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Basic maths for data journalists to find stories in spreadsheets

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Image by Tom Brown/Flickr Data journalists should know how to use Excel or the free spreadsheet software Google sheets to clean and process data. Some data sets will tell us a story with only some sorting or creating a pivot table while others require some maths. In this post, you will find some examples of basic formulas to analyse data and find stories …

15 Twitter accounts every data journalist should follow

Image by Carla Pedret© Anyone interested in data journalism – also called data-driven journalism or #ddj – should know who are the experts in the field. Twitter is a good place to follow them and also to find training, tips and inspiration. The following list compiles 15 Twitter accounts from all over the world that every data …

MAPPED: How cuts affect Birmingham libraries

The Birmingham City Council budget for 2016/17 includes a new cut of £1.4m in the community library service. The Council said that the effect of further cuts was not yet decided: “It remains unclear as to the impact that this will have on the provision of the community library service.” However, the announcement that the Library of …