JOUR 619 - Data Journalism

(3 units)

Learn techniques and strategies for using numerical data for investigative and explanatory journalism.

Maximum units a student may earn: 3

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. analyze factual assertions and determine their reliability.
2. constitute statistical proof, be able to assess the credibility of scientific studies and report on studies accurately.
3. locate, download, clean and manipulate publicly available databases and spreadsheets.
4. compute correlations, median, means and estimates and understand what they mean.
5. demonstrate familiarity with public information laws.
6. develop data narratives; find stories in data; find data to support stories.
7. recognize and critically evaluate the challenges in data journalism practices.

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