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tools

Learn to build DIY apps

Posted on 23 June 2015 by admin

TweetGraeme Addison explains the range of choices and some of pitfalls in do-it-yourself app design. He will be leading a workshop on app creation at the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, Johannesburg, on 28-30 July. Contact the IAJ 011 482-4990. … Continue reading →

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Maps that raise questions

Posted on 28 January 2014 by admin

TweetQuite a lot of new instructional material is appearing online about techniques of data journalism. If journalists are being outwitted by government and corporate number-crunchers it’s because we haven’t stayed on track with digital analytical skills. Most of us are … Continue reading →

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Power journalism – in more than one sense

Posted on 26 July 2013 by admin

TweetHow did it happen that we all became victims of power, instead of having it serve us? The American stand-up comic and satirist George Carlin once said that “electricity is just organised lightning”. He might have added that government-owned corporations … Continue reading →

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