1. FOME Symposium 25 October 2011, Bonn What does the EU do for Data Journalism? Carl-Christian Buhr European Commission (All expressed views are those of the speaker.) http://slidesha.re/euddj2011 http://bit.ly/cc_buhr , @ccbuhr
9. http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU , @NeelieKroesEU http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda Advising on... Research Policy Open Access ICT Standardisation e-Infrastructures etc. http://bit.ly/cc_buhr , @ccbuhr 101 Actions
10. Why Open Data? “ We are here to serve citizens, and to make the best use of their money. To achieve that, what could be better than handing them back the data already gathered on their behalf, to use and develop as they see fit. ” Open Data Challenge Awards, 16 June 2011 Also see Neelie’s blog posts on open data (13 May 2011 and 20 October 2011). http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU , @NeelieKroesEU
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12. Innovation Union (COM(2010)546, 06.10.2010) “ The Commission will promote open access ... It will aim to make open access to publications the general principle for projects funded by the EU research Framework Programmes […]”. Data Policy II: Open Access http://www.openaire.eu link
13. Data Collection 2006 Decision on re-use of Commission Information to be adapted in line with PSI Directive Covered Translation memories Audio-visual material Excluded Material with third-party IPR Research results of the EC’s Joint Research Centre Special cases (e.g. in Competition investigations ) link link link
14. Data Research ICT Challenge 4 : Digital Libraries and Content Semantic Web, Linked Data etc. Last call summer 2011, EUR 50m Creating Knowledge from Interlinked Data link link link Linked Open Data Around-The-Clock
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16. Data Infra-structure II link ” Our Vision is a scientific e-infrastructure that supports seamless access, use, re-use, and trust of data. [...] the data themselves become the infrastructure – a valuable asset, on which science, technology, the economy and society can advance”.
17. Skills I DAE, chapter 2.6: “Enhancing Digital Literacy and Skills” 1. All necessary tools are out there... 2. We need people to see the need
18. Skills II What is a table? How to combine two? What can we do with a database? How to best visualise information? E.g. ScraperWiki, Google Refine
19. Skills III Aim: Context and technique EU deserves journalists who understand it Communicating requires technique
20. Skills IV Incorrectly paraphrasing press releases is not enough Data journalism is hard! Gap in self-reporting of the EU? Data = undisputed. Interpretion = ?