Issue 6

Data collection, processing, and analysis are in the background of many activities we take for granted. This issue explores how we work with data, keep it useful over time, and understand its civic importance.

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Thank you to this issue’s sponsors! Bill Woodcock, Elana Hashman, Giraffe Hysteria!, HiveWind LLC, Jacob Kaplan-Moss, Julia Evans, Recurse Center, Progressive Giving, and Valentina Kerman

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Credits

Published and edited by Audrey Eschright / Edited by Cat Poole

All work copyright the respective creators

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From the Editor

Introducing the data issue by Audrey Eschright

Mistakes Were Made: a Series of Unfortunate Data Events

What not to do on your first data project
by Rachel Shadoan

Digital Repositories, Data, and Us

Setting up a workflow for creating digital repositories
by Ann Cooper

We Were Always Here: Absences at the Intersection of Identity and Data Collection

How form design and data collection impact visibility and support for marginalized populations
by Valerie Collins and Nicole Contaxis

Exploring an SQL Database

Finding your way around a new-to-you database
by Amy Farrell

Data Cleaning: a Necessary Chore

Before you start training that model, here’s how to make your data clean and tidy
by Serena Peruzzo

All the News That’s Fit to Sync: On journalism, tech, and open source communities

Using the tools of data journalism for community change
by CJ Joulain

The 1900 Paris Exposition

W.E.B. Du Bois and dataviz

Community Announcements for January 2017

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