Data Journalism

1 Day

What you will learn:

Sourcing great stories through the
vast array of publically available data is becoming one of the
key skills a journalist needs. This two-day course not only
teaches you where to look for that data, both manually and
automatically, it also teaches you what to do with it when
you find it. You will learn how to interrogate data using Excel
and other software, how to mash different data sets, how to
clean dirty data and how to visualise it effectively.

Workshop content includes:

• Why data journalism?
• Finding data and using automation
• Data journalism against a deadline: spreadsheet basics and
tricks
• Visualisation: picking the right chart; mapping
• Stick data journalism – interactive maps, databases and
infographics
• Combining more than one data source
• Dealing with dirty data
• Statistics – avoiding mistakes and finding more stories
• Getting data for background and context
Not for: Those who believe everything they read on the web and social media