Category: Journalism

CityMetric Journalism

Where actually is South London? (CityMetric)

Post author By Ed
Post date August 23, 2017
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http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/where-actually-south-london-3293

HeroCollector Journalism

Star Trek 25th Anniversary – still the best Trek game (HeroCollector)

Post author By Ed
Post date August 11, 2017
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I am a video games journalist now. Please update your records.

CityMetric Journalism

A man in a iron mask spent most of 1908 pushing a pram around England. Nobody knows why (CityMetric)

Post author By Ed
Post date August 10, 2017
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I explored the strange tale of a man who attempted to walk around the world in disguise, for no particularly apparent reason.

Journalism The Guardian

Ill-judged and random – why Britain’s system for saving old buildings is a farce (The Guardian)

Post author By Ed
Post date August 8, 2017
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The Guardian invited me to write a searing hot take on the UK’s planning system to ‘celebrate’ the 70th anniversary of listed buildings, and they put it in the actual newspaper and everything.

HeroCollector Journalism

Star Trek: Who are the true stars? (HeroCollector)

Post author By Ed
Post date July 31, 2017
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I’ve done some pioneering Star Trek-based data journalism to see how the prominence the characters in each show shifted in over time, and the season in which the lead character… isn’t, so much.

Journalism New Statesman

“The absolute dogs in office skills”: why aren’t millennials queuing up for this amazing job? (New Statesman)

Post author By Ed
Post date July 18, 2017
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Arts venue mugs off a generation, elder member of said generation mugs off the arts venue. And so the cycle continues.

CityMetric Journalism

A considered critique of an attempt to predict the future of the emergency vehicle (CityMetric)

Post author By Ed
Post date July 7, 2017
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A.K.A. biting the hand that feeds.

CityMetric Journalism

What’s the best way to cross the Thames in London? We’ve ranked all 63 options (CityMetric)

Post author By Ed
Post date July 5, 2017
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I lost my mind and wrote 3,000 words about bridges, tunnels, ferries, and so on.

http://www.citymetric.com/fabric/what-s-best-way-cross-thames-london-we-ve-ranked-all-63-options-3161

CityMetric Journalism

Where exactly are the Wombles named after? We made a map (CityMetric)

Post author By Ed
Post date May 25, 2017
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I made a Google Map of Wombles. As you do.

Journalism New Statesman Things

Lord Buckethead vs Theresa May – meet the UK’s weirdest political parties (New Statesman)

Post author By Ed
Post date May 15, 2017
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It’s minor political party time as I dig into the weirder bits of UK electoral history for the NS.