October 5th, 2012
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I worry about an over-reliance on abstract digital data points for measuring impact just as news organizations begin to take seriously what it means to engage with their communities in meaningful ways. In making their new mapping application Apple relied too much on data sets, without testing that data against the real world. Journalists shouldn’t make the same mistake.
Josh Stearns discusses What Journalists Can Learn from Apple’s Map Mishap « Groundswell.

(Source: stearns.wordpress.com)

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