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The Data Journalism Handbook
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/28/the-data-journalism-handbook/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 28, 2014 http://datajournalismhandbook.org/ A free, open-source reference book written after a 48-hour workshop at MozFest 2011 in London. Also available in the library at 070.40285 DAT.
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Facebook government data requests
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/facebook-government-data-requests/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 The latest update from Facebook shows increasing demands from governments for data on users and content removal. It also provides information on legal challenges.
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What are the most popular online purchases?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/what-are-the-most-popular-online-purchases/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 Recent date from the ONS allows you to discover what types of products are purchased by different age-groups.
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Index of Economic Freedom 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/06/index-of-economic-freedom-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 6, 2015 From the Heritage foundation/ Wall Street Journal – an annual ranking of economic policy/ regulation in nations worldwide. The index equates ‘ freedom’ with economic prosperity.
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Death Sentences in 2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/death-sentence-in-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 Amnesty International publishes its latest annual report and statistical data on the death penalty worldwide in 2014 .
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Journalists on Facebook
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/journalists-on-facebook/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 http://www.facebook.
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New Media Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/new-media-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 A weekly report that captures the leading commentary of news-focused blogs and social media sites and compares their subjects to that of the mainstream press. http://www.journalism.
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New Economics Foundation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/23/new-economics-foundation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2012 http://neweconomics.org/ Aims to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environmental and social issues.
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The Cultural Heritage of LGBT Activism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/08/the-cultural-heritage-of-lgbt-activism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2019 A new online exhibit from Europeana. It gives a short history of Pride festivals using items such as photos and badges from Europe’s leading library and museum collections.
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1 million visits to UK Food Banks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/27/1-million-visits-to-uk-food-banks/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2015 Trussell Trust has just released the shocking figures that in the last year more than 1 million allocations of food were made by the charity.