Course Description
This course will introduce participants to a host of online investigative journalism tools, data visualisation and storytelling tools. The course includes a quick overview of a number of online tools that are free and open source, and assist journalists to tell engaging stories using data visualisation embeds. The course also includes hands-on practical sessions to allow participants to become familiar with these tools.
Learning Outcomes
- Know of the various existing investigative online tools that can assist journalists
- Identify Data Visualisation as a distinct stage in the Data Pipeline
- Differentiate between different data visualisation tools
- Identify which tool to use in which circumstance
- Become familiar with the use of different data visualisation tools
- Be able to embed data visualisations into stories with ease
Intended Audience
Journalists or story-tellers who wish to incorporate data visualisations into their stories, or data wranglers or analysts who are looking for innovative ways of presenting data visualisations.
Course Level
Introductory
Course Length
2 days
Additional Comments
Participants need to have access to their own laptops, as well as an activated google account.
