Thursday, Sept. 1
1) Review Reading
How to Avoid 10 Common Mistakes In Data Reporting
AP Stylebook on Data Journalism
Example of a data journalism project gone wrong:
https://source.opennews.org/en-US/articles/gdelt-decontextualized-data/
https://storify.com/AthertonKD/if-a-data-point-has-no-context-does-it-have-any-me
2) Import Data from HMDA website
http://www.ffiec.gov/hmda/pdf/2013guide.pdf
3) Review Quiz
Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 6:
Finish quiz. Due Monday, Sept. 5, 5 pm
Chapter 1 of Data Journalism Handbook
Read: HMDA Guide: http://www.ffiec.gov/hmda/pdf/2013guide.pdf
Blog Post Due 5 pm Monday, Sept. 5.
Answer these reading questions:
What is the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and what is it trying to do?
What demographic data about borrowers are banks supposed to report?
Provide an example of a bank or credit union that doesn’t have to report under this law.
Data Journalism Handbook: Who is Philip Meyer and what was his role in the history of computer assisted reporting? Identify the book he wrote and describe its significance.
Describe the debate between computer-assisted reporting and data journalism.
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