practice data skills test

Using data from The Guardian data store I have created a chart on many eyes

Practice data test

Having downloaded data about fixed penalty notices for littering, I created a chart using google docs to show the amount of money that councils in lancashire collected. Not all the councils gave the information therefore the chart shows results for those that did.

I created the chart by selecting the councils that sit under the Lancashire umbrella and making a new spreadsheet with this information.

The result is below

Map skills test

This google map contains the locations of several stories which were featured in the Lancashire Eveneing post on the 5th October. The map was created as part of the digital journalism module.


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Image Skills Test

As part of the digital journalism module I have photographed one of the signs on UCLan campus and re- sized it several times. I have also included the original image.

Original Image



Thumbnail Image



400 x 300 Image



200 x 500 Image

Editing videos

A practice run at editing videos. The video contains an interview with a UCLan student about tuition fees.

Google Map Exercise

As part of an exercise for the digital journalism module, this map displays the location of the photograph in the previous post. Creating the map was a relatively easy process to work through.


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uclan campus photo

Photo of a sign on one of the carparks on UCLAN campus.