Dear journos: Don’t fear the spreadsheet
Dear fellow journos, I write to you with concern, as it has come to my attention that many, if not most of you dread working with spreadsheets. I understand this fear. Journalists tend to come from arts or politics backgrounds, and so have never needed to interact with a computerised accounting tool. Working on a spreadsheet might seem daunting, but how is this different from word processing? Back in the days before PCs, words were not processed but crafted. A whole thought had to be constructed before it could be typed out. I would argue PCs have changed the...
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