Chris Knox
NZ Herald | Data Editor and Head of Data Journalism
Chris Knox is a data journalist at the New Zealand Herald. R is his primary tool for seeking out and understanding datasets that might be the basis of a story. Trained as an atmospheric chemist, Chris made the jump to scientific visualisation early in his career and has spent the past twenty years working in the fields of data visualisation and more recently journalism. His role as a data journalist is to help the public connect with diverse datasets in engaging ways.
Workshop
Low cost & low stress approaches to getting started with open-source tools
Let's be honest it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the possibilities of open-source tools like R and some of the advanced work that is being showcased. But it doesn't have to be this way - the beauty of open-source tools is that they can serve anyone - from single user to large corporations. In this workshop we will showcase the basics principles of open-source data science. Chris will share how he puts these into practice in his daily work as a journalist and how you can build a basic data science platform for yourself that will enable you to make progress on version control, data sharing, data analysis and visualisation without expensive licenses or commercial support.