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Max Harlow

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2 months

Job news: today’s my first day at @Bloomberg

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It’s tomorrow’s FT being printed #tomorrowspaperstoday

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Advice from @N_Waters89 on working in war zones #gijc23

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Some job news: I'm going to be joining the @FT at the end of the month as a newsroom developer working with the brilliant @FTData team

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7 years

Slides from my #nicar18 class on Github for journalists here:

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First day at the @FT

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7 years

This is what ~1,200 data journalists look like #nicar18

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6 years

This was excellent #aprivatewar

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6 years

My first @FT print byline, from earlier this week

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Max Harlow

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5 years

Moved in to the new @FT offices in Bracken House this morning, a building the company previously occupied from 1959-1989. Last time we moved in the front page looked like this #1959spaperstoday

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Max Harlow

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4 years

Thanks to everyone at #nicar21 who came to my fuzzy matching session! The slides are here, with notes: (they're also on Pathable as a PDF)

Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching (Nicar 2021)

Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching @maxharlow

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Max Harlow

@maxharlow

7 years

So me and @LeilaHaddou will be teaching an introduction to code for journalists course in early Feb with @cijournalism . Zero prior knowledge required. More details here: #CIJCourses

Introduction to Code for Journalists

Want to take your first steps with code but not sure how to begin? Or learn how code is being used in the newsroom and if it can help you and your team? This weekend workshop is designed as an...

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Max Harlow

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6 years

Thanks to everyone who came to my #nicar18 session on finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching! Slides are here:

Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching (Nicar 2018)

Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching @maxharlow Hi I’m Max etc.

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Max Harlow

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2 years

Great to be in Nashville for #nicar23 ! Looking forward to four days of learning, teaching, eating and drinking

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Max Harlow

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1 year

Great to be back speaking at #cijsummer !

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Max Harlow

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6 months

Great to be in Baltimore for #nicar24 . Really looking forward to the next few days of meeting interesting people and learning new things

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Max Harlow

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7 years

Went on Mail Rail at @thepostalmuseum today 🚂✉️✉️✉️

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7 years

This weekend myself and @LeilaHaddou taught a room full of journalists how to code #CIJCourses

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Max Harlow

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5 years

Very happy the investigation by @madhumita29 and myself into health websites sharing data with advertisers has been shortlisted for the @sigmaawards

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5 years

Hey #ddj folks around the world 👋🏻Our pre jury 👏🏻 @pinardag @haddadme @TmarcoH @mtrpires @EvaConstantaras @kuangkeng @smfrogers @GurmanBhatia @grensund @robroc 👏🏻has spoken and the @sigmaawards shortlist is out! Check out 2019 best #datajournalism 👉🏻

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Max Harlow

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6 years

Thanks to everyone who came to my session on fuzzy matching! If you didn't get in I'll be doing a repeat at 9am tomorrow, or check out the slides here: #nicar19

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Max Harlow

@maxharlow

2 years

In Nashville, where there is a full-scale concrete replica of the Parthenon, including a gilded Athena

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Max Harlow

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7 years

In Chicago for #nicar18

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Max Harlow

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3 months

Great to be back at #eijc24 #dataharvest !

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Max Harlow

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6 years

Thanks to all that came to my #eijc18 #dataharvest session on fuzzy matching! Slides are here:

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Max Harlow

@maxharlow

3 years

Trust in institutions rests upon accountability, which in turn at least partially rests upon transparency. But sometimes the public data we get means important questions can't be answered. My notebook:

Sleaze will be hard to clean up while the data remains so opaque

UK parliament’s rules on MPs’ earnings, and official records of PPE contracts, hinder attempts to root out corruption

www.ft.com

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Max Harlow

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7 years

RSVPs are now open for the first @journocoders of 2018. We'll be learning how to visualise geographical data using @QGis !

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Max Harlow

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5 years

Personal health data is meant to enjoy the strongest legal protection. But are the UK's top health websites sharing this information with advertisers without consent? @madhumita29 and I took a look

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2 years

It’s the #nicar23 lightning talks!

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Max Harlow

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7 years

Big map news from the budget -- @OrdnanceSurvey to open up MasterMap

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Max Harlow

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2 years

Thanks all that came to my #nicar23 session on finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching! The slides are here ➡️

Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching (Nicar 2023)

Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching @maxharlow

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Max Harlow

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6 years

Me and @LeilaHaddou will be teaching another introduction to code for journalists in November with @cijournalism . Zero prior knowledge required! More details here: #CIJCourses

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5 years

Full house for @LeilaHaddou teaching graph database @neo4j at #nicar20

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Max Harlow

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6 years

Interested in using code to aid your reporting? There's still some spaces left at the introduction to code for journalists @leilahaddou and myself are running with @cijournalism . Zero previous knowledge required! More details: #cijcourses

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Max Harlow

@maxharlow

6 years

I’m in the @FT ’s once and future newsroom, in Bracken House

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Max Harlow

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1 year

I’m in Gothenburg for #gijc23 . DM me if you’d like to get a coffee, beer, etc sometime

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Max Harlow

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1 year

Back in beautiful Mechelen for #eijc23 #dataharvest23

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Max Harlow

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4 years

Very proud to have been shortlisted for the #BritishJournalismAwards in the Investigation, Business and Innovation categories!

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Max Harlow

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6 years

Good to be back at #cijsummer

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Max Harlow

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7 years

Myself and the team at @Geovation built this working with @OpenCapacityCo . Great to see it live.

TfL

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7 years

We have started a trial at @LDNOverground Shoreditch HS station of new customer info to help people choose a less busy carriage to board

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Max Harlow

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3 years

Bye #nicar22 !

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Max Harlow

@maxharlow

2 years

Hello #eijc22 ! Wondering how to be a (better) data editor? I'll be finding out this afternoon from our top panel: @datentaeterin , @jlstro , @helenabengtsson , @evabelmonte & @dominikbalmer . Any topics you'd really like us to cover, or any questions you'd like me to ask? DM me!

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Max Harlow

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6 years

Thanks all that came to @LeilaHaddou and my talk at #eijc18 #dataharvest on why investigative journalists shouldn't fear automation! 🤖 Our slides are here:

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Max Harlow

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3 years

Thanks to everyone who came up my #nicar22 fuzzy matching session earlier — the slides are here:

Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching (Nicar 2022)

Finding needles IN HAYSTACKS WITH FUZZY MATCHING @maxharlow

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6 years

London ✈️ #nicar19

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Max Harlow

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6 months

Here's the slides from today's #nicar24 session on finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching 🪡

Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching (Nicar 2024)

FINDING IN HAYSTACKS WITH FUZZY MATCHING NEEDLES Max Harlow

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Max Harlow

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6 years

View from the roof terrace

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Max Harlow

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7 years

The method #D4Ckampala

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Max Harlow

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7 years

I've written a tool to convert NDJson files to CSV. Data is streamed, so it doesn't matter if it's gigantic

GitHub - maxharlow/ndjson-to-csv: ⚙️ Converts NDJson format data into CSV

⚙️ Converts NDJson format data into CSV. Contribute to maxharlow/ndjson-to-csv development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Max Harlow

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5 years

Great to be back at #cijsummer !

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5 years

Thanks to everyone that came to my #gijc19 session on finding stories from the command line! Slides are here, including links to more information on all the tools: #gijc2019

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Max Harlow

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6 years

How do you humanise a story that doesn't have an obvious face like carbon emissions? You've got find where people are getting screwed right now says @BrettMmurphy at #nicar19

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Max Harlow

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7 years

Good advice from @pilhofer at #cijsummer

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5 years

Goodbye #nicar19 !

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7 years

Last day working @Geovation

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4 years

It's the (virtual) #nicar21 lightning talks with @christinezhang and @ceostroff !

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5 years

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7 years

The March @journocoders is now open for RSVPs. Come and learn how to build your own news game!

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Max Harlow

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6 years

Back in Mechelen, Belgium for this year’s #eijc18 #dataharvest

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Max Harlow

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1 year

Thanks all who came to @rui_barros17 and my #eijc23 #dataharvest23 session on how the web works! Our slides and practical links can be found here

Web basics: how the web works, and how to scrape it (Dataharvest 2023)

WEB BASICS HOW THE WEB WORKS AND HOW TO SCRAPE IT @rui_barros17 & @maxharlow

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Max Harlow

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6 years

“Flight data almost cost me my marriage. Nowadays I stick to tracking ships.” — @lawrencemarzouk at #cijsummer

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Max Harlow

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6 years

Bye Chicago, hi London #nicar18

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Max Harlow

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10 years

Some personal news: after three years I'm leaving the @Guardian to be the new @TBIJ technical lead from the end of the month

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Max Harlow

@maxharlow

2 years

Really pleased this is happening again

Journocoders

@journocoders

2 years

For our first meetup since the pandemic we’re learning about analysing Tiktok hashtags!

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Max Harlow

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7 years

En route to Kampala for a week at @data4change working with Kenyan NGO @CHRIPSKE

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Max Harlow

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7 years

Want to learn more about using data or code in your reporting? Come to @journocoders , #cijsummer !

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Max Harlow

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5 years

Great to be in New Orleans for #nicar20 !

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Max Harlow

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5 years

Thanks to everyone who came to my #nicar20 session on finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching! Slides are here:

Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching (Nicar 2020)

Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching @maxharlow

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Max Harlow

@maxharlow

7 years

So myself and @leilahaddou sat down with @journalismcouk 's @catalinacma to chat about @journocoders

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Max Harlow

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3 years

Great to be back in the big peach and in this sci-fi hotel for #nicar22 ! Give me a shout if you’re here and would like to get a coffee

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Max Harlow

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5 years

At @Global_Witness for @RewcastleBrown , @bradleyhope , @rebecca_vincent , and @Ava_L_ talking about #1mdb

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Max Harlow

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6 years

Couple more photos

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Max Harlow

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6 years

In this month's @journocoders we're going to be learning how to use fuzzy matching to find connections in data

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Max Harlow

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7 years

It's Valletta 🇲🇹

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Max Harlow

@maxharlow

8 years

I was interviewed for this piece on @journocoders , the tech/journalism meetup I co-organise

Storybench

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8 years

Wanna code? Tips and tutorials from London's @journocoders meetup group, by @alli_shultes92

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Max Harlow

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7 years

Now, at #nicar18

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Max Harlow

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6 months

It’s the #nicar24 lighting talks!

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Max Harlow

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5 years

Impact!

Amazon about-turn extends free shipping to West Bank Palestinians

Move comes after FT report revealed discount for Israeli settlements

www.ft.com

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Max Harlow

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9 years

Are you a student interested in technology and journalism? Work at @TBIJ next summer as a @GoogleNewsLab fellow

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2 years

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6 years

Today’s @FT , and the plate that printed it

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Max Harlow

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10 years

Good advice from @onyxfish on processes for data-driven projects http://t.co/x6LOcPHncr #nicar15

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Max Harlow

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2 years

We're going to be running @journocoders again!

Journocoders

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2 years

RSVPs are now open for our first meetup since the pandemic We'll be learning how to analyse TikTok hashtags using the command line!

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Max Harlow

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7 years

Journalist interested in learning to code? @LeilaHaddou & I running a beginners course for @cijournalism #CIJCourses

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Max Harlow

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5 years

So there’s an old Russian submarine in Hamburg and you can go inside

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Max Harlow

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5 years

@FT Though back then Bracken House looked like this (photo taken 1979)

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Max Harlow

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5 years

@_erinmansfield @mikusmatt @abtran @KendallTTaggart Slides here from my #nicar18 into to Github session. Also happy to answer any questions!

Github for journalists (Nicar 2018)

Github for journalists @maxharlow This is a bring-your-own-laptop session as we’ll be using them in the second part of the class. If you don’t have one pair up with someone who does. Hi I’m Max etc....

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Max Harlow

@maxharlow

7 years

London Bridge station at night

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Max Harlow

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6 years

"Schools teach us how to do mathematical calculations, but not how to ask the kinds of questions of data that are encouraged in the humanities" -- @jevinwest at #nicar19

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Max Harlow

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6 years

This is how you exit a pyramid

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Max Harlow

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7 years

Not been at a #hhldn at Bloomberg for er.. 4 years

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6 years

Back in London after a couple of weeks in Egypt 🇪🇬

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Max Harlow

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7 years

Thanks for having me, #eijc17 #dataharvest ! Slides from my lightning talk on knowledge sharing here

Building a culture of knowledge sharing in journalism (Dataharvest 2017)

Building a culture of knowledge sharing in journalism Max Harlow @maxharlow I’m Max Harlow, I’m a software developer with a background working with journalists at various different news organisatio...

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Max Harlow

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6 years

In Cairo. For the second time a stranger has come up to me and said ‘welcome to Egypt’ and walked off. You wouldn’t get that in London

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Max Harlow

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6 years

“So there’s no unique identifier for people? Wouldn’t that be nice?” Overheard at #nicar18

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7 years

Great morning teaching journos how to find stories using graph database @neo4j at #eijc17 #dataharvest with @LeilaHaddou and @AdrianBlancoR

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Max Harlow

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5 years

Looking forward to speaking at this next month!

The Centre for Investigative Journalism

@cijournalism

5 years

Less than a month left till the start of #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference. This one is HUGE! We are starting to feel FOMO ourselves. Hear #Pulitzer prize winners, discuss the hottest #investigations of the year, learn from the best trainers.