Data Journalism: Turning dreary numbers into interactive news stories
Instructor(s)
Roselyn Du, Xiaohui WANG, Janet Lo
Departments /Offices
Department of Journalism, Hong Kong Baptist University
Course Type
Invite-only
First Start Date
September 2018
Commitment
2 hours/week
Length
3 weeks
Language
English
Description :
With vast amounts of data now openly accessible online, and the new infographic technologies available to visualize data, news media are increasingly making use of these valuable mines of data to source and produce their stories. Data journalism – the use of numerical data in the production and distribution of news – is an emerging subarea in our field. This course is not just about dull statistics or dreary numbers. The aim of the course is to examine data journalism at its core through case studies and hands-on practice of data skills.