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Special Series: Teaching Data Journalism 2015

Learning to find, clean, analyze and visualize data is critical in journalism education today. (Public domain image from DARPA)

As calls for improvements in journalism education expand, instruction in dealing with data keeps appearing as a consistent thread. To help educators consider how to do this across the curriculum, we’re revisiting the topic in this series. Our first look at teaching data journalism appeared last July, and the tools and approaches have expanded in the months since.

Series Posts

Can Data Journalism Be Taught?, by Simon Rogers

Pro Partnerships and Data Courses at WVU, by Alison Bass

Remix: How Our Data Students Succeeded with More Structure and Freedom, by Nicole Blanchett Neheli

How to Teach Data Journalism for Beginners, by Kelly Fincham

2014 Series Posts

How J-Schools Are Tackling Demand for Data Journalism Skills, by Katherine Krueger

Take an Interviewing Approach to Find Stories in Data, by Derek Willis

6 Questions for the Tow Center’s Alex Howard on Data Journalism by Meagan Doll

7 Ways to Incorporate Data Journalism into Your Classes, by Mike Reilley

Remix: Put Data Journalism into Every Entry-Level J-School Class, by Kathleen Bartzen Culver

Past Coverage

Tow Center Showcase Puts Data Journalism in the Spotlight, by Lauren E. Mack

Big Data for Social Justice: Stackedup.org, by Meredith Broussard

Columbia’s Lede Program Aims to Go Beyond the Data Hype, by Cathy O’Neil

How to Create a Successful Online Course — Without Muppets, by Steve Doig

Assignment Remix: Tackling Data Requests in Classes, by Meredith Broussard

Young Journalists Can Dream Big with AP-Google Scholarship, by Emily Eggleston

Twitter Chat

Read the Storify from our #EdShift chat on teaching data journalism.

Kathleen Bartzen Culver :Kathleen Bartzen Culver is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, teaching and researching at the intersection of ethics and digital media practices. Culver also serves as associate director of the Center for Journalism Ethics and Education Curator for PBS MediaShift.

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