Powerful data journalism with Import.io

Powerful data journalism with import.ioJune 26, 2014

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Poynter’s News University,journalism’s e-learning leader ▪ Host: Vicky Kruger

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Today’s PresenterAndrew Fogg

Co-Founder Import.io

Today’s AgendaBrief introduction to import.io 3 journalism use cases, exploring the 3

main features of import.io Extractors - US Defense Contracts Connectors - Superior Court of CA Crawlers - Music played in Seattle Examples of import.io in use by

newspapers

there is a lot of data on the web

but it is trapped inside web pages

and getting it is difficult

you can use an API

if there is one available

you can write custom computer code :-(

but that is painful

:-(

both require a friendly developer

and a lot of time

for every single website

4 hours 4 days

imagine if...

you could turn any website

into a spreadsheet

or an API

in less than 4 minutes

without writing any code

without writing any code

so how does it work?

this is our web browser, for data

extract data by point-and-click

extract data by point-and-click

extract data by point-and-click

extract data by point-and-click

extract data by point-and-click

extract data by point-and-click

extract data by point-and-click

record actions on a website

record actions on a website

record actions on a website

there is a crawler to get all data

search multiple sources in real time

create a dashboard for data display

and everything is available over API

powerful stuff

let’s walk through features and use cases

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Polling Questions (example)How are you using your Web site?

▪ Post 24/7 whenever news happens

▪ Post at designated times regardless of news

▪ Finish print story edit first, then post same online

▪ Post online first, then pursue print story

▪ Post same content in print as online

Polling Questions (example)At the Beijing ’08 Olympics, where were the lights for the Water Cube and the Bird’s Nest made? ▪ China ▪ Malaysia ▪ Taiwan ▪ Durham, N.C.

In SummaryBrief introduction to import.io 3 journalism use cases, exploring the 3

main features of import.io Extractors - US Defense Contracts Connectors - Superior Court of CA Crawlers - Music played in Seattle Examples of import.io in use by newspapers andrew.fogg@import.io

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