The 2016 presidential election has been marked by several head-spinning “firsts” — people and practices not seen in the history of U.S. politics. One of [...]
“The results of [investigative] reporting do not come cheaply, but they are a bargain to society,” James T. Hamilton writes in his new book Democracy’s [...]
Journalists and educators largely agree at this point that by the time journalism students graduate they should have some experience with data. The Dow Jones [...]
Perhaps the biggest challenge universities face is that the staff they have on hand aren’t as skilled in data as their students need them to [...]
Most schools have some kind of computer science program. Some educators have proposed partnering with these departments. One of them is Houston, at the University [...]
Hiring part-time staff, collaborating with Computer Science departments and holding open labs won’t work for every school. Luckily, there’s a wide array of resources available [...]
Another critical, though sometimes less prominent part of election news reporting, is the amount of coverage devoted to issues. Issue coverage is important in that [...]
State and local campaign coverage sees greater time on page than federal race coverage Each story was classified based on whether it focused on a [...]
We examined 428 newspaper stories from the websites of eight local newspapers across six states (California, Florida, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington). Only news articles [...]
A broad, data-driven analysis of campaign coverage by the Engaging News Project and the American Press Institute shows how local, state, and federal elections are [...]
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