Data for Journalists - A Practical Guide for Computer-Assisted Reporting (Paperback, 3rd Edition)

This straightforward and effective how-to guide provides the basics for any reporter or journalism student beginning to use data for news stories. It has step-by-step instructions on how to do basic data analysis in journalism while addressing why these digital tools should be an integral part of reporting in the 21st century. In an ideal core text for courses on data-driven journalism or computer-assisted reporting, Houston emphasizes that journalists are accountable for the accuracy and relevance of the data they acquire and share.

With a refreshed design, this updated new edition includes expanded coverage on social media, scraping data from the web, and text-mining, and provides journalists with the tips and tools they need for working with data.

Table of Contents

1. Data Journalism: What Computer-Assisted Reporting Is and Why Journalists Use It

Part I. Learning Computer-Assisted Reporting Skills

2. Online Resources: Researching and Finding Data on the Internet

3. Spreadsheets, Part 1: Basic Math for Journalists

4. Spreadsheets, Part 2: More Math That Matters

5. Database Managers, Part 1: Searching and Summarizing

6. Database Managers, Part 2: Matchmaking and Advanced Queries

Part II. Using Computer-Assisted Reporting In News Stories

7. Getting Data Not on the Web: How to Find and Negotiate for Data

8. Building Your Own Database: How to Develop Exclusive Sources

9. Fact Checking the Database: How to Find and Clean Dirty Data

10. Doing the Computer-Assisted Reporting Story: How to Report and Write with Data

APPENDICES

A. A Short Introduction to Mapping

B. A Short Introduction to Social Network Analysis

C. Choosing Hardware and Software

Selected Bibliography

Glossary

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2018
First published:	2019
Authors:	Brant Houston
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	252
Edition:	3rd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8153-7040-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Press & journalism Promotions
LSN:	0-8153-7040-7
Barcode:	9780815370406

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