Category: Journalism

Journalism New Statesman

Are budget airlines really charging families to sit with their own children? (New Statesman)

Post author By Ed
Post date November 22, 2018
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https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/business-and-finance/2018/11/are-budget-airlines-really-charging-families-sit-their-own

CityMetric Journalism

Do British cities have grid systems? We used science to find out (CityMetric)

Post author By Ed
Post date July 25, 2018
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I used OSMnx, Geoff Boeing’s amazing Python library for analysing street networks, to look at how orderly the streets are in various UK towns and cities.

Journalism New Statesman

Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America is a fitting metaphor for the US, but unsatisfying TV (New Statesman)

Post author By Ed
Post date July 19, 2018
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https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2018/07/sacha-baron-cohen-s-who-america-fitting-metaphor-us-unsatisfying-tv

Journalism New Statesman

A celebration of 70 years of Walkers trying to sell you crisps in truly bizarre ways (New Statesman)

Post author By Ed
Post date May 17, 2018
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The New Statesman asked me to write about crisps, so I went on YouTube instead:

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2018/05/celebration-70-years-walkers-trying-sell-you-crisps-truly-bizarre-ways

Journalism New Statesman

How a 17th century war, the Queen and a desperate Swiss TV executive led to Eurovision (New Statesman)

Post author By Ed
Post date May 11, 2018
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The story of the origin of Eurovision, via Talented Mr Ripley fan-fiction for some reason:

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2018/05/how-17th-century-war-queen-and-desperate-swiss-tv-executive-led

Journalism New Statesman

Nine ways to keep The Wright Stuff going without Matthew Wright (New Statesman)

Post author By Ed
Post date May 1, 2018
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The golden age of TV is over…

Journalism New Statesman

No, China isn’t Black Mirror – social credit scores are more complex and sinister than that (New Statesman)

Post author By Ed
Post date April 27, 2018
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https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/2018/04/no-china-isn-t-black-mirror-social-credit-scores-are-more-complex-and-sinister

Journalism New Statesman

Westworld tricked its fans with a spoiler prank – but is the show even worth spoiling? (New Statesman)

Post author By Ed
Post date April 11, 2018
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https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2018/04/westworld-tricked-its-fans-spoiler-prank-show-even-worth-spoiling

CityMetric Journalism Stand-up

12 things we learned by reading every single National Rail timetable (CityMetric)

Post author By Ed
Post date March 1, 2018
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I did some data-mining to work out what longest sequence of stops in progressive alphabetical order within a single rail journey is, among other thrilling train-based statistics.

I then performed a live version of the piece at the British Library.

https://twitter.com/susiestevenson/status/968939806989406208

CityMetric Journalism

How does the humble street bollard connect Napoleon to Carillion via Welsh devolution? (CityMetric)

Post author By Ed
Post date January 22, 2018
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I considered the street bollard and its importance in history, art and politics.