Data Journalism Fall 2017

SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND STRATEGIC MEDIA

Course Goal: Students will learn best practices and common software tools to gather, visualize and interpret data effectively in daily journalism.

Course Description: The class provides an introduction to the basic data reporting skills, but it is much more than learning software and pressing buttons. This class will describe how to use data to guide and inform your reporting, and how this will change your relationship with sources and the people you cover. At each step, this class describes real-world examples of ethical issues and best practices in data reporting. The end goal is to use data to advance important journalism that helps us tell stories that better serve the public.