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Facts are sacred
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- Book Synopsis
- The Guardian 's award-winning datablog was set up to publish and analyse hundreds of raw datasets. Behind these huge quantities of seemingly benign figures -- released under the auspices of transparency -- lie astonishing revelations about, among other things, how the Government is really spending our taxes, not to mention their expenses, how funds are being allocated in Iraq and Afghanistan, and just what effect austerity measures are having on youth unemployment. Facts are Sacred gathers together the most telling findings of the blog, presenting the data in graphic form and proving just how much there is to find behind the headlines.
- About The Author
- SIMON ROGERS is editor of guardian.co.uk/data, an online resource which publishes hundreds of raw datasets and encourages its users to visualise and analyse them. He is also a news editor on the Guardian , working with the graphics team to bring figures to life on the page. He was closely involved with the Guardian 's groundbreaking decision to crowdsource 450,000 MP expenses records, as well as the organisation's coverage of the Afghanistan and Iraq 'Wikileaks' war logs. In 2010, Simon received a special commendation from the Royal Statistical Society in its awards for journalistic excellence, and in 2011 he was named Best UK Internet Journalist by the Oxford Internet Institute and won the inaugural XCity award from City University. Also in 2011 the Datablog won the Newspaper Awards prize for Best Use of New Media, the Knight Batten award for innovation in journalism and the Online Media award for innovation in journalism.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780852653715
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Guardian Books, (01 January 1998)
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 567 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 252 x 189 mm
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