The collection and strategic use of data is important to every industry and sector, but when it comes to government is all of this data a double-edged sword? Data crunching enables government agencies to provide better services to citizens, but providing open access challenges them to cross cultural comfort zones. I recently had the privilege to discuss data driven journalism, open data and government related topics with Alex Howard (Twitter: @digiphile) who is a writer and editor and a Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism University. …
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