Computer - Assisted Reporting: A Canadian Primer - Brossura

Vallance-Jones, Fred; McKie, David

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ISBN 10: 0195424573 ISBN 13: 9780195424577

Casa editrice: OUP Canada, 2009

Riassunto

Computer-Assisted Reporting: A Canadian Primer is a nuts-and-bolts guide for students in journalism programs at both the university and college level, as well as practicing reporters in print and broadcasting. Each chapter will cover a range of software skills that are presented using the same kind of data journalists use by combining the best elements of traditional information gathering with modern computerized techniques.

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L'autore

Fred Vallance-Jones is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Fred is an award-winning journalist who writes a regular column on CAR in the CAJ's Media Magazine. David McKie is an award-winning journalist who is a member of the CBC's investigative unit. He teaches CAR and research techniques at Carleton University's school of journalism.

Contenuti

• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• 1: Introduction to Computer-Assisted Reporting
• 2: Internet Research Strategies
• 3: Introduction to Spreadsheets
• 4: Taking Spreadsheets to the Next Level
• 5: Making the Move to Database Reporting
• 6: Advanced Database Techniques
• 7: Mapping Your Way to the Story
• 8: Finding and Getting Data
• 9: Organizing and Writing the CAR Story
• 10: Advanced Techniques
• References
• Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0195424573
• ISBN 13: 9780195424577
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304