There's Math in Journalism Now?
I came into this class thinking data journalism would be super hands on with mathematics and determine the best way to deliver a story, and in our case it wasn't too far off. I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would because of the content we were learning. It wasn't so much math oriented, but learning how to correctly sift through data and comprehend what you're looking at and how to work with it is the biggest takeaway I'm taking from this class. Percent change, census, social security data and more are some things I can put on my resume because of I've come to understand how to find data and then apply myself to it. I did enjoy coming to class because of Professor Maier's ability to complete these datas tasks, but also making it known he doesn't have all the answers to everything in our occupation, which in turn makes it easier to learn from and appreciate him being there coming back from retirement to teach one of the SOJC's most daunting class. ...