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Investigative journalists, data specialists and coding whiz kids will once again gather in Brussels this year for the fourth edition of Journalismfund.eu’s Dataharvest Conference. Dataharvest+ takes place on Friday 9, Saturday 10 and Sunday morning 11 May 2014.

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Saturday, May 10 • 10:45 - 11:45
Scraping data and making them useful for journalists

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Scraping allows you to gather information from hundreds of webpages, documents or spreadsheets, saving days or weeks of legwork and reducing the scope for human error. In this introductory session Paul Bradshaw outlines some basics of scraping from his book Scraping for Journalists.
Getting the data is one thing, but making it easy for journalists to use is another. Learn about the growing practice of separating data from journalism, and simple techniques for making data usable by reporters with on the ground knowledge.
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Paul Bradshaw

Journalist and Academic, BBC/Birmingham City University
Paul Bradshaw runs the MA in Data Journalism at Birmingham City University and also works as a consulting data journalist with the BBC Shared Data Unit. A journalist, writer and trainer, he has worked with news organisations including The Guardian, Telegraph, Mirror, Der Tagesspi... Read More →

Saturday May 10, 2014 10:45 - 11:45 CEST
106 Erasmushogeschool, 70 Zespenningenstraat, Brussels
  DATA, workshop

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