Data for journalists : a practical guide for computer-assisted reporting / Brant Houston.

Previous editions titled: Computer-assisted reporting.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What data journalism and computer-assisted reporting is and why journalists use it -- Online resources : researching and finding data on the internet -- Gathering and analyzing text and social media -- Spreadsheets, part 1 : basic math for journalists -- Spreadsheets, part 2 : more math that matters -- Database managers, part 1 : searching and summarizing the query -- Database managers, part 2 : relational databases are everywhere -- Getting data not on the Web : how to find and negotiate for data -- Building your own database : how to develop exclusive sources -- Dirty data : how to fact check your data and clean it -- Doing the data journalism and computer-assisted reporting story : how to report and write with data.

This straightforward and effective how-to guide provides the basics for any reporter or journalism student beginning to use data for news stories. It has step-by-step instructions on how to do basic data analysis in journalism while addressing why these digital tools should be an integral part of reporting in the 21st century. In an ideal core text for courses on data-driven journalism or computer-assisted reporting, Houston emphasizes that journalists are accountable for the accuracy and relevance of the data they acquire and share. With a refreshed design, this updated new edition includes expanded coverage on social media, scraping data from the web, and text-mining, and provides journalists with the tips and tools they need for working with data. --Amazon.com