This course will give participants an opportunity to brush up on core data skills and combine them with advanced internet research for rich, in-depth investigations.
Drawing from real life examples and scenarios, this course will guide attendees from hypothesis to story, including sections on working with spreadsheets, scraping and importing data, investigating people and companies, and the latest tools and techniques.
This two-day workshop will be divided into half-day sections designed to take participants through the steps to build a lead into a full investigative story.
Section 1 - Finding the lead in the data
Section 2 - From Hypothesis to Data
Section 3 - Putting the flesh on the bones
Section 4 - Putting it all together and finding the narrative
Technical requirements
Bring your own laptop; wifi logons will be provided. Both Macs and PCs are ok. You should have Excel installed. We realise that some people prefer other spreadsheet programs, including LibreOffice and Google Sheets, but please be aware that the trainers will be working with Excel and that they may not always be able to accommodate the limitations of other programs.
Bookings
Big organisations (10+ people) - £285
Freelancers/small organisations (9 people and fewer) - £235
Students (evening/correspondence courses) - £175 (limited availability) - Full-time students - £110 (limited availability)
Goldsmiths students get 20% off: contact marina(at)tcij.org for Goldsmiths discount.
Tags: Journalism education Data journalism