Dirty stories for a prototype

    Dirty stories for a prototype

    The NewsCubed project has moved into a new phase: journalism. It is digging around the issue of soil security; a potentially serious, but so far fairly under-reported topic.

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    Will the geeks inherit the newsroom?

    Will the geeks inherit the newsroom?

    Journalists need to learn the language of technology or they risk further eroding their own economic value. Article published in the International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society

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    Big data in the (mid-sized) city

    Big data in the (mid-sized) city

    Brisbane is the focus of a state government open data initiative, the home of a university that has sparked a handful of valuable data analysis tools, and the site of an innovative data journalism experiment

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    On press freedom and legitimacy in the Maldives

    On press freedom and legitimacy in the Maldives

    Having spent two weeks training journalists in the Maldives, it was interesting to observe that the complaints of young journalists there touch on the similar issues facing the press in the UK and Australia

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    'We're not better off with citizen journalists'

    ‘We’re not better off with citizen journalists’

    Amalia Buckerfield, Sean Rintel and myself were on the negative team for UQ’s inagural Great Debate. The topic was “We are better off with citizen journalists”. We put in a solid effort, complete with props and a dance by Sean, but lost out to Carl Smith, John Cook and Liam Pomfret on the affirmative team.

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    Methods and madness

    Methods and madness

    Is it possible to take elements of empirical research, combine it with journalistic practice, and create more robust journalism? Here are some thoughts

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