David Ottewell·Jul 26, 2019Reach data journalism highlights this week (to July 26, 2019)Featuring more depressing crime statistics, a data dive in Theresa May’s legacy around the country, and an attempt to measure rivalries…
David Ottewell·Apr 12, 2019Reach data journalism highlights this week (to Apr 12, 2019)The shortlists for the Regional Press Awards came out this week. It was another fantastic year for the Reach Data Unit, with a total of…
David Ottewell·Apr 5, 2019Reach data journalism highlights this week (to Apr 5, 2019)“Have you seen this quiz that the Somewhere Chronicle have done on their website?” asked the woman.
David Ottewell·Mar 29, 2019Reach data journalism highlights this week (to Mar 29, 2019)The main thing that happened with the Data Unit this week is that we did a “team-building” pub quiz. We did not win. We did not finish in…
David Ottewell·Mar 22, 2019Reach data journalism highlights this week (to Mar 22, 2019)Let’s talk about animated bar charts. Everyone’s doing them, because everyone seems to love them. It started (or so we all think) with…
David Ottewell·Mar 15, 2019Reach data journalism highlights this week (to Mar 8, 2019)Just a really quick run-though this week as we’ve got so many projects on the go.
David Ottewell·Mar 8, 2019Reach data journalism highlights this week (to Mar 8, 2019)It’s International Women’s Day so where better to start than with this scraping project by (journalist) Michael Goodier, (designer) Kelly…
David Ottewell·Mar 1, 2019Reach data journalism highlights this week (to Mar 1, 2019)How isolated is your community? Do you live in the middle of nowhere? Or are you plugged in to big city life?
David Ottewell·Feb 8, 2019Reach data journalism highlights this week (to Feb 8, 2019)This week: the top spenders on Facebook political ads, drug-crime hotspots, the tragedy of babies born addicted to drugs, how the…
