http://www.anthonydebarros.com/2010/02/06/spreading-data-journalism/ DATA. JOURNALISM. LIFE. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:56:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.anthonydebarros.com/2010/02/06/spreading-data-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Anthony Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:51:41 +0000 http://www.anthonydebarros.com/?p=400#comment-139 Yes. It makes for a smarter newsroom and better stories. Yes. It makes for a smarter newsroom and better stories.

]]> http://www.anthonydebarros.com/2010/02/06/spreading-data-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Gregory Korte Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:29:57 +0000 http://www.anthonydebarros.com/?p=400#comment-138 I agree with all this. I've learned the hard way that it's overly optimistic to have everyone in the newsroom learn Excel -- much less Access. But just as a working knowledge of public records law is essential for any hard news reporter, we ought to expect some basic level of data literacy. Even if you have specialists to crunch the numbers, the entire newsroom needs to adopt a data-oriented mindset. I agree with all this. I’ve learned the hard way that it’s overly optimistic to have everyone in the newsroom learn Excel — much less Access. But just as a working knowledge of public records law is essential for any hard news reporter, we ought to expect some basic level of data literacy. Even if you have specialists to crunch the numbers, the entire newsroom needs to adopt a data-oriented mindset.

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