Episode #3 of The Future Human Podcast is now live on iTunes and Soundcloud, and this time round we’re exploring Data Journalism. News ‘hacks’ and computer ‘hackers’ have collided, opening up a previously hidden world that has dominated the political news agenda for the last two years: from MPs’ expenses, to Hillary Clinton’s endorsement of spying on U.N. officials, to the secret ‘Star Wars’ arms race between the U.S. and China.

Joining the regular podcast team to explore this new media landscape is Martin Moore, head of the Media Standards Trust, a pioneering organisation that uses technology to make the British press more transparent. We discuss the implications of the Wikileaks affair, and ask how organisations, citizen journalists, and ‘hacktivist’ groups like Anonymous and LulzSec will evolve. Is the ‘information wants to be free’ ethic of the data journalism movement undermining the news industry or rejuvenating it in the eyes of the public?

We also hear from Mark Stephens, formerly the legal representative of Julian Assange, and also news editor Ben Leapman, who gives an inside perspective on how The Daily Telegraph handled the British MPs’ expenses scandal, recognised in Fleet Street as ‘the biggest story of the decade’.

You can listen to it below via Soundcloud, or subscribe and download from iTunes. Feel free to leave comments and ratings, as well as your own thoughts on how the data journalism movement is reshaping the way we receive news and information. And if you missed them over the last month, take a listen to our Total Filmmaking and End of the Oil Age podcasts too.