南カリフォルニア大アネンベルグ校(コミュニケーション)の「Center for the Digital Future」が、デジタル社会に関する10年間の研究をまとめた。週刊のコミュニティー新聞を除けば、5年後に生き残るのはUSAトゥデイ、ニューヨークタイムズ、ワシントンポスト、ウオールストリートジャーナルの4紙だけだと断言した。
グーグル・フランスが、来年の大統領選挙に関するデータ可視化コンクール、「Concours de dataviz Google 」を開催、入賞者が発表された。
GoogleNewsやYouTubeのAPIデータを使うことが条件なので、選挙に関する信頼できるデータではないが、表現方法や言語処理の例を見ることができる。「DataVisualizationとは」という募集欄に紹介されている例示がほとんどNYTimesであることが、この領域のリーダーが誰であるかを明らかにしている。
優勝はMediaArenaで、メディアの登場回数を(ほぼリアルタイムで)タイムラインやワードクラウドで表現したもの。綺麗にできているが、それだけのような気もする。
Matt Waiteが整理しているメディア求人情報によると、求められている能力は非常に高いが、IT業界では標準だろう。しかし、この能力に常識的な取材力が備わった人材は極めて稀だろう。
2011年の求人例
American Progress is looking for a versatile and creative data visualization producer for a position in the Art Department. We’re looking for someone who can design and dynamic and static media to visualize trends, numbers, ideas, demographic changes, and comparative data. The data visualization producer will work as part of a team that creates reports, infographics, web graphics, marketing materials, web sites, email designs, interactive media, and video. He or she will help American Progress communicate progressive ideas and arguments through clear, compelling infographics, maps, data visualizations, and other interactive media. We are looking for someone with excellent technical and design skills, but also a strong sense of visual storytelling.
Job Responsibilities
Create interactive (and non-interactive) data visualizations
Design charts and infographics that will server as “explainers” to help communicate highlights and key information from our reports and articles;
Find and create tools to allow other staff to create their own infographics, interactive media more easily
Develop graphics for Web and video on an as-needed basis;
Collaborate with video producer on projects to integrate video and interactive media
Assist with web and email design projects
Job Qualifications
Highly creative, excellent written and verbal communications skills, attentive to detail;
Able to juggle multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment;
Strong experience and skills with JavaScript, ActionScript, jQuery, Flash, HTML5, and CSS3;
Familiarity with HTML5 graphics and rendering (i.e. Raphael, d3.js, Provotis, Nodebox) is a plus;
High-level experience with Adobe CS5 in a Mac OS X environment;
Journalism background a plus;
Web design experience a plus, especially designing with web standards;
Solid understanding of statistics a plus;
BA or equivalent in graphic design or visual journalism, or at least 2 years' professional design experience;
Committed to organization’s mission and goals.
New York Public Radio seeks two Python programmers with proven Django skills and an interest in public media, new technology, and crowd-sourced journalism. Reporting to the Director of Digital Technology, the Python/Django Developers will build web and mobile platforms that integrate journalism, cultural programing and commentary contributed by local and national shows, reporters and a dedicated participatory community. S/he will work as part of an agile team to support WNYC, WQXR, The Greene Space, New Jersey Public Radio and such national shows as Radiolab, On the Media, The Takeaway and Studio 360.
Responsibilities:
Architect and implement scalable sites and APIs to supply content and media to users and mobile apps
Maintain and improve current web features and architecture
Write and maintain technical documentation on applications, processes and work-flow
Assist with ongoing analysis and strategy to improve web services at NYPR
Maintain awareness of industry trends in technology, public broadcasting and media. This includes content, community, user interfaces, platforms, libraries/apis and information architecture
Comply with all New York Public Radio policies and guidelines
This position requires use of a computer, telephone and other office and/or broadcast equipment; ability to communicate effectively through a variety of methods
Ability to work extended hours as needed, including some evenings and weekends, and to be on-call for emergencies required
Other responsibilities as assigned
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
Three years professional experience in software development
Excellent object-oriented programming ability in Python or other modern languages
HTTP, AJAX, HTML5, XML, JSON fluency
Proficiency in such tools as Javascript, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Linux, bash
Familiarity with version control systems like git, hg, or bazaar
Ability and eagerness to teach yourself new skills with minimal hand-holding
Proactive and friendly team-oriented communicator
Proven ability to meet deadlines with acute attention to detail and to work on several projects concurrently
Excellent communication skills—both oral and written—with an impressive reputation for building and maintaining relationships with people at all levels of an organization, across a diverse range of cultural, generational, ethnic, racial, educational and social backgrounds
Requires the intellectual and emotional depth, maturity, self-confidence and interpersonal skills to work effectively and/or interact with the other digital staff, executives at NYPR, colleagues, and clients as needed
Company DescriptionStar Tribune Media Company is Minnesota’s largest producer and distributor of news, information and advertising across multiple print and digital platforms, including newspaper, website, mobile and video formats. The Star Tribune newspaper and StarTribune.com regularly reach more than two-thirds of the adults in the Twin Cities market or more than 1.7 million people. The company has been serving the Minneapolis/Saint Paul market for more than 144 years, providing trusted local and regional news and information produced by the largest force of professional journalists in the state. Star Tribune has more than 1,000 employees.
Job Description
Responsible for designing, writing, testing and deploying moderately complex and very complex, distributed interactive applications across various platforms. Takes lead role in large projects. Maintains and improves critical in-house production applications. Becomes familiar with the entire Digital Technology operation and is able to respond in a timely and knowledgeable manner to situations requiring his/her her attention. Remains current in understanding rapidly evolving technologies, particularly those related to digital technology.
Qualifications
Requires: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field or commensurate work experience. Minimum of 4 - 6 years work experience in a technical capacity, preferably in a web environment. Ideally, the applicant will have experience working with a media company.
Demonstrated understanding of computers and computer programs, as well as working comfortably with users facing technical problems in time-critical situations. Demonstrated understanding of Unix and familiarity with at least one other multi-user operating system, e.g. RHEL or OpenSolaris.
Programming experience:
Fluent in web programming languages, e.g. PHP, Perl, or Python
Familiar with web template languages, e.g. Smarty or Velocity
Fluent and experience in at least one relational database architecture, e.g. MySQL, MSSQL, or DB2
PHP Frame Work Experience, Zend Frame Work or CodeIgniter is a plus
JavaScript Framework experience jQuery preferred, other JS frameworks a plus
Enterprise Content Management System experience a plus
Fluent and experience in at least one compiled, object-oriented language, e.g. C++ or Java
Familiarity with a source code repository system like Subversion, Git, or CVS is a plus
Experience in Unit Testing frameworks like PHPUnit and JUnit is a plus
Understanding and experience in object orientated programming techniques and design patterns such as MVC, Subject-Observer, and Factory
An understanding of distributed computing methodologies and concepts
webGL is one of the latest technologies currently being developped for modern browsers. It makes full use of computer's GPU, graphics processing unit, that are equipped in most PC's in the current market.
1) Windows Use google's Chrome, Firefox of the current version. No hope for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Vista以上で、ChromeかFirefox、Operaなどが対応している。
2) Mac (OS X 10.5 and higher) Use google's Chrome, Firefox of the current version.
Concisely,start Safari menu> Safari > Preferences > Advanced > check mark "Show the Develop menu in menu bar" >Then Develop menu > click on Enable WebGL
For Safari browser, open the Safari menu and select Preferences. Click the Advanced tab in the Preferences window. check the Show Develop menu in menu bar checkbox at the bottom of the window.
Then, open the Develop menu in the menu bar and select Enable WebGL.