Database checklist: Key academic research resources — both free and restricted
Article with links to key academic and research databases and a discussion of free/paid access issues.
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Research chat: Martin Nisenholtz on the New York Times and digital journalism
June 2013 interview with Martin Nisenholtz, senior advisor for the New York Times Company and an adjunct associate professor at the Columbia Journalism School.
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Urs Gasser of the Berkman Center on digital media and tech trends: Research chat
May 2013 interview with Urs Gasser, executive director of Harvard’s Berkman Center. He discusses youth and privacy, bullying, social networking trends and the news media.
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News apps and data: A brief primer and overview
2013 primer on best practices, development tips and the value of digital news apps that allow for interactive visualizations of information.
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John Huey, former Time Inc. editor-in-chief: Research chat
May 2013 interview with Huey, former editor-in-chief of Time Inc. He gives advice to journalists and talks about the future of the news and his research on technology and media.
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Understanding data journalism: Overview of resources, tools and topics
2012 article surveying the sites, tools and concepts that are part of the evolving field of data journalism. Topics covered include open datasets as well as data cleanup and visualization.
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Deen Freelon of American University: Research chat on digital scholarship
2013 chat with digital media and politics scholar Deen Freelon, of American University. Topics include the Arab Spring, Big Data, journalism.
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2012 General Social Survey: More Americans have no religious preference
2013 report from U.C. Berkeley and Duke University on the results of a long-running survey by the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center.
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Does March Madness lead to irrational exuberance in the NBA draft?
2012 study on college player performance in the NCAA tournament and relationship with NBA success.
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Research chat: Rajiv Chandrasekaran on conflict-zone and military reporting
2013 interview with Washington Post foreign correspondent and associate editor Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan.
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