Medill Washington: Understanding data to be a better reporter
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"At Medill, we’re using a Firefox add-on called SQLite. It’s small, fast and free; in other words, it’s perfect for a journalist on deadline."
Category Archives: firefox
Help Me Investigate: How to customise your browser for effective online research
"A few hand-picked add-ons that are tailored for serious online research can take your browsing to another level...."
Rhetorica: Press-Politics Journal: Spotting the Spin in SpinSpotter
"The Firefox plug-in called SpinSpotter was just introduced this week, and it's already creating a stir. Can software "de-spin the news, expose the slant and bias, separate the facts from axe-grinding opinion"?"
Simon Dickson.: BBC iPlayer: old kit only
Simon Dickson can't use the BBC iPlayer: "Er, no: not on Vista, not on Firefox. I’ll try it all again later, when I find a slightly older PC."
Red Herring: Facebook Unlocks Parakey
First Facebook acquisition: a startup run by Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt, co-founders of the Mozilla Firefox open-source web browser. Ross and Hewitt will join Facebook’s development team.
Firefox Add-ons: People Search and Public Record Toolbar
"This Firefox extension is a handy menu tool for investigators, reporters ... online researchers and anyone interested in doing their own basic people searches and public record lookups as well as background research."