Deadman Reading

1) What is important about this reading? 2) What is the hidden message behind these readings?      Taylor Pratt Edmond, Oklahoma Broadcast Journalism/ Minor in Marketing Volunteered at UATV, News 9 OKC, and various other marketing events. I enjoy to run! I also have a...

AP Stylebook Definition of Data Journalism

Definition from the AP Stylebook, 2016 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ data journalism   Data sources used in stories should be vetted for integrity and validity. When evaluating a data set, consider the following questions: -What is the original...

Reading a data dictionary

By Daniel Trielli Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland Understand what the data dictionary is showing Why different tables? They show us the columns, but what are the rows? Understand what the fields mean Are the descriptions clear? Do we need...

For Tuesday, Aug 30:

Announcements: Guest Speaker, Sept. 13: Jesse Holland, Associated Press reporter  1) Review reading questions on Dedman, Color of Money 2) Continue with sorting, percentage change –Which had greatest rate of change between 1950-2015? –Are any urban...

For Thursday, Aug 25

Thursday, Aug 25: 1) Review reading questions on Dedman, Color of Money 2) Windows vs Mac: Excel, Access and data 3) Resume Exercise #2 – NICAR Coursepack –Review Exercise1 & Basics and Sorting in Excel      —Open sample dataset: UrbanPop.xls 1. Make a...