Open N.C.

Making public data public. Housed at the @UNCJSchool. Founded by @rtburg. Funded by @knightfdn.

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Access to public data is a poverty issue. If you live in small community, odds are you don't have it. http://t.co/PwFY1sk6Xa #ddj

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Thanks to @knightfdn @google @unc, code for our newsroom data dashboard now free & #opensource at https://t.co/RwqvDUfBN9 #ddj

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Robot Watchdog Scours Scours Public Data for N.C. Reporters. http://t.co/PwFY1sk6Xa

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Good research with relevance for #ddj being done by @unc grad student @justinpkreft http://t.co/xicjRt3gmN

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Online News Association to expand local journalism training with $828,000 from Knight Foundation - http://t.co/SLS5aQNM2d

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"There's an unfortunate inverse relationship between the importance and the reliability of a dataset." - @dancow http://t.co/VrvE6gQ29B

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Good little breakthrough today. Parsed every field from ~5.6K PDF arrest reports from 7 agencies into database w/ 91% success rate.

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RT @themediatwits: .@OpenNC has organized nearly 9mil public records into a single database http://t.co/zTzcXSTidC #opengov

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Great to see @StarNewsOnline getting some new stories out of the new http://t.co/mOGc05t6w3 data dashboard. http://t.co/0WPw1Wy3aw

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.@OpenNC has organized nearly 9mil public records into a single database http://t.co/GcgQ8rWpRi #opengov

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Lots of great upcoming opportunities to learn how to implement #opendata from @ihenshaw & @TheODINC http://t.co/PSNA2yQEzw

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RT @mhoefges: Great new open records site "Open N.C." http://t.co/h1MYyrRd66 created by UNC JOMC colleague @rtburg

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RT @rtburg: @joebobhester Good "data desks" will generate shareable micro-content. Best willgenerate revenue off acquiring/cleaning data...

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RT @rtburg: Great step-by-step example of how to use Police report data to find story ideas. http://t.co/naQ1Qkz7Zg

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RT @rtburg: Data [journalists] spend 50-80% time on mundane collecting/cleaning unruly data before it can be explored for insight...

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RT @rtburg: Great use of public data by @thetimesnews http://t.co/h1MYyrRd66 http://t.co/gC9ih04IRn

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RT @UNCJschool: Check out our latest Tar Heel Talk featuring @rtburg and data-driven journalism: http://t.co/RZ0OCuNKN7 @OpenNC

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Believe the hype: Big data can have a big social impact | Social Enterprise Network | Guardian Professional http://t.co/USsVpEyTNp

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Congrats to @ihenshaw & @jasonmhare on the launch of Open Data Institute of N.C., holding its first class May 20. http://t.co/Horh3QX5Fw

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RT @thencpress: Did you miss #ncsun yesterday? Get a recap: http://t.co/cfXVPJkLrU