At the Guardian we are constantly looking at ways of engaging our readers with new forms of online interaction, and developments which will improve our journalism.
Our Datablog is part of a wider initiative aimed at making Guardian Unlimited more open and more useful to readers. It will also provide interesting examples of what other organisations are doing with their raw numbers, or data to which they have access.
If we expose the bare bones of the numerical or statistical basis for stories – and particularly if we make it available to readers, users and developers – then it ought to produce both a more complete and transparent version of the news. It may even help share some observations and facts with those more knowledgable than ourselves.
As ever with these enterprises, if you have suggestions, recommendations, or feedback either positive or negative, then please let us know.
