Digital life is based upon a gratuitous amount of information and data; therefore, managing the data is the most critical part of digital life in journalism. Organized data not only helps journalists retrieve their memories from certain events via computer-assisted reporting, but also helps keeping in contact with colleagues and people of interest, and even […]
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Briggs Ch. 9 – ‘Data-driven journalism and digitizing your life’
March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Ch. 9 – ‘Data-driven journalism and digitizing your life’ · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Organizing your digital life was the focus of this chapter. There are many free or trial programs that can help you organize your digital self. Since these programs are online, they are easily edited and can be accessible to others. Some examples: Backpack Zoho MS Office Suite (Outlook, etc) Dropbox Basecamp Databases are helpful in […]
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Chapter 9 — Data-Driven Journalism and Digitizing Your Life
March 21st, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 9 — Data-Driven Journalism and Digitizing Your Life · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
“Unless you are a so-called early adopter, you probably find it impossible to keep tabs on all the latest and greatest tools and services available online.” Briggs advises first and foremost: Organize your e-mail Find the right personal productivity tools Data driven journalism: Every story is a field of data Telling stories with data
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