Slides to accompany an AEJMC panel presentation; a brief introduction to data journalism and a hands-on exercise using IPEDS data

1. DATA JOURNALISM Mitzi Lewis, Midwestern State University “ Geeks - The New Journalists” panel AEJMC 2011 conference AuguST 12, 2011

4. FIRST ISSUE OF THE GUARDIAN

5. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE – MORTALITY IN THE ARMY Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/aug/13/florence-nightingale-graphics#

6. DETROIT RIOTS Source: http://quod.lib.umich.edu

9. Source: http://nmd.arkena.tv/012898356641464/go-figure

10. DATA JOURNALISM = A PROCESS Source: http://datadrivenjournalism.net/

12. IPEDS DATA CENTER

13. COMPARE INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTIONS

14. WHAT DATA WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCESS?

15. CLICK ‘CONTINUE’

16. SELECT INSTITUTIONS

17. SELECT YOUR COMPARISON INSTITUTIONS

18. SELECT INSTITUTIONS BY VARIABLES

19. BROWSE/SEARCH VARIABLES

20. CLICK ‘+’ TO EXPAND VARIABLES

21. VARIABLES

22. MAKE SELECTION: YEARS AND COST OF ATTENDANCE

23. MAKE SELECTION: YEAR, STATE, AND SECTOR

24. VERIFY VARIABLES

25. CLICK ‘CONTINUE’

26. SPECIFY VALUES TO DEFINE INSTITUTION GROUP

27. SPECIFY VALUES FOR INSTITUTION GROUP (VARIABLE = STATE)

28. SPECIFY VALUES FOR INSTITUTION GROUP (VARIABLE = SECTOR)

29. VERIFY SELECTIONS SAVED THEN CLICK ‘SUBMIT’

30. CHECK INSTITUTION LIST

31. CLICK ‘CONTINUE’

32. VARIABLES AVAILABLE FOR EXTRACTION

33. SELECT VARIABLES

34. CLICK ‘CONTINUE’

35. OUTPUT SPECIFICATION

36. CHOOSE TABLE NAME, VARIABLE SPECIFICATIONS, & OUTPUT FORMAT; CLICK ‘CONTINUE’

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