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BUILDING YOUR DIGITAL TOOLBOXPrepared for “Digging Deep: Training for Reporters and Editors”
March 26, 2011
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THE INTERNET IS TWO THINGS…
Indispensable Challenging
AND… it shouldn’t take the place of the kind of reporting that takes you away from your computer
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New York Times Newsroom Navigator http://
topics.nytimes.com/top/news/technology/cybertimesnavigator/index.html
Created by the NY Times research staff IRE’s Beat Source Guide
http://www.ire.org/resourcecenter/initial-search-beat.html
Investigative Reporters and Editors’ website in general is very useful (www.ire.org)
Sree’s tips (Columbia Prof. Sree Sreenivasan) http://www.sreetips.com/
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FINDING SOURCES
ExpertClick http://www.expertclick.com
ProfNet http://www.profnet.com
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LOOK FOR WAYS TO MAKE COMPARISONS
Databases U.S. Census web site
Compare local demographic and business trends to national trends
Bureau of Labor Statistics: www.bls.gov Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance:
http://www.cfda.gov/ National Center for Health Statistics:
www.cdc.gov/nchs National Association of Health Data
Organizations: www.nahdo.org
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: http://www.fdic.gov/index.html
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ASK YOURSELF: “WHO WOULD HAVE REASON TO COLLECT THE TYPE OF INFORMATION I AM SEEKING?”
Then seek out web sites that cater to those audiences
For instance: “Head hunters” – people who do executive
recruiting – and the corporate offices that find candidates for executive positions also have Web sites they use, and you may learn something from these sites.
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TELLING A “GREAT STORY” WITH INFOGRAPHICS
A growing trend: the “Data Visualization” Should be used to tell a great story. What are they?
Visual representations of information “served up with a healthy dose of innovation and creativity” (Anthony Calabrese, MediaShift)
Becoming a “best practice” for online journalists (and others) as they consider how to tell the best interactive story for their reader
It can be a motion chart, a short video clip or an interactive
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OR THEY CAN BE FANCY:
The Trendalyzer Advanced motion chart that makes stats come to
life
Hans Rosling
You can make your own motion chart at http://www.Gapminder.org
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Journalism in the Age of Data http://datajournalism.stanford.edu/ Hour-long video, with many examples (and links
to places you can go to get usable data visualizations)
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THE GEOGRAPHY OF A RECESSION
Created as part of a graduate project by a student at American University
Featured on several major news networks for its quick and clear impact of unemployment spreading like a stain across the U.S.
LaToya Egwuekwe’s illustration
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FINALLY, THE BEST WAY TO USE THE INTERNET:
Share your ideas, share your best sources Don’t isolate yourself