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As simple as that: how we designed the HS2 campaign tool

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This post is about the tool me and my team designed for our HS2 campaign in the "Build the news" event and how we came out with the the Fusion table-to-Twitter map with which we won the "Crowd" category. And, as the title suggests, the combination of tools I used are free and really easy to use.

The tool

What we had in mind was to create a map showing the votes of MPs in the recent HS2 Preparation Bill by constituency, then allowing the users to tweet their opinion about the vote to their MP.
There is already

BCU team wins The Times' "Build The News"

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@bhameastside @bcumedia BCU data journalists at the end of #buildthenews.Great fun! pic.twitter.com/IpEXfXilaw
— Marianna Russo (@Mayaruss) February 23, 2014

My team and me won the "Crowd" category of the Times' "Build The News" event.

Our project is called "HS2: have a say" and it allows citizens to tweet to Parliamentarians their opinion about the HS2 project, showing how MPs voted in the recent "Preparation Bill" debate, held in the House of Parliament.

The High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill is a paving Bill to authorise further spending on preparation for the HS2 project.

We created a map which shows how