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Claire Miller

Claire Miller, Author of Getting Started with Data Journalism - Second Edition

Claire is the author of the Leanpub book Getting Started with Data Journalism - Second Edition. In this interview, Claire talks about her background and career, data journalism broadly and the details of how it has evolved over time, the importance of mobile, her book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience writing a book.

Claire is the author of the Leanpub book Getting Started with Data Journalism - Second Edition. In this interview, Claire talks about her background and career, data journalism broadly and the details of how it has evolved over time, the importance of mobile, her book, and at the end, they talk a little bit about her experience writing a book.

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