Re: [datameet] India's Media -- Missing the Data Journalism Revolution?

2014-08-13 Thread rajesh
Sorry, but what is the standard by which we are measuring? Which country can claim to have good (meaning fair (not the 'fair and lovely' kind of fair), unbiased) media, good journalism who use data and facts? This recent article by Blum states that the best news may be coming from Russia:

Re: [datameet] India's Media -- Missing the Data Journalism Revolution?

2014-08-11 Thread Nisha Thompson
i think this title is weird... what revolution are we talking about? while you get solid investigative and data reporting in the west the funding is disappearing rapidly and the reporters doing this work are being squeezed. Real local reporting is almost non existent... most of the US is also

Re: [datameet] India's Media -- Missing the Data Journalism Revolution?

2014-08-11 Thread Mohit Arora
I think the context here is being taken in wrong sense. No one can deny the role of investigative journalism but at the same time its equally important to have data backed journalism. In fact, data journalism can actually complement investigative journalism. So on this note, I would largely agree

[datameet] India's Media -- Missing the Data Journalism Revolution?

2014-08-10 Thread Meera
What do you folks think? -Meera India’s Media — Missing the Data Journalism Revolution? How can media make sense of a country that has over 1.2 billion people (about 17 percent of the global population), close to 800 languages, an electorate of 814 million, and the largest urban