De-identification for data journalists

Data de-identification

The European Journalism Center has put together a new kick-ass resource for data journalists at DataJournalism.com. It was a great honor to get to contribute an article to the growing list of resources.

I wrote a little guide on how to think about personal information when working with datasets, how to identify data that could expose personal details, and how to remove such information before publication. There is a lot of useful content on the site and I would definitely recommend signing up for the newsletter.

You can find the full article here.