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Data driven journalism
What is data driven journalism? " The goal is to explain the news and tell the stories in the most attractive, accurate and simple way as possible." Jaime Serra, Data Journalist, La Vanguardia. Data journalists are professionals with a sense for news and the ability to write compelling stories using data. Data can be a source of information for data journalists and it can be used to compare, analyse or aggregate information How the digitisation of media led the way to data driven journalism With the course of the digitisation of media, the gatekeeper to information was superseded. Publishing
Open Data and Entrepreneurship
The mechanisms of value of Open Data operate on multiple levels. Multiple Open Data benefits can be outlined, including transparency, increased government effectiveness and efficiency, increased participation and engagement and the release of social and commercial value through innovation. Regarding the latter, Open Data is increasingly connected to the creation of new products and services, as well as to helping businesses derive new insights and knowledge. Although Open Data innovation takes place in organisations of all sizes and maturity levels, entrepreneurs and start-up businesses are
Looking back at the EU DataViz 2019
The EU DataViz 2019, organised by the Publications Office of the European Union, took place at the European Convention Center in Luxembourg on 12 November. The event brought together more than 500 international experts, professionals, and solution-seekers from around the world and addressed the specific needs of the public sector data visualisation community. Several European Directorate Generals (DGs) and services of the European Commission were actively involved with presentations, keynote speeches, and moderation of thematic sessions. The EU DataViz 2019 programme featured inspirational
Looking back at the European Big Data Value Forum 2019
European Big Data Value Forum The European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) 2019 was held on 14 to 16 October in Helsinki, Finland and was organised by Big Data Value Association (BDVA) in collaboration with the European Commission and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. The EBDVF is an annual European event that gathers industry professionals, business developers, researchers and policy makers from across Europe to discuss the different challenges and opportunities the European data economy is facing. This year, the theme was "Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Transforming Business
Open data in the agricultural sector
Agriculture The term agriculture, otherwise known as farming, refers to the process of producing food, feed, fibre, and other desired products that can be gained by cultivating certain plants and raising domesticated animals (livestock) and is the benchmark of the agriculture sector. The agriculture sector is one of the most important sectors in an economy due to its impact and influence on other sectors and people's day-to-day life. There are several reasons why this sector is the backbone of an economy, for example, the agriculture sector: provides food and fodder to feed people and
European Data Portal releases new version of the website
New website The European Data Portal (EDP) beta version was launched on November 2015. Since then, a new version of the website has been released several times a year with the latest being on 2 May 2019, when the EDP launched version 2.3 of the website. Previous enhancements and extensions of the EDP website included: the development of an API for editorial content (e.g. the EDP use cases, news items and events), harvesting of additional catalogues from geo- and non-geo sources, a focus on linked metadata (interlinking metadata sets), enhancing graphical data visualisations and the geo-spatial
Open Data Maturity 2018 Report's Top Three Performers
Introducing the Open Data Maturity 2018 Report's Top Three Performers The European Data Portal's (EDP's) recently published analytical report on Open Data best practices in Europe's Top Three Performers offers a practical guidebook for policy makers and portal managers towards a successful open data transformation at national level. There has been a steady increase of interest in open data topics and the learnings from European best practices by national decision-makers across Europe. This report analyses the success factors that have led to visible progress in some EU Member states, captures
The measurement of open data maturity in Europe
Open data maturity Open data has been identified as a fundamental resource for governments, businesses and civil society. In 2015, we launched the European Data Portal to improve access to open data from European countries and to foster high-quality public data publication at national, regional, and local level. Within this scope, we have been conducting our annual landscaping exercise to assess European countries' maturity in terms of open data. This landscaping exercise offers a benchmark to assess what the state of play of open data in Europe is, where European countries stand with regard
Business-to-Government (B2G) Data Sharing webinar
Business-to-Government (B2G) Data Sharing On 23 May the European Data Portal (EDP) hosted the webinar " Business-to-Government (B2G) Data Sharing" to discuss B2G data sharing initiatives in Europe and beyond. This webinar complements the EDP's analytical report on B2G Data Sharing published earlier this year. Data sharing is a key enabler of growth, employment and competitiveness for Europe and the Digital Single Market envisaged by the European Union. The non-rivalrous nature of data, combined with technological innovations such as the availability of big data analysis and artificial
Discover open data best practices in Ireland, Spain and France
The Analytical Report mentioned in this article has now been published. See the updated Featured Highlight here Introducing the Open Data Maturity 2018 Report's Top Three Performers Next week, the European Data Portal (EDP) will publish a new analytical report on Open Data best practices in Europe's Top Three Performers. This report offers a practical guidebook for policy makers and portal managers towards a successful open data transformation at national level. There has been a steady increase of interest in open data topics and the learnings from European best practices by national decision