Agenda for Monday, Oct 1.
This week, we are working on Assignment #2.
Using ARDebt_Sept26
Select Your Story.
Write Your Proposal.
Build Context for Story
Work on Graphics
Contact People
Story Proposals
Select your story from this list
Contact three people in person or by phone. Who could they be?
Obtain their cell and email
Context
Overall averages, medians for particular topics.
What is the median student loan debt in 2016?
What is the median student loan debt for for-profit colleges in 2016?
What is the average default rate?
Writing Style Notes
Writing style notes
Don’t use this “respectively” construction.
It confuses the readers and leads to data errors.
Other private trade schools also made the top 10 list, such as Philander Smith in Little Rock and Bryan University in Rogers, with increases of 81 percent and 74 percent respectively.
.ITT Technical Institute, the University of phoenix, Philander Smith College and Bryan University are all classified as private schools and are the top four schools with graduated student loan debt in the state. Their debt has increased 106 percent, 102 percent, 81 percent and 74 percent respectively since 2012.
What Are The Issues With These Graphics?
Solid Chart
Details of DJ News Fund Program
- Cheyanne Mumphrey, a recent graduate of Northern Arizona University, spent 10 days at Arizona State University working with her fellow digital media interns to produce Ripple Effect Phoenix, before heading off to Hawaii News Now to cover stories like the Hokulea’s homecoming voyage.
- Hayley Harding, a senior at Ohio University, honed her data journalism skills at our residency program taught by experts from Investigative Reporters and Editors. Hayley reported to work at McClatchy DC, earning a byline in her first week.
- Allison Krug, a 2017 graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, attended the editing program at Penn State and interned at the Virginian-Pilot. Read more about her experience.
- James Rodriguez, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, was selected for the American City Business Journal business reporting program. James was one of 10 interns who spent a week at New York University learning to cover all aspects of business before returning home to work for the Austin Business Journal.
Sample tests
https://www.scribd.com/lists/21519819/Practice-Tests-for-DJNF-Internship-Programs
Homework
Story Memo Homework. By 11:59 p.m. Tuesday:
1) Select your data story idea,
2) Write the proposed first two paragraphs
3) Provide the names and phone numbers of the three human sources you will contact to report the story.