During this second semester, I will be keeping a weekly workbook about what I am learning in the module Digital Journalism 2, I will also document here the process of creation of my assessment project which is an infographic. WEEK 1 - Jan. 28th Morning: Meeting in...
WEEK 1: For the first lesson of the module, we learnt about data journalism, and why journalists use data in stories to provide background and explain developments. We also got a better understanding of three different types of data journalism in a newsroom - investigative...
It has now been almost a decade since infographics were invented. But the word “infographic” itself entered our daily vocabulary only a few years ago. Here is the definition which is given by the Oxford English Dictionary, an infographic (or information graphic) is “a visual representation...
The data of people using online banking shows a steady increase in the last 6 years causing a rise in fraud and computer misuse. In a society where the Internet has never been more apparent it runs the risk of allowing more and more people to...
Week 1: Introduction to the module, what we’re going to do this semester, we talked about final assignments and what we are expected to do. Week 2: We went through the homework we had. For the homework we had to choose a database and create a...
An Increased number of people are choosing Apprenticeships over University In the UK in the last 5 years the number of people starting apprenticeships has risen over the years and apprenticeships are winning more candidates than universities in the UK as the figures of people that...
Week 1 We started Monday’s session with going over the homework stories à this included the five different links provided that showed different sets of data, discussing patterns and possible stories that could arise from these sets of data We next discussed ways of visualising...
Week One Introduction to Broadcast Journalism Learnt what assessments we will have which were: CW1: Infographic 80% and CW2: professional conduct 20% What is data? Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis, records or measurements of something, data is also gathered and analysed in a rigorous, rule-governed...
Digital Journalism: DIGITAL JOURNALISM WORKBOOK Introduction to Broadcast Journalism: INTRO TO BROADCAST JOURNALISM WORKBOOK ...
I decided to write a story about the Syrian refugees and to use an infographics to tell this story. First I wanted to have the Syrian flag because it's related to Syria and to have the two main countries which they were travelling to before...