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June 24, 2011 Data

I’m a big fan of Michael Lewis and still love Moneyball. Some years back I wrote an op-ed for the NY Post (no longer online) that said, that we need some Billy Beane’s in Medicaid. Beane is the General Manager of the Oakland Athletics. Using sports data is a great means to get through to […]

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Knight Foundation Awards

June 23, 2011 Data

The Knight Foundation announced 16 winners of its news challenge. Interesting theme that emerged was the the “rise of the hacker/data journalist.” Several of the winners had or were developing technological tools. There were also a couple emphasizing governmental data.

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