The Data Journalism Handbook: Towards a Critical Data Practice provides a rich and panoramic introduction to data journalism, combining both critical reflection and practical insight. It offers a diverse collection of perspectives on how data journalism is done around the world and the broader...

"This book lays out what we know about the scale, history and impacts of tax abuse. From profit-shifting by multinational corporations to the exploitation of offshore tax havens. It sheds light on the people and organisations that enable tax abuse, and the stark social inequalities it creates....

Citizen-generated data (CGD) expands what gets measured, how, and for what purpose. Initiatives cover areas from cartography to government policies, public services or environmental research. As the collection and engagement with CGD rises in relevance and visibility, public institutions can...

Open data advocates and initiatives often focus on the “release”, “publication”, “disclosure” and “opening up” of pre-existing public sector datasets, and the character of this release – for example, through the use of open data licenses or legal waivers, and publication in...

In August 2012, the jury awarded Monsanto a whopping one billion dollars in its patent infringement lawsuit against DuPont. That’s real money even for today’s high stakes patent disputes. Although many observers were shocked by the sheer magnitude of the award, it’s really the damages...