Data for Journalists: A Practical Guide for Computer-Assisted Reporting

1. Data Journalism: What Computer-Assisted Reporting Is and Why Journalists Use It

Part I. Learning Computer-Assisted Reporting Skills

2. Online Resources: Researching and Finding Data on the Internet

3. Spreadsheets, Part 1: Basic Math for Journalists

4. Spreadsheets, Part 2: More Math That Matters

5. Database Managers, Part 1: Searching and Summarizing

6. Database Managers, Part 2: Matchmaking and Advanced Queries

Part II. Using Computer-Assisted Reporting In News Stories

7. Getting Data Not on the Web: How to Find and Negotiate for Data

8. Building Your Own Database: How to Develop Exclusive Sources

9. Fact Checking the Database: How to Find and Clean Dirty Data

10. Doing the Computer-Assisted Reporting Story: How to Report and Write with Data

APPENDICES

A. A Short Introduction to Mapping

B. A Short Introduction to Social Network Analysis

C. Choosing Hardware and Software

Selected Bibliography

Glossary