A rat-like cunning and a good pair of shoes

Nick Tomalin famously said all that was required for success in journalism was “ratlike cunning, a plausible manner, and a little literary ability”. But it turns out a good pair of shoes and a sensible coat help too!

Do...journalism

Anyone who has even a passing interest in Journalism will know the 5W's - the five questions you can ask to get the information or the answers you need to tell a story. But is there a more fundamental question worth asking?

The name’s Code. Introducing code.

A basic look at using python to explore text using the lyrics from Bond Themes.

Journalism.cards — Ideation for journalism.

Journalism.cards is an ideation app aimed at encouraging creative thinking in journalists and journalism students

Clean screenshots from Google Street View

Getting better screenshots from Google Street view was the excuse I needed to try developing a Chrome Extension

News, ritual and inflatable unicorns.

A few months ago I found myself on the the Isle of Man for my brother’s stag do.  The stag party had ended up in the seaside town of Port Erin and had barrelled into a pub with my brother in tow, dressed in an inflatable unicorn suit. As

A quick look at UK petitions data in Python

More gentle exploration of python. This time some lines of code for grabbing Parliament petition data.

Local news in a cashless society

Sat in a nice coffee shop, finding an accessing local news is, like forgetting my wallet, a minor inconvenience solved with a tap of my phone. For many that's not the case...

Creating gentle introductions to coding for journalists...

A brief look at how I'm trying to find gentle ways to introduce coding to students

Datashare and Workbench: Experimenting Data journalism apps.

I got a bit of time to play around with two new data journalism tools that have been on my radar. They offer some interesting perspectives on data journalism