data journalism
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Slides to accompany an AEJMC panel presentation; a brief introduction to data journalism and a hands-on exercise using IPEDS dataTRANSCRIPT
DATA JOURNALISMMitzi Lewis, Midwestern State University
“Geeks - The New Journalists” panel
AEJMC 2011 conference
AuguST 12, 2011
WHY DATA JOURNALISM?
“Data-driven journalism is the future”-Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web
Source:http://www.guardian.co.uk/ media/2010/nov/22/data-analysis-tim-berners-lee
FIRST ISSUE OF THE GUARDIAN
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/aug/13/florence-nightingale-graphics#
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE – MORTALITY IN THE ARMY
Source: http://quod.lib.umich.edu
DETROITRIOTS
WHAT IS DATA JOURNALISM?
“incomprehensibly enormous”
– Paul Bradshaw, data journalism trainer at the Guardian
WHAT IS DATA JOURNALISM?
Investigative research
Statistics
Design
Programming
Source: http://nmd.arkena.tv/012898356641464/go-figure
DATA JOURNALISM = A PROCESS
Source: http://datadrivenjournalism.net/
IPEDS DATA CENTER
COMPARE INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTIONS
WHAT DATA WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCESS?
CLICK ‘CONTINUE’
SELECT INSTITUTIONS
SELECT YOUR COMPARISON INSTITUTIONS
SELECT INSTITUTIONS BY VARIABLES
BROWSE/SEARCH VARIABLES
CLICK ‘+’ TO EXPAND VARIABLES
VARIABLES
MAKE SELECTION: YEARS AND COST OF ATTENDANCE
MAKE SELECTION: YEAR, STATE, AND SECTOR
VERIFY VARIABLES
CLICK ‘CONTINUE’
SPECIFY VALUES TO DEFINE INSTITUTION GROUP
SPECIFY VALUES FOR INSTITUTION GROUP (VARIABLE = STATE)
SPECIFY VALUES FOR INSTITUTION GROUP (VARIABLE = SECTOR)
VERIFY SELECTIONS SAVED THEN CLICK ‘SUBMIT’
CHECK INSTITUTION LIST
CLICK ‘CONTINUE’
VARIABLES AVAILABLE FOR EXTRACTION
SELECT VARIABLES
CLICK ‘CONTINUE’
OUTPUT SPECIFICATION
CHOOSE TABLE NAME, VARIABLE SPECIFICATIONS, & OUTPUT FORMAT; CLICK ‘CONTINUE’
DOWNLOADED FILE
7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE DATA GEEKS
1. Document your processes
2. List source and date of download/access in files
3. Save original files
4. Use conceptual names
5. Use hierarchy when saving files
6. Save a working copy of your file and use it for your data analysis
7. Back up your data
QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
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