Data Journalism and more

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sandeep

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Aug 12, 2012, 11:28:30 PM8/12/12
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Hi all,
I recently published some work that went viral and thought everyone with interest in analytics(and of course movies and TV or public interest), would benefit from. Check out links below or my FB page http://www.facebook.com/DataJournalismAndMore for below and more in future

Satyamev Jayate Review
Bollywood Box Office Unplugged: First Day First Week
Bolly wood Box Office Unplugged - Analysis of 2012
Bollywood Box Office Unplugged-3 Reviewers reviewed

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Sandeep
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Nikhil VJ

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Mar 26, 2018, 2:46:15 PM3/26/18
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Hi,

Sharing a recent article from Vivek Kaul, an economist who IMHO is amazing at bringing data together to make his case.


One of his recurring sources for data: Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, https://www.cmie.com . But what's striking is that he's quick at deriving crucial data points from several starred / unstarred questions raised in Parliament which complement the official figures and form crucial pieces of the puzzle. Also, there's granularity coming from delving deeper into the data and separating factors out rather than treating things like a black box. For example, the data on loans waivers to corporates vs loan waivers to farmers show a clear divergence and tell us about the need to not conflate the two.

I don't think he gets much love from civil society, as his inferences and recommendations veer more towards classical Libertarianism than socialism, particularly regarding role of government in economy, etc. Yet I find their discussions bringing up the same problems and then being completely void of the angles he's brought up, because it's a totally different perspective.

Anyways, Is anyone working on data gathering or visualizations for the bad loans issue?

Do share if you know journalists doing more data-driven work.

PS: Yes, I am replying on a very old thread. Wanted to continue the thread so people searching for these keywords can find them together.

Sanjana Krishnan

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Apr 17, 2019, 7:42:01 PM4/17/19
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Hello,

This article by the new your times does an extensive analysis of all lies told by Donald Trump. The analysis is very interesting
However, at the same time, fact-checking of lies is becoming increasingly dicy, with pre-conceived notions influencing journalism and lying (alt-truth) becoming commonplace. 

Another favorite (albeit slightly old) example is the New York Times coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict in 2014
It's a great example of how graphs can be used to mislead people and paint a favorable picture, as this article analyses it

Sanjana Krishnan

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Apr 17, 2019, 7:42:04 PM4/17/19
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Nikhil, there is this interesting study on farm loan waivers by an IIM prof (tables in the end). He combines loan waivers data with external data sets like the government in power and rainfall data (whether drought actually lead to waivers). 
Do farm loan waivers actually benefit governments? Well, more than 70% parties that waived loans in their term have lost the next election. 

There are many more variables to consider, but the focus of this paper is to understand the politics, and with the elections around the corner, it is an interesting read.  


On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 12:16:15 AM UTC+5:30, Nikhil VJ wrote:
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