R is a programming language and environment useful for journalists to handle large datasets, combine data sources, perform data analysis, web scraping, and data visualization. The document provides an introduction to R for journalism, noting that R allows journalists to work with large datasets, combine different data sources, and analyze and visualize data. It also shares how the author got started with R by taking an online course on DataCamp and establishing a community called R for Journalists. Resources for learning R like Stack Overflow, DataCamp, R-bloggers and a cookbook for R are also referenced.

1. How to Use R for Journalism
Rob Grant
www.rforjournalists.com
@rforjournalists @robgrantuk

2. What’s possible with R?

3. What is R?
● A programming language and environment
● Base package plus extras
Very good for:
● Handling large data sets
● Combining data sets together
● Data analysis
● Scraping
● Visualisation

4. How I got started with R
● Just beginning to be used by journalists
● Downloaded RStudio and did a course on DataCamp
● Established R community
● Set up R for Journalists

5. Links and resources
● Stack Overflow
● DataCamp
● R-bloggers
● Cookbook for R
● Rstats subreddit
● R for Journalists