MSC 395 - Writing and Visualizing Data for Journalism

This class will prepare students to find, evaluate, process and report on different sources of data, both visually and through traditional writing, as well as to use data in audience engagement. Topics include working with data, basic statistical concepts, techniques to display reporting visually, ways of writing about data in informative and engaging ways, and using data to learn more about the audience.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MSC 377
Offered in the Fall Semester