Data Journalism and Visualization.

Catalog description

Semester course; 2 lecture and 2 laboratory hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: MASC 203 ; and STAT 208 or STAT 210 . Enrollment is restricted to mass communications majors. A practical guide to computer-assisted reporting and data-driven storytelling. Focus on finding authoritative sources and information on the internet, analyzing data with spreadsheets and other tools and creating online graphics. Students will learn how to evaluate the reliability of electronic information and how the First Amendment and journalism ethics apply to data.