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Computer-Assisted Reporting A Practical Guide

Computer-Assisted Reporting A Practical Guide
Author:
Brant Houston
Publisher:
Routledge
Release Date:
2014
ISBN-10:
1317519434
ISBN-13:
9781317519430

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About Computer-Assisted Reporting A Practical Guide

This straightforward and effective how-to guide provides the basics for any journalist or 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. The book pays particular attention to the need for accuracy in computer-assisted reporting and to both the potential and pitfalls in utilizing large datasets in journalism. An ideal core text for courses on data-driven journalism or computer-assisted reporting, Houston pushes back on current trends by helping current and future journalists become more accountable for the accuracy and relevance of the data they acquire and share. Online instructor's materials are available to adopting professors, and additional exercises are available free online to students at the below…

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