How to get consistent scans from color negative film
Color negative film is said to have this magic neutrality and consistent skin tones but where are they? Every time I send my negs to the lab I got all kinds of ...
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Helping others with social media and Brum’s creative landscape
With many organisations struggling with digital social media, some people come to their aid. Nick Booth is one of those people. Online, his name is largely syno...
Leveraging music to help people understand data
Audiolisation is the process of turning complex data to sound. Instead of using graphics and bar charts, one can represent the contents of a spreadsheet by assi...
Here’s how data visualisation works cross-platform
You can visualise anything. 80% of how we perceive life is through our eyes. So here are five platforms where people turn figures into facts.
5 visualisations showing the extent of design in journalism
Visualising data or stories has more to do with creating visuals that resonate with the target audience rather than just bars and graphs. People will quick...
How I cleaned data with OpenRefine
Journalists rarely get their hands on nice and tidy data. Public bodies don't have the interest of providing it structured. It's a journalist's job to arran...
Strategies for using Instagram
Instagram can be a great tool for reaching a specific audience. You just have to adopt a different posting strategy. Here’s some advice with pics to inspi...