Connecting the dots
Introduction to Microsoft Access More and more journalists discover the possibilities of doing their own data analysis, from the very simple to pretty advanced. Usually, Microsoft Excel is the tool of choice. That is a good choice, because Excel is available on most office computers, is easy to learn and quite powerful for those who […]
Online Polling
Journalists are always very keen to use data in news stories. Indeed, it is thanks to statistical information that political predictions and dramatic statements about the number and motives of ‘binge drinkers’ seem to make sense. However, two problems exist when using statistical information in news articles. The first one is the problem of misinterpretation. […]
News on a map
All politics is local, a politician once said. All journalism is local aswell. But how do you put the news on a map, so readers can see how the news affect their lives? Applications like MapInfo and ArcView give you the oppurtunity to put all kinds of data on a map. In which constituencies did […]
Put it in a box
Microsoft Excel Basics This hands-on workshop will offer beginning level instruction in this popular spreadsheet program. Participants will learn how to move around a worksheet, enter and edit labels and values, use AutoFill, add and remove rows and columns, use simple formulas, create graphs and charts and enhance a worksheet. Starting with the basics, and […]
Webscraping
Lots of websites contain information that can be of great value to you as a journalist. But this information might change every day, and therefore it is impossible to keep track of it by hand. That’s why we let the computer do our work for us. This is called webscraping. At NRC Handelsblad, I have […]
Data mining
The web contains many interesting listst and databases. Grab them on your hard disk, in order to clean, calculate and analyse. Trainer: Luuk Sengers
Digging for global data
Food prices are rising steep; unemployment in the EU is going up, Sub-Sahara developing countries are doing well in ICT development. How do you check these statements, or find the data to sustain these statements? If you use Google keyword search je will miss 80% of the fun. Google indexes not more than 20% of […]
Stay tuned
RSSfeeds in all forms are a powerful instrument for journalists to cover a subject during a longer period of time. There are stand-alone RSSfeeds, like Omea Reader, or integrated readers, like the one Google offers. Both are useful in their own way, and you will learn how to successfully let them do boring and time-consuming […]
Managerstrack
On Friday Afternoon, immediately following the start of the conference at the Marriott Hotel, the European Investigative Journalism Conference will provide publishers, managers and editors in chief with a special ‘track’ of panel sessions, catered towards the needs of those in charge of news rooms and media outlets. You will have to sign up separately […]
Build your own website
JOURNALIST 2.0 Make yourself findable and searchable on the web. Marie-José Klaver will explain how you can use free tools and programs like WordPress, tagging, LinkedIn and Twitter to present yourself and your work on the internet. Trainer: Marie-José Klaver When? Friday November 21st, 3.45 PM Where? Erasmushogeschool, Room 1.09 (1st floor)
