowdfunding, collective creativity, collective knowledge, community building, civic engagement, cloud labor, and open innovation. The document outlines seven habits for successful crowdsourcing including enterprise crowdsourcing, crowd powered business, open innovation, community building, and cloud labor.
Dr Daithi Downey from the Homeless Executive in Dublin City Council presents a high-spatial resolution Housing Monitoring Tool developed by the All-Island research Observatory (AIRO) in Maynooth University.
How is Silicon Valley Changing the Fresh Produce Game?nchatlein
Natasha Chatlein gave a presentation on how Silicon Valley is changing the fresh food industry. She discussed how investments in food and agriculture startups have grown tremendously in recent years, reaching an estimated $1 billion in 2014. Many startups are working on automation, food delivery, and using data to improve areas like animal welfare and crop yields. Major players influencing these changes include investors, corporations like Monsanto, and non-profits focused on incubating food technology startups. The ongoing drought in California provides additional motivation for startups developing solutions like water desalination.
1st EU Fresh Info presentation by Natasha Chatlein from the Netherlands Office of Science & Technology in San Francisco on innovations in the AgriFood sector in Silicon Valley. 1st EU Fresh Info was held in Rotterdam and attended by Fresh Produce sector entrepreneurs, researchers, companies,
This document discusses applications for next-generation gigabit broadband networks and funding opportunities. It provides examples of applications that require high-speed, low-latency connectivity including real-time data visualization and cyberphysical interactions. It also outlines various sources of funding for application development projects, including federal agencies, foundations, and private sector organizations. Recommendations are provided for pursuing federal grants, emphasizing community engagement and leveraging partnerships. Common elements of successful community programs are identified, such as assembling an accelerator team and stimulating application development.
Kansas City has several distinguishing characteristics as one of the first and most mature Google Fiber deployment communities. It has a regional digital infrastructure and Cisco/Sprint "smart and connected" deployments along streetcar lines and living labs. Kansas City's networks include Google Fiber, AT&T, and others serving tens of thousands of households and hundreds of institutions. Key local partners include Code for KC, 1 Billion Bits, Google Developers Group, universities, and others working on projects like in-home monitoring for dementia patients and a software lending library for underserved groups. Kansas City can share its network assets, test environments, funding sources, startup resources, and smart city vendors with other communities.
A presentation of Vouliwatch.gr, a crowdsourced digital platform and social initiative to monitor parliamentary politics and promote open public institutions in Greece.
#Hackingthe Law #ODIFridays 20 March 2015Chris Marsden
Hacking the law system: open legal data in Europe
What can opening access to law achieve? The answer is simple, it can result in a better and wider legal knowledge, which means a “better informed citizenry”.
Openlaws.eu is a DG Justice project intended to give citizens better access to legislation, case law and commentary in the UK, Netherlands and Austria.
Professor Chris Marsden will discuss the benefits that might come out of a wider legal knowledge, including: more litigation, more mediation, better consumer contracts, lower contract costs, better spread of liabilities, better protection for those whose rights are abused.
The Regional Openness Index of ACTION SEE, targets the countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia, whereas Kosovo was ranked third. This index has an advanced methodology with around 100 indicators per institutions which measures their openness and Open Data.
In the last two measurements it has been identified that officials institutions are not familiar with concept of open data and even with what type of data they own which can be shared for a wider use. A more deeper look will be in connection to the data owned from the institutions and if they are released how it can beneficial to the interested parties. Also how Open Data Kosovo is working towards making governmental data accessible and free of usage.
The document discusses an organization that provides networking support and services to research and education communities. It has a mission to build and support national and international networks for scientists and educators for almost 20 years. The organization connects US researchers with counterparts in Europe and Asia through various projects and works to advance scientific collaboration internationally using high performance networking.
Slides presented by Jan Müller (CEO Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision) at the CLARIAH kick-off.
http://www.clariah.nl/activiteiten/clariah-kick-off
Travelspirit 2017 the opportunity of open - peter w presentation (1)Peter Wells
The document discusses the opportunity of open data and building a strong, fair, and sustainable data economy. It notes that unlocking data from countries, companies, people, and things through open and machine-readable data can enable innovations at a large scale and provide annual economic and social benefits of nearly £14 billion by 2025 in the UK alone. However, not improving data sharing and open data risks losing £15 billion in potential benefits to the UK by 2025. It advocates for making data more open and accessible to help businesses, governments, and individuals create better services.
A-XLRM summary for BYTE case studies: Crisis, culture and healthBYTE Project
The document discusses three case studies from the BYTE project:
1) Crisis informatics uses social media data and crisis maps to provide faster disaster relief. It faces challenges regarding privacy and data reliability.
2) Cultural data aggregates over 25 million digitized cultural heritage objects in Europe but struggles with intellectual property rights and copyright.
3) Health data aims to discover new genetic links for rare diseases through sequencing but is limited by funding, regulations, and risks of discrimination.
This document discusses monitoring non-state actors and media context in Lithuania. It notes that media ownership is not legally constrained, ownership networks are complex and inaccessible, and trust in media has fallen significantly. It identifies the key stakeholders as the government, people, and NGO sector. The organization's response has been to publish data showing media ownership since 1996 to increase transparency. This has initiated government discussion and led to a new open data system. However, more work is needed to ensure data reuse, accountability, and determining what has changed. Lessons focus on contextualization of issues and the importance of partnerships.
04 - US Ignite OneCommunity Greater Cleveland OhioUS-Ignite
OneCommunity is a nonprofit organization that operates an 800 mile fiber network connecting over 800 community anchor institutions in Northeast Ohio at speeds up to 100 Gigabits. The network aims to accelerate innovation through digital technologies and collaboration. Key partners include universities, hospitals, and city organizations. OneCommunity has initiatives focused on using their network and partnerships to improve public health through chronic disease management using augmented reality and exploring uses of IoT and big data across sectors like transportation, manufacturing and public safety for public benefit. They have proposed a multi-city next generation STEM network called CITI-NET across their fiber network.
Day 2: Openness: building commitment to openness, Mr. Robert Reeves, Deputy C...wepc2016
It is perhaps too early to say that openness is ‘business as usual’ for parliaments, but it is certainly clear that making information accessible to people outside parliament is increasingly happening in digital, and specifically machine-readable, ways. The session will explore new and emerging forms of commitment to openness in legislation and parliamentary rules and practices.
Open data engagement: ideas for open data 2.0Leah Lockhart
As a community of interest we understand why open data, smart cities and IoT will create enormous economic, environmental and social benefits and opportunities. But how well do citizens understand these ideas and concepts? What responsibilities do we have to foster understanding and to bridge technical and non-technical communities in the development of open, smart and IoT agendas? We'll look at research and case studies to frame a discussion about the importance of meaningful citizen engagement and involvement in the development of technologies and services that will eventually impact nearly everything in their lives.
The document discusses the need to create a European data sharing space to enable data exchange and unlock AI potential. It poses questions about distinguishing data platforms from data spaces, the value of a European data space, issues around data ownership both legally and technically, the extent to which the EU should intervene to guide data market setups, and how to make data platforms easily interoperable. The overarching question addressed is what must be done to make the European data economy flourish and be competitive globally.
The document outlines Utah-Ignite, a project to connect communities across Utah with gigabit internet access through partnerships between organizations like UETN, local ISPs, data centers, and academic institutions. It describes several research projects led by Utah universities using this network, including SeaCat which provides application-level network security and an air pollution monitoring system using mobile sensors. Key local partners involved in Utah-Ignite and related smart community initiatives are also listed.
Presentatie Carl Esposti KJO9- CrowdsourcingMediamatic
Crowdsourcing involves tapping into online communities to utilize their expertise, knowledge, or time to achieve specific goals. There are several models of crowdsourcing including managed knowledge discovery, distributed human intelligence tasking, broadcast search, and peer vetted creative production. Common applications include crowdfunding, collective creativity, collective knowledge, community building, civic engagement, cloud labor, and open innovation. The document outlines seven habits for successful crowdsourcing including enterprise crowdsourcing, crowd powered business, open innovation, community building, and cloud labor.
Dr Daithi Downey from the Homeless Executive in Dublin City Council presents a high-spatial resolution Housing Monitoring Tool developed by the All-Island research Observatory (AIRO) in Maynooth University.
How is Silicon Valley Changing the Fresh Produce Game?nchatlein
Natasha Chatlein gave a presentation on how Silicon Valley is changing the fresh food industry. She discussed how investments in food and agriculture startups have grown tremendously in recent years, reaching an estimated $1 billion in 2014. Many startups are working on automation, food delivery, and using data to improve areas like animal welfare and crop yields. Major players influencing these changes include investors, corporations like Monsanto, and non-profits focused on incubating food technology startups. The ongoing drought in California provides additional motivation for startups developing solutions like water desalination.
1st EU Fresh Info presentation by Natasha Chatlein from the Netherlands Office of Science & Technology in San Francisco on innovations in the AgriFood sector in Silicon Valley. 1st EU Fresh Info was held in Rotterdam and attended by Fresh Produce sector entrepreneurs, researchers, companies,
This document discusses applications for next-generation gigabit broadband networks and funding opportunities. It provides examples of applications that require high-speed, low-latency connectivity including real-time data visualization and cyberphysical interactions. It also outlines various sources of funding for application development projects, including federal agencies, foundations, and private sector organizations. Recommendations are provided for pursuing federal grants, emphasizing community engagement and leveraging partnerships. Common elements of successful community programs are identified, such as assembling an accelerator team and stimulating application development.
Kansas City has several distinguishing characteristics as one of the first and most mature Google Fiber deployment communities. It has a regional digital infrastructure and Cisco/Sprint "smart and connected" deployments along streetcar lines and living labs. Kansas City's networks include Google Fiber, AT&T, and others serving tens of thousands of households and hundreds of institutions. Key local partners include Code for KC, 1 Billion Bits, Google Developers Group, universities, and others working on projects like in-home monitoring for dementia patients and a software lending library for underserved groups. Kansas City can share its network assets, test environments, funding sources, startup resources, and smart city vendors with other communities.
A presentation of Vouliwatch.gr, a crowdsourced digital platform and social initiative to monitor parliamentary politics and promote open public institutions in Greece.
#Hackingthe Law #ODIFridays 20 March 2015Chris Marsden
Hacking the law system: open legal data in Europe
What can opening access to law achieve? The answer is simple, it can result in a better and wider legal knowledge, which means a “better informed citizenry”.
Openlaws.eu is a DG Justice project intended to give citizens better access to legislation, case law and commentary in the UK, Netherlands and Austria.
Professor Chris Marsden will discuss the benefits that might come out of a wider legal knowledge, including: more litigation, more mediation, better consumer contracts, lower contract costs, better spread of liabilities, better protection for those whose rights are abused.
The Regional Openness Index of ACTION SEE, targets the countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia, whereas Kosovo was ranked third. This index has an advanced methodology with around 100 indicators per institutions which measures their openness and Open Data.
In the last two measurements it has been identified that officials institutions are not familiar with concept of open data and even with what type of data they own which can be shared for a wider use. A more deeper look will be in connection to the data owned from the institutions and if they are released how it can beneficial to the interested parties. Also how Open Data Kosovo is working towards making governmental data accessible and free of usage.
The document discusses an organization that provides networking support and services to research and education communities. It has a mission to build and support national and international networks for scientists and educators for almost 20 years. The organization connects US researchers with counterparts in Europe and Asia through various projects and works to advance scientific collaboration internationally using high performance networking.
Slides presented by Jan Müller (CEO Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision) at the CLARIAH kick-off.
http://www.clariah.nl/activiteiten/clariah-kick-off
Travelspirit 2017 the opportunity of open - peter w presentation (1)Peter Wells
The document discusses the opportunity of open data and building a strong, fair, and sustainable data economy. It notes that unlocking data from countries, companies, people, and things through open and machine-readable data can enable innovations at a large scale and provide annual economic and social benefits of nearly £14 billion by 2025 in the UK alone. However, not improving data sharing and open data risks losing £15 billion in potential benefits to the UK by 2025. It advocates for making data more open and accessible to help businesses, governments, and individuals create better services.
A-XLRM summary for BYTE case studies: Crisis, culture and healthBYTE Project
The document discusses three case studies from the BYTE project:
1) Crisis informatics uses social media data and crisis maps to provide faster disaster relief. It faces challenges regarding privacy and data reliability.
2) Cultural data aggregates over 25 million digitized cultural heritage objects in Europe but struggles with intellectual property rights and copyright.
3) Health data aims to discover new genetic links for rare diseases through sequencing but is limited by funding, regulations, and risks of discrimination.
This document discusses monitoring non-state actors and media context in Lithuania. It notes that media ownership is not legally constrained, ownership networks are complex and inaccessible, and trust in media has fallen significantly. It identifies the key stakeholders as the government, people, and NGO sector. The organization's response has been to publish data showing media ownership since 1996 to increase transparency. This has initiated government discussion and led to a new open data system. However, more work is needed to ensure data reuse, accountability, and determining what has changed. Lessons focus on contextualization of issues and the importance of partnerships.
OpenDataCommunities and Hampshire Hub presentation for Hampshire and Isle of ...Mark Braggins
Joint presentation by Steve Peters and Mark Braggins for Hampshire and Isle of Wight local authority Chief Executives about OpenDataCommunities and the Hampshire Hub linked open data initiatives.
The document outlines a campaign against net neutrality regulations. It aims to influence the policy debate by creating an international grassroots movement. The campaign's goal is to stop the "Net Neutrality" movement by making policymakers and the public aware of the proposed regulations' negative effects. The strategy involves an online media campaign using websites, social media, and advocacy efforts to reach libertarian, conservative, and business target groups. The desired outcome is growing support against net neutrality regulations.
The document outlines a campaign against net neutrality regulations. It aims to influence the policy debate by creating an international grassroots movement. The campaign's goal is to stop the "Net Neutrality" movement by making policymakers and the public aware of the proposed regulations' negative effects. The strategy involves an online media campaign using websites, social media, and advocacy efforts to reach libertarian, conservative, and business target groups. The desired outcome is growing support against net neutrality regulations.
The document outlines a campaign against net neutrality regulations. It aims to influence the policy debate by creating an international grassroots movement. The campaign's goal is to stop the "Net Neutrality" movement by making policymakers and the public aware of the proposed regulations' negative effects. The strategy involves an online media campaign using websites, social media, and advocacy efforts to reach libertarian, conservative, and business target groups. The desired outcome is growing support against net neutrality regulations.
The document outlines a campaign against net neutrality regulations. It aims to raise awareness of the negative effects of government regulation of internet access. The campaign will target libertarian, conservative, and business groups. Through online media like a website, Facebook, blogs, and Twitter, it will deliver the key messages that net neutrality equals net brutality, regulation will censor content and increase costs, and the internet is not immune to economic forces. The goal is to influence the policy debate and stop the net neutrality movement.
This document summarizes a webinar about patient views on data sharing. It discusses the Australian National Data Service and an organization called Involving People in Research that was established in 1998 to support community involvement in health research. The organization provides advocacy, community links, evidence and methods to support involvement of community members in research. While early concerns focused on privacy and informed consent, more recent views show that people are open to data sharing if researchers communicate results and improve lives. Greater awareness and involvement of community members is still needed.
Are We Measuring the Right Things? From Disclosing Datasets to! Reshaping Da...Jonathan Gray
The document discusses reshaping data infrastructures and the implications for open data initiatives and advocacy. It notes that for beneficial ownership advocacy in the UK, disclosure of existing datasets was not enough, and civil society organizations had to undertake sustained engagement to influence development of data infrastructure systems. This included research on costs, functionality and legislation around public registries of beneficial ownership. It highlights how campaigners must look beyond released information to how information is collected and generated through infrastructure. The document also discusses implications for measuring the right things and new forms of "statactivism" to shape what and how things are measured through infrastructure.
Fighting Phantom Firms in the UK: From Opening Up Datasets to Reshaping Data ...Jonathan Gray
"Fighting Phantom Firms in the UK: From Opening Up Datasets to Reshaping Data Infrastructures?". Working paper presented at the Open Data Research Symposium at the 3rd International Open Government Data Conference in Ottawa, on May 27th 2015. The paper draws on research undertaken as part of the EU H2020 funded ROUTE-TO-PA project.
CHHS Open DataFest - 3.14.16 - Day One Morning SessionsMichael Kerr
Slide presentations delivered during morning sessions of Day One of the California Statewide Health and Human Services Open DataFest - March 14 - 15, 2016, Sacramento, CA
A call to librarians to use their library powers in the community beyond the walls of their institutions as the open data folks need their knowledge!
Title:
Open Sesame: Open Data, Data Liberation and New Opportunities for Libraries
Abstract:
Cities and data producers are quickly embracing Open Data, albeit unevenly. The Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) has been a pioneer in broadening access to data for nearly two decades. This session will examine the relevance of Data Liberation in terms of Open Data and explore how librarians can step up to the plate to make Open Data/Open Government as successful as DLI.
Speakers:
- Wendy Watkins, Data Librarian, Carleton University
- Ernie Boyko, Adjunct Data Librarian, Carleton University
- Tracey P. Lauriault, Post Doctoral Fellow, Carleton University (tlauriau@gmail.com)
- Margaret Haines, University Librarian, Carleton University
- Nigel Shadbolt and Tim Berners-Lee were appointed in 2009 to create data.gov.uk and promote open government data.
- Open government data is now being released by governments, local authorities, and cities as it provides benefits such as increased transparency, accountability, and opportunities for economic and social gains.
- Key datasets are being released with open licenses and standards to encourage app development and public use of the data.
A presentation prepared for KSFR, a public radio station in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. The main point is that the station should develop a "digital first" approach to all aspects pertaining to its Audience(s), Content and Technologies.
Lga local transparency roadshow 2014 value of local open dataGesche Schmid
Local transparency and open data can provide significant benefits to local governments and communities. It fosters greater accountability, democracy and engagement through ready access and use of open data. This can innovate and transform local public services, empower citizens and groups, and support economic growth. While the pace of transition varies locally, the overall approach is moving from closed to open by default.
Making the United Nations more open and transparent - Thomas Melinopenforchange
UN-Habitat is leading the way with regard to transparency in the United Nations system. In this session, Thomas Melin, Head of External Relations at UN-Habitat talks about ongoing efforts to make UN-Habitat and the wider UN system more open and transparent.
Intro to Open data - presentation made as part of Food and Agriculture Organization meeting with Statistician Generals from around Nigeria + other government reps. **References are in the ppt notes
Government Linked Data: A Tipping Point for the Semantic WebNigel Shadbolt
This document summarizes a presentation on government linked data and open data. It discusses how the semantic web has simplified over time with micro principles like identifying entities with URIs and linking data. It outlines accomplishments in releasing open government data through sites like data.gov.uk and the power of open data to fuel apps. Principles of public data are presented, like being machine readable and in reusable form. Early examples of apps using open government data are shown. The concept of 5-star linked open data is introduced. Benefits of open government data are that it increases transparency, accountability, and public engagement.
Similar to The Detail and data journalism: Cormac Campbell (20)
Lessons learned from communicating Covid statistics to the publicDataJournalismUK
The document discusses lessons learned from communicating COVID statistics to the public. It notes that data visualization is a communication skill and text adds value for non-experts by guiding them. It also advises that if people are confused by a chart, it is the creator's fault, not the viewers', and additional explanation may be needed. Furthermore, information visualization is personal and political, so designers must minimize risks of negative reactions due to their choices. Continued communication is also important, not just delivering the chart and disappearing.
The document discusses the BBC's Shared Data Unit (SDU), which partners with local news organizations. It notes that 82% of the SDU's datasets received 20 or fewer visits, and 93% of their 500+ datasets received just one visit, showing how data journalism resources go underused. The SDU aims to address issues like lack of technical skills, unequal access to information, and limited time and resources through collaboration. Partners praise the SDU secondments for providing training and reigniting their sense of purpose. The document argues collaborative journalism is becoming mainstream and that successful partnerships fulfill needs for both sides while maintaining autonomy.
Marie Segger: Charting a career in data journalismDataJournalismUK
The document outlines steps for charting a career in data journalism, including figuring out your goals and how to achieve them, building your skills, using available resources and networks, finding your niche, and not rushing your career progression as it may not be linear. It also contains a quote emphasizing the need to communicate complex data to broad audiences. The document was presented by Marie Segger, a data journalist at The Economist.
Imagining a Physical Future for Digital JournalismDataJournalismUK
The document provides information about a "Data Driven News Installations" cookbook for journalists. The cookbook contains recipes for three data journalism projects that have been turned into physical installations: a "Data Walk", a "3D Data Map", and "Light Data Bars". Each recipe section outlines the goals of the project, provides photos and diagrams of a prototype, and explains the digital fabrication techniques involved in creating the installation, such as 3D modeling, fabrication, and assembly. The overall aim is to promote skills in digital fabrication among journalists and encourage more experiential forms of data storytelling.
Investigating contracts: a how-to guide by open contracting, full of ideas fo...DataJournalismUK
The United Kingdom has made commitments to open contracting principles and data standards. Over £300 billion is spent annually on public sector procurement in the UK. The Crown Commercial Service, which handles central government contracting, has committed to implementing the Open Contracting Data Standard. Other UK commitments include an anti-corruption strategy that addresses procurement transparency, endorsement of the Open Contracting global principles, and joining the Open Data Charter and Contracting 5 initiative. However, implementation of open contracting varies across different levels of government in the UK.
Christine Jeavans: The Year in Data Journalism at the BBCDataJournalismUK
This document discusses the year in data journalism at the BBC. It highlights stories and formats used, changes to working with R, and lookups and charts created for Brexit votes. Global calculators were created to analyze life expectancy and investigation showed fewer crimes ending in charges. FOI data revealed the longest waits for emergency services. Resources like an R cookbook were also mentioned.
Marianne Bouchart gave a presentation on sensor journalism and introduced a project to create a sensor journalism toolkit. She defined sensor journalism as using sensors to collect data that can then be analyzed and visualized to support journalistic inquiry. She provided several examples of sensor journalism projects and discussed where sensor data comes from, what it looks like, and what types of data are useful for different story types. Bouchart proposed creating an online toolkit to help journalists understand, find, and gather sensor data, and asked for help from developers, designers, and others to build the toolkit for a 2018 launch.
R is a programming language and environment useful for journalists to handle large datasets, combine data sources, perform data analysis, web scraping, and data visualization. The document provides an introduction to R for journalism, noting that R allows journalists to work with large datasets, combine different data sources, and analyze and visualize data. It also shares how the author got started with R by taking an online course on DataCamp and establishing a community called R for Journalists. Resources for learning R like Stack Overflow, DataCamp, R-bloggers and a cookbook for R are also referenced.
Full Fact provides tools to make fact-checking easier, including Live, a live fact-checking tool that identifies claims in real-time and provides short verdicts. Trends is a monitoring tool that allows fact-checkers to see who is repeating inaccurate information. Full Fact aims to build open systems that the fact-checking community can build upon, following principles like open roadmaps, standards, and prioritizing public benefit over profit.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism's Megan Lucero talks about their Bureau Local project at Data Journalism UK in Birmingham, 9 months after it launched in March 2017
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This document discusses the history of precision journalism, which uses documents and data in news reporting. It notes that precision journalism has grown with the rise of "data journalism" sites like 538.com and The Guardian. The document then outlines some of the key developments in the history of precision journalism, including its roots in foundations and social science, the role of computers and databases in facilitating data-driven reporting, and how the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting helped establish quantitative and data-based journalism. It argues understanding this history is important for making sense of the current state of data journalism.
We publish in-depth stories for local Archant newspapers to have an impact at the local level and aim to hold power accountable by showing how national decisions affect local communities. Some examples of stories include a campaign on hidden homelessness through FOI requests and government data, as well as other investigations by the Archant Unit.
Discover the cutting-edge telemetry solution implemented for Alan Wake 2 by Remedy Entertainment in collaboration with AWS. This comprehensive presentation dives into our objectives, detailing how we utilized advanced analytics to drive gameplay improvements and player engagement.
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Primary Goals: Implementing gameplay and technical telemetry to capture detailed player behavior and game performance data, fostering data-driven decision-making.
Tech Stack: Leveraging AWS services such as EKS for hosting, WAF for security, Karpenter for instance optimization, S3 for data storage, and OpenTelemetry Collector for data collection. EventBridge and Lambda were used for data compression, while Glue ETL and Athena facilitated data transformation and preparation.
Data Utilization: Transforming raw data into actionable insights with technologies like Glue ETL (PySpark scripts), Glue Crawler, and Athena, culminating in detailed visualizations with Tableau.
Achievements: Successfully managing 700 million to 1 billion events per month at a cost-effective rate, with significant savings compared to commercial solutions. This approach has enabled simplified scaling and substantial improvements in game design, reducing player churn through targeted adjustments.
Community Engagement: Enhanced ability to engage with player communities by leveraging precise data insights, despite having a small community management team.
This presentation is an invaluable resource for professionals in game development, data analytics, and cloud computing, offering insights into how telemetry and analytics can revolutionize player experience and game performance optimization.
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The Detail and data journalism: Cormac Campbell
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2. What is Detail Data
• Detail Data is a collaboration between The Detail investigative
website and the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
• The three year project promises the
production of 30 major data based ,
public interest investigations over a
three year period. Less than two years
in 17 major projects have been
produced
• The project is funded by Big Lottery and The Atlantic Philanthropies
3. Data Journalism in Northern Ireland
• Devolved government
• Crossover with ROI and UK
• Media Market: Population/Resources
• Some evidence of increased capacity.
• Public datastores NISRA/PSNI
• Also our data store at data.nicva.org (currently 110 datasets)
4. What we do
• We talk to Community and Voluntary groups to identify issues
• We seek data on these issues through FOI, studying reports, media
questions
• We analyse this data and identify trends
• We bring these findings to experts
• We produce and publish multi-media reports
• We make all of our data publically available
• We equip groups to launch effective campaigns for change
5. Issues covered
To date we have worked with the
community and voluntary sector to
produce award winning data investigations
on topics as diverse as:
• Illegal dumping
• Family courts
• Domestic abuse
• HIV
• Built heritage
• post-code lotteries
• EU funding
• Suicide
• Paramilitary activity
• Abortion
9. Impact
• 17 major data journalism projects
published featuring interviews,
interactive graphics, video interviews,
infographics, maps and links to full
datasets.
• Changes in government policy and
funding – historic buildings funding
restored, family courts plans to open to the media and
Private Member’s Bill on Carers being worked on.
• Used as a trusted reference point for academics and policy
makers
10. It’s the people who matter
• Ursula Gallagher – Strabane Foodbank
• Joan Davis - Family Mediation NI
• Justin Kouame – NICRAS
• Clare-Anne Magee – Carers NI
http://www.thedetail.tv/articles/who-cares-for-our-
carers