Previous editions titled: Computer-assisted reporting.

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

The Fundamentals Remain...............................

How to Learn: Trial and Error...............................

Learning Computer-Assisted Reporting Skills...............................

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

Finding Data...............................

Digital Information and Data on the Internet...............................

Using Online Resources...............................

What Online Resources to Use...............................

Digital Library Researchers and Journalists...............................

Newsroom Databases...............................

Discussion Groups and Social Media...............................

Using Boolean Logic to Search the Internet...............................

Downloading Databases...............................

Downloading Different Files...............................

Web Scraping...............................

Gathering and Analyzing Text and Social Media...............................

Social Media for News Gathering and Analysis...............................

Crowd-Sourcing...............................

Authenticity and Accuracy...............................

Spreadsheets Basic Math for Journalists...............................

Becoming Friendly with Numbers...............................

Learning Addresses...............................

Calculating Percentages...............................

Going from Horizontal to Vertical...............................

Spreadsheets, More Math that Matters...............................

Pivot Tables...............................

Database Managers :Searching and Summarizing...............................

The Query...............................

Selecting and Searching...............................

Criteria and Filtering...............................

Sorting...............................

Criteria and Wildcards...............................

Boolean Logic: And, Or, Not...............................

Matchmaking...............................

Relational Databases Are Everywhere...............................

Joining Tables...............................

Enterprise Matchmaking...............................

Using Computer-Assisted Reporting in news Stories...............................

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

Finding Data...............................

Obtaining a Database...............................

The Record Layout...............................

Privacy and Security Issues...............................

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

When to Build...............................

Spreadsheet or Database Manager...............................

Dirty Data: How to check our Data and Clean...........................

Cryptic Codes...........................

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. 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"--