Data journalism is more than just journalism done with data. It is journalism that looks at data, analyzes it to find trends and context and displays it in a meaningful way for people to understand. On Saturday, a panel of journalism and tech leaders shared lessons and ideas about data journalism and data literacy. The […]
Panelists Vanessa Janowski of Vari Solutions, Ivy Reyes of Pinterest, Maisy Samuelson of Shutterstock and Cinna Wu of Facebook hosted the panel Back-End to the Future: A/B Testing What Counts on Saturday at SXSW. A/B testing refers to experimenting with two different variants of a variable or software and seeing what a user’s preference […]
The First Amendment of the United States protects several basic freedoms including freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to assemble and the right to petition the government. Newseum is an interactive museum based in Washington D.C. that aims to increase public understanding of the importance of a free press […]
On July 31, 2018, NASA will launch it’s first ever probe to the sun. It’s something they’ve wanted to do for 60 years, but couldn’t until now when the technology to do so caught up. Nicola Fox, NASA Parker Solar Probe Project Scientist (left in the video interview) and Elizabeth Congdon, Parker Solar Probe […]
In 2018, SXTXState introduces a new feature, a Data page analyzing panel and topic trends throughout the SXSW Festival. Working with data and creating visualizations are important parts of the curriculum in Texas State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, so adding a data element to this year’s coverage is a natural progression of our […]
Vanessa Janowski is the co-founder of Vari Solutions, a company that assists growing technology businesses to target areas for improvement, helps them with better understanding their users, and how to develop data solutions to build their company. Vanessa will be joined by Ivy Reyes of Shutterstock, Maisy Samuelson of Pinterest, and Cinna Wu of Facebook […]
Alvand “Alvin” Salehi is a Senior Technology Advisor at the White House and the co-founder of Code.gov, the nation’s primary platform for sharing and improving government software. He also serves as a research affiliate at Harvard Law School, where he explores the impact of open source software on economic efficiency, code security, and tech innovation […]