Teaching Journalism

From open data to open code: The Guardian launches Miso project

Apr 23, 2012 - Posted by Belinda Alzner

New for your reporter toolkit is code that will allow you to make data visualizations just like The Guardian.

Oct 24, 2008 - Posted by Fred Vallance-Jones

Election nights are great for journalism, but they turn out to be great for journalism instructors as well. Second-year students at the University of King's College covered the October 14, 2008 election live as a class project. CAR contributing editor Fred Vallance-Jones explains how he put the coverage together. See the class website site here and click below to read more.

Syllabi for computer-assisted reporting courses

Feb 21, 2007 - Posted by Mary McGuire

A select list of links from the Investigative Reporters and Editors to some of the best courses in computer-assisted and investigative reporting.

A guide to computer-assisted reporting

Feb 21, 2007 - Posted by Mary McGuire

An article, from the Poynter Institute, about how computer-assisted reporting enriches newspaper stories.

More syllabi for computer-assisted reporting courses

Feb 21, 2007 - Posted by Mary McGuire

A broad collection of links to a variety of university-level computer-assisted reporting courses.

Resources for teaching computer-assisted reporting

Sep 20, 2006 - Posted by Mary McGuire

CARinCanada is a website where Canadian journalists can learn about computer-assisted reporting in Canada, and get weekly tips to help them use spreadsheets and databases in their reporting. The site is maintained by Fred Vallance-Jones, a reporter at the Hamilton Specator, part-time instructor at the University of King's College, and a veteran user of computer-assisted reporting techniques. He also edits J-Source's CAR J-Topic.