Software Engineering Lead at @NavaPBC, proud former troublemaker at @18F and @nytimes. Data scold. Personal account: @harrisj_self. Views solely my own.Source
HOME LATEST STORY Jan. 16, 2015, 9:30 a.m.They’re everywhere: Tidbits of “data journalism” produced by companies looking for a viral boost. Your skepticism is warranted.When Nieman Lab asked me for a prediction on journalism in 2015, I knew instantly what I wanted to write about. I’m definitely not someone you could describe as a futurist, so I picked an issue that had been irritating me lately: .Bad Data Journalism...…HOME LATEST STORY Jan. 16, 2015, 9:30 a.m.They’re everywhere: Tidbits of “data journalism” produced by companies looking for a viral boost. Your skepticism is warranted.When Nieman Lab asked me for a prediction on journalism in 2015, I knew instantly what I wanted to write about. I’m definitely not someone you could describe as a futurist, so I picked an issue that had been irritating me lately: .Bad Data Journalism...WW…