Computer-assisted Reporting

by Garrison; Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780805830200
• ISBN10: 0805830200
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Reporters in the newsroom are becoming more involved in computer-assisted reporting and online news research than ever before. This edition introduces readers to computer-assisted reporting and to describe how leading journalists are using personal computers for news gathering in modern print, broadcast, and online newsrooms. It provides a thorough discussion of technology and its applications to news reporting. Computer Assisted Reportingfocuses on the computerization of newsgathering, highlighting the fact that the computer assists journalists by making writing easier, and also makes gathering and organizing information more efficient. As it begins, the book demonstrates methods for journalists to get more from their computers, such as data retrieval, data analysis, information storage, and dissemination of that information in both processed and unprocessed forms. It concludes with a refined proposal, originally proposed in the first edition, for five stages for development of computer literacy in the newsroom.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Part I: Introduction	3	(58)
1 The Next Wave	3	(30)
2 Using Personal Computers	33	(28)
Part II: Online News and Information	61	(152)
3 Online Information	61	(26)
4 Online and CD-ROM Databases	87	(20)
5 Using the Internet	107	(30)
6 Government Databases	137	(28)
7 Accessing Public Databases	165	(24)
8 Portable CAR	189	(24)
Part III: Elementary Information Management	213	(48)
9 News Research	213	(28)
10 Word Processors and Personal Information Managers	241	(20)
Part IV: Advanced Database Reporting Strategies	261	(156)
11 Merging Data Analysis With News Stories	261	(29)
12 Building and Editing Databases	290	(24)
13 Spreadsheets and Basic Data Analysis	314	(26)
14 Relational Databases and Mapping	340	(22)
15 Statistics and Advanced Analysis	362	(24)
16 Survey Research as CAR	386	(31)
Part V: Goals For Journalists	417	(24)
17 The Computer-Literate Journalist	417	(24)
Appendix A: CAR-Oriented World Wide Web Sites	441	(4)
Appendix B: Basic Government Resources on the World Wide Web	445	(4)
Appendix C: World Wide Web Search Engines	449	(2)
Appendix D: NICAR Data Library	451	(2)
Glossary	453	(12)
References	465	(12)
Index	477