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“In Rahman’s defence, Shahed Ali, the Independent councillor for Whitechapel suggested that one source of the allega;ons, local blog Love Wapping, “is nothing near to a na;onal newspaper” and that people should not believe what they read.”

East London LinesNovember 28 2013http://bit.ly/1ygPsyF

http://lovewapping.org/blog/


The boring bit. Me.


Experience & Qualifications• 30 years in media (new & old)• 20+ years building web sites• Currently User Experience contractor• Trade press journalist and editor• Editorial photographer• BA Computing & Artificial Intelligence• MA Media Studies (Multimedia)• Love Wapping (www.lovewapping.org)


Tower Hamlets? Where's that then?


Here!


The East End of London


City ofLondon Canary Wharf

Tower Hamlets

Greenwich

Newham

Hackney

Southwark

LewishamWapping!


Wapping. Home of the Waeppa



The Smoking Gun. Guess what - there isn't one.



03 November 2013 "Knock knock!"


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http://bit.ly/19OB2vq


Down the rabbit hole.


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For those of you not on TwiEer here are the highlights

from Ted Jeory’s live coverage of the Tower Hamlets

Council mee;ng last night. It’s amazing what a real

journalist can do with a TwiEer account and a phone

with a very low baEery.

Storify: http://bit.ly/14WQPXd

http://bit.ly/1oMwYiO

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http://trialbyjeory.wordpress.com/


Data journalism - the myth



Data journalism - the reality



Life = Excel



FOI 9088 - With data...


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http://bit.ly/PopiXA

APR


FOI 9087 - Without data. Why?


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FOI 9087 & 9088 Compared


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FOI 9087 & 9088 - The Missing Data


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FOI 9087 & 9088 Metadata compared


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Tower Hamlets Council payments to suppliers over £500


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http://bit.ly/P5AXtv

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Tower Hamlets grants funding – why the numbers don’t add up


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2013 2014 2015


http://bit.ly/1myjzxB

MAY

FOI response 9088 said £2,970,644

Examination of Payment to Suppliers (P2S) data of the same organisations for the same period gives £11,819,745.

A difference of £8,849,101.

• £709,693 disparity between grants / funding stated in FOI 9088 and stated in Payments to Suppliers• Four payment records in FOI 9088 compared to 170 in Payments to Suppliers• Not possible to match payments stated in FOI 9088 to any transaction in Payments to Suppliers.• Osmani Trust is the only organisation mentioned in FOI 9088, Payments to Suppliers list the Osmani Trust,

Osmani Development Trust and Osmani School• 20 different Expense Types in Payments to Suppliers• £29,733 paid on 20th March 2013 through several different Tower Hamlets 'channels' to Osmani Trust

One example.


Sankey diagram of internal money flows Tower Hamlets council


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2013 2014 2015


http://bit.ly/1kTbJHR

MAY


Nine months later. You have found something. How to visualise?


OH.YES!


Not like this - just nasty.


NO!


And absolutely not like this - very nasty.


0%#

5%#

10%#

15%#

20%#

25%#

Bethnal#Green##

Blackwall#&#Cubi8#Town##

Bow#East#

Bow#West##

Bromley#North##

Bromley#South##

Canary#Wharf##

Island#Gardens#

Lansbury#

Limehouse##

Mile#End##

Poplar##

Shadwell#

Spitalfields#&#Banglatown##

St.#Dunstan's##

St.#Katharine's#&#Wapping#

St.#Peter's#

Stepney#Green##

Weavers##

Whitechapel##

Original#Bids#

Officers#RecommendaSon#

Members#Revision#

Cabinet#RecommendaSon#

Final#Grants#

NO!


Maybe a nice bar chart? Simple is good. But black is often bad.


DULL!


Possibly something really simple then?


£0# £100,000# £200,000# £300,000# £400,000# £500,000# £600,000# £700,000# £800,000# £900,000# £1,000,000#

Spitalfields#and#Banglatown#

Whitechapel#

Bethnal#Green#South#

Limehouse#

Blackwall#and#CubiH#Town#Ward#

Bethnal#Green#North#

Weavers#

Shadwell#

St.#Dunstan's#and#Stepney#Green#

East#India#and#Lansbury#

Mile#End#East#

Mile#End#and#Globe#Town#

St.#Katharine's#and#Wapping#

BromleyTbyTBow#

Bow#West#

Bow#East#

Millwall#

CFBS#

Community#Chest#

Community#Events#

MSG#

All#pots#

BORING!


Or something that tells the story at a glance.


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http://bit.ly/1DmdrNz

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Millwall

Bow East

Bow West

Bromley-by-Bow

Mile End and Globe Town

St. Dunstan's and Stepney Green

Shadwell

St. Katharine's and Wapping

East India and Lansbury

Blackwall and Cubitt Town

Mile End East

Weavers

Bethnal Green North

Limehouse

Whitechapel

Bethnal Green South

Spitalfields and Banglatown ££ £ £ ££ ££ £££ ££ £££££££££££ £ £ £ ££ £££££££££ £ £ £ £££ £££££

£££ £ £ £££ ££££££ £ £ ££ ££££££ £ ££££££££ £ ££££££ £ ££££

££ £££££ £££££ £££

£££ £££ £

££ £ £

££££ ££

£

£

Electoral WardNumber of Residents in Ward Grant Amount Per Ward Resident

25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120

London Borough of Tower Hamlets - Grants Distribution

lovewapping.org

Mark Baynes@baynesmedia

SourcesNumber of Residents in Ward ONS data://bit.ly/1wfwWTD

Grant Amount Per Resident data://bit.ly/1nM8QAS


Compare your data findings to other datasets.


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http://bit.ly/1s4skLR

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Percentage of children in poverty, Oct-Dec 2013 (after housing costs).Why End Child Povertywww.endchildpoverty.org.uk

Index scores of overall notifiable offences per 1,000 daytime population (2012)MPS, Home Office, ONS, GLA London DataStore

Percentage of working-age residents claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) or National Insurance Credits (2012). GLA London DataStore

Number of residents in ward. ONS Census 2011.Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Tower Hamlets Council grants distribution by electoral ward. Mainstream Grants, Community Chest, Community Events and Community Faith Buildings Support.www.lovewapping.org

//bit.ly/1wfwWTD //bit.ly/1CR7tSL //bit.ly/Zs1lDa //bit.ly/1DmdrNz //bit.ly/1CR7tSL

Sources

Data links

Millwall

Bow East

Bow West

Bromley-by-Bow

Mile End and Globe Town

St. Dunstan's and Stepney Green

Shadwell

St. Katharine's and Wapping

East India and Lansbury

Blackwall and Cubitt Town

Mile End East

Weavers

Bethnal Green North

Limehouse

Whitechapel

Bethnal Green South

Spitalfields and Banglatown

Unemployment (%)Population (thousands)

Electoral Ward

Child Poverty (%)Child Poverty (%) Grants Distribution (%) Crime Rate (%)

0 5 10 15 20 25 0 5 10 15 20 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0 50 100 150 200 250

TOWER HAMLETS GRANTSQUALITY OF LIFE INDICATORS COMPARED TO COUNCIL GRANTS DISTRIBUTION

Mark Baynes

@baynesmedia

lovewapping.org


CartoDB is handy. Child Poverty by ward - Millwall


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http://bit.ly/1tzEMZC

OCT


Child Poverty by ward - Spitalfields & Banglatown


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http://bit.ly/1tzEMZC

OCT


Something I found by chance. An altered press release.


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http://bit.ly/1H41tux

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Data Journalism - Essential Geekery


Software Essentials• Excel (on a PC, not a Mac)• Refine• MySQL• Python• OmniGraffle (or equivalent)• Illustrator• Wordpress

Investigate in a methodical mannerOrganise your work

Pencil and paper are goodSketch lotsDon’t trust online mapsWalk the ground


Data Journalism - Top Tips!


There is not always an app for that. (In fact there rarely is).What does your instinct tell you?Paper still mattersPublish your data, publish your referencesVisualise data in the appropriate manner for your intended audienceCheck your dataCheck your dataCheck your dataDon’t be intimidated


Stick with it.


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