Discussion in the newsgroup about journalists using sensors.

Suggestions:

• A course for journalists looking to employ DIY data collection -- aerial photography or one of our other tools?
• Get list of the top 10 most important measurements that journalists would be interested in having

Places to contact:

• Knight Foundation - does work on innovative tools for journalism
• [Investigative Reporters and Editors] (www.ire.org) - do training on how journalists can use data to produce better stories
• [Association of Independents in Radio] (www.airmedia.org)
• Jay Allison at transom.org in Cape Cod, MA
• Alex Goldmark at WNYC
• JLab at American University
• MIT's Center for Civic Media
• Columbia jSchool
• Pro Publica
• [Google Student Journalism Fellowship] (http://bit.ly/1iEYaj6)

Example articles:

• E Coli testing in water tanks, NY Times 2014-01-27 *Lead testing in urban soils, USA Today

Existing work:

• InfoAmazonia's Geojournalism Handbook
• Internews Innovation Lab - distributing sensors to journalists in developing countries
• Global Sensor Web - API to handle geotagged data set for analysis, querying, and visualizations
• [good overview of the testing issue] (http://sanitationupdates.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/microbiology2020.pdf)
• good example of reporting backed up with good data
• Matt Waite and Drone Journalism Lab
• John Keefe at WNYC: snowfall map, cicada project
• Sarah Williams: Beijing Air Tracks
• Alex Howard article
• Javaun Moradi article
• Fergus Pitt, Columbia jSchool