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Python and newsrooms: AMA with Winny de Jong
Winny de Jong, from the Dutch public broadcaster NOS, answers your questions about learning Python, hiring data journalists, and working at a broadcaster.
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Launch of DataJournalism.com
This special edition of Conversations with Data introduces you to the EJC's brand-new hub for data journalism - DataJournalism.com! We show you how to use this online learning space to read, watch, and discuss everything data.
Learn to code like a journalist
Coding has become an essential skill for newsroom journalists. Yet, despite the demand for these skills, many of us are still hesitant to get started. This edition will help you to take your first steps with code.
Data Journalists Discuss Their Tools of Choice
Psssss. That is the sound of your data decompressing from its airtight wrapper. Now what...
Getting Data from the Web
You’ve tried everything else, and you haven’t managed to get your hands on the data...
Reproducible journalism
For this conversation, we got talking with Jeremy Singer-Vine, Stephen Stirling, Timo Grossenbacher, and more, about how to set your stories up for repeatability.
Editorial transparency in computational journalism
As computational methods become more prevalent in the newsroom, Jennifer A. Stark examines the standards and expectations for ensuring editorial transparency.
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Python for journalists
This Python for Journalists course is meant for those who dabbled in Python, but somehow didn't persevere; and for those who can't wait to dive in head first... Though no programming knowledge is required, it helps if you know what a terminal or command prompt is and if you are familiar with Excel.
Contributors
Camille Borrett
Freelance Computational Social Scientist
Camille Borrett is a computational social scientist working for European Elections Stats
Moritz Laurer
Research Assistant
Moritz Laurer is a computational social scientist at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels.
Jacques Marcoux
Data journalist
Jacques Marcoux is an award-winning investigative reporter with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation specializing in data analysis. Previously he worked as a multi-platform reporter for the CBC's French network Radio-Canada, as a public relations officer in the agricultural industry and worked in competitive intelligence gathering in the financial industry.
Alice Corona
Consultant & Trainer | Project Leader @ Batjo
Alice is specialized in communicating data. In 2018 she helped kick-start Batjo, a project promoting data physicalization for journalism.
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The best way to learn python ~ THX!
hi, it seems that with the new version of python the code is now : conda activate...
Hi Simon! I have a mistake in the terminal: (pythonforjournalists)...
Hi,
I've updated the notebooks to make sure all are available both completed and empty....
Thank you for this clarification! The changes is due to a conda update... Happy Pythoning!
What a beatuful chance to know how Python is implemented in Data Journalism! Let`s start!
Thank you for clearing this up; conda indeed changed from 'source deactivate' to 'conda...
Really nice to join in. I can't wait to learn more about python coding having only started my...