data journalismDollars for docs

A case study

Elisabetta Tola

formicablu srl

Conventional news reporting aims to create an objective image of the world as it is.

Investigative reporting use objectively true material

(that is, facts that any reasonable observer would agree are true)

toward the subjective goal of reforming the world.

That is not a license to lie in a good cause.

it is a responsibility,

to learn the truth

so that the world can change.

L’inchiesta Dollars for docshttp://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/

$295 million

to just less than

20.000 providers

http://www.propublica.org/podcast/item/reporters-discuss-how-to-use-dollars-for-docs-data/

Reporters Discuss How to Use Dollars for Docs Data

Scraping for Journalism: A Guide for Collecting Datahttp://www.propublica.org/nerds/item/doc-dollars-guides-collecting-the-data

use of some

“power tool for working with messy data”

what they actually are:

“remedy for eye fatigue, migraines, depression, and other symptoms of prolonged

data-cleaning.”

Results

drug companies

will begin

performing more stringent background checks

not to hire sanctioned doctors

universities and teaching hospitals

are re-examining

compliance

with their conflict-of-interest policies

several drug companies have submitted

revised reports

to the States

three new companies

will release

their payment data

complied the initial challenge:

building a database-backed site so that readers could freely

search it

to start a conversation about what might go into the federal database scheduled for 2013

Una reazione

http://www.policymed.com/2010/10/propublica-docs-for-dollars-or-journalist-for-dollars.html

un altro esempio

http://projects.propublica.org/forensics/

data journalismDollars for docs

A case study

Elisabetta Tolaformicablu srl

Conventional news reporting aims to create an objective image of the world as it is.

Investigative reporting use objectively true material

(that is, facts that any reasonable observer would agree are true)

toward the subjective goal of reforming the world.

That is not a license to lie in a good cause.

it is a responsibility,

to learn the truth

so that the world can change.

L’inchiesta Dollars for docshttp://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/

$295 million

to just less than

20.000 providers

http://www.propublica.org/podcast/item/reporters-discuss-how-to-use-dollars-for-docs-data/

Reporters Discuss How to Use Dollars for Docs Data

Scraping for Journalism: A Guide for Collecting Datahttp://www.propublica.org/nerds/item/doc-dollars-guides-collecting-the-data

use of some

“power tool for working with messy data”

what they actually are:

“remedy for eye fatigue, migraines, depression, and other symptoms of prolonged

data-cleaning.”

Results

drug companies

will begin

performing more stringent background checks

not to hire sanctioned doctors

universities and teaching hospitals

are re-examining

compliance

with their conflict-of-interest policies

several drug companies have submitted

revised reports

to the States

three new companies

will release

their payment data

complied the initial challenge:

building a database-backed site so that readers could freely

search it

to start a conversation about what might go into the federal database scheduled for 2013

Una reazione

http://www.policymed.com/2010/10/propublica-docs-for-dollars-or-journalist-for-dollars.html

un altro esempio

http://projects.propublica.org/forensics/