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Editor of Guardian's Datablog and Datastore wins award Editor of Guardian's Datablog and Datastore wins award
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Simon Rogers, editor of the Guardian's Datablog and Datastore (guardian.co.uk/data), received the Royal Statistical Society award for journalistic excellence in its online category.Simon Rogers, editor of the Guardian's Datablog and Datastore (guardian.co.uk/data), received the Royal Statistical Society award for journalistic excellence in its online category.
The judges praised the Datablog, saying it "not only used statistics to address questions of political importance but challenged assertions and behaviours of policy makers in a well-argued way." The judges praised the Datablog, saying it "not only used statistics to address questions of political importance but challenged assertions and behaviours of policy makers in a well-argued way".
The site analyses data in the news and makes it accessible to readers to visualise and download for themselves. The RSS judges praised "how the site makes full use of the web-based format including interactive maps, animations and videos, and both makes the data behind the stories readily accessible to users of the site and engages with them." The site analyses data in the news and makes it accessible to readers to visualise and download for themselves. The RSS judges praised "how the site makes full use of the web-based format including interactive maps, animations and videos, and both makes the data behind the stories readily accessible to users of the site and engages with them".
The Datablog was also commended in this year's Online Media Awards and Rogers last year received Oxford University's Internet Institute award for Best UK internet journalist.The Datablog was also commended in this year's Online Media Awards and Rogers last year received Oxford University's Internet Institute award for Best UK internet journalist.