2014 conversation with a leading practitioner of data journalism. Cohen is editor of computer-assisted reporting at the New York Times and board president of Investigative Reporters & Editors.
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Tip sheet that highlights perennial journalistic problems and provides a dozen models of background research that can help reporters sort through conflicting information.
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Overview article that provides an introduction to the academic research world and explains how it can be leveraged by journalists.
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Roundup of useful studies that can enhance campus-based stories and provide material for practicing knowledge-based reporting.
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Spring 2014 highlights from talks by journalists and media thinkers, including David Carr, Julia Angwin, Andrew Revkin, Deborah Amos, Brian McGrory, Ben Smith and Andrea Mitchell
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Understanding numbers and conveying their meaning is part of being a journalist. You should have a working knowledge of arithmetic, be comfortable with statistics, percentages and more.
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Recent interviews with Journalist’s Resource research director Thomas Patterson. Patterson is author of the forthcoming book Informing the News: The Need for Knowledge-based Journalism.
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Highlights and audio from a series of 2014 seminars held at the Harvard Kennedy School, as well as a reading list of related work by the scholars, selected by Journalist’s Resource.
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2014 discussion with the senior fellow and director of the Brookings Institution’s Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence.
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2014 review of the six finalists for the Shorenstein Center’s Goldsmith Prize; the social impacts of each story is articulated by the reporters.
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