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Data is the future

My definition of data journalism, is journalism driven by good storytelling, which is interactive, visual and involving data.  Not every story is going to be data  driven, but most should have some component of data involved to pull in readers.

Zahra Farah September 7, 2014September 8, 2014 Uncategorized Read more

In The Newsroom: [Re]Defining Reporting

Before I hop into my definition of ‘data journalism’ and its implications- I’d like to point out two concepts from the reading that caught my attention. Perhaps the biggest takeaway from these cases was the recurring presence of multimodality. More often than not, these

Jesse W. September 6, 2014September 8, 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Beth

Hi, I’m Elizabeth Sanders, but most people call me Beth. I am a senior, and my major is journalism with a minor in English. After I graduate, I would like to work for a magazine or go to law school

Elizabeth Sanders September 3, 2014September 8, 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Hello classmates!

Nice to (re)meet everyone. My name is Virginia Alves and I’m a Mass Communication – Public Relations student with a French Minor and I am currently a communications intern at AARP Texas in Austin. I was born in Brazil but

Virginia Alves September 3, 2014September 3, 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Hello All.

By far this is seems to be the most exciting class that I will be apart of since coming to Texas State. I am Junior here, who happens to major in Electronic Media & Mass Comm. Transferring from a community

Thomas Hodge September 3, 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Jordan Gass-Poore’: The NY Times’ ‘Where Are You From?’ Quiz Was Right

Yes, I was born and raised in Texas. I’m trying to neutralize my Southern dialect by saying “you all” instead of “y’all.” A pet peeve of mine is when people spell it “ya’ll.” I was once asked to be a

Jordan Gass-Poore' September 3, 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Hi, I’m Zahra!

Hi everyone, My name is Zahra Farah and I’m a journalism and international relations senior. I’m excited to  learn about coding and data building, because I feel like it could help me become a better storyteller and writer. Some of

Zahra Farah September 2, 2014September 8, 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Hey class, it’s Harrison

Just from the last two class meetings, I can tell this is going to be an awesome class! My name is Harrison Holt and I am currently in my junior year at Texas State University. I am obtaining my degree

Harrison August 31, 2014August 31, 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Meet & Greet: Jesse

Hello coding compatriots! (^-^)v It was nice meeting all of you in class last week! Again, this is Jesse – your resident hipster/nerd. I’ve supplied a photograph below for a mental bookmark. The remarkably spry looking fellow on the left is indeed my father. This photograph

Jesse W. August 30, 2014September 1, 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Hello world.

<script> document.write(“Hello world<br/>”); </script> This is Apan (Upon). I am helping Cindy with the course. Hopefully we all get to share the joy of coding. “Upvoting” Jesse’s post. – Apan      

Apan Qasem August 30, 2014 Uncategorized Read more
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