News Reporting (421-4-26)

Topic

Data

Instructors

Jill Blackman

Meeting Info

Meets in Non-General PurposeRm: Tues, Thurs 9:00AM - 11:50AM

Overview of class

Learning basic data journalism skills for a daily news cycle is the focus of this fun and engaging, hands-on news reporting Q2 class.

Data story ideas will come from beats and specializations including sports, business, weather, health, climate & politics.

By the end of the course students will have produced a wide range of data stories with interactive visualizations -- with the opportunity to publish these stories on the Medill Reports website or pitched to other media.

The class will include analysis and discussion of current examples of data-driven stories. A portion of class time will be dedicated to reporting, story editing, data gathering and visualization production.

Class Materials (Required)

None

Class Attributes

Attendance at 1st class mandatory