Tag: data journalism
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Simple guide to scraping data from PDFs
Papers, PDFs and poorly scanned documents are the way most data journalism projects begin. But instead of typing up a new spreadsheet, here’s how to use Adobe Acrobat DC to do all the hard work for you.
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Why we told the story of South Africa’s deadliest storm
Telling the story of Durban’s 2022 floods was not to document disaster, but rather an investigation into what we can learn from that night
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How – and why – we switched from interactive to static data visualisations
In March 2022 we switched from making interactive data visualisations to focusing on static charts with tight constraints. It has undoubtedly been one of the best decisions we’ve made during the relatively short two-year history of our data journalism and visualisation company. Before switching to predominantly static charts we had a reputation for relatively complex…
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A big list of data journalism tools and resources
Getting started with data journalism can be tricky, especially if you’re unsure of the best way to start working with your first dataset, or even where to start looking for your first dataset. At Media Hack, we’ve been working with data and journalism for the past five years. In that time the number of tools…