Online News Association Code Academy
Are you interested in making your stories more dynamic, but not sure how to do it? This four hour workshop will explore basic workflows and techniques for using data to tell stories. We will also be using data to generate maps and charts that are dynamic and generated from real civic data provided in partnership with Pittsburgh OpenData, our Code for America brigade. We will also explore ways to take the visualizations created and place them online!
The software we will be using is Tableau Public, the free version of Tableau, one of the most popular data visualization packages in journalism. It works on both PCs and Macs, and is a free download at https://public.tableau.com/s/.
Bring your own laptop. No coding skills are required—basic computer literacy is all that's needed.
We know that you all are busy individuals, so we are offering this workshop on two consecutive days. Note that the content of two days will be identical—no need to come to both! If you want to make it easy on us, let us know which day you'll be attending in the comments after you've RSVP'd. You're welcome to come to both.
Workshop hours:
Friday 9am to 1pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Location:
Academic Hall room 308
Presented in partnership with ONA Pittsburgh
Sponsored in part by the Knight-Mozilla OpenNews project
With contributions from War Streets Media. War Streets Media is an independent, modern-day publishing company built to deliver high quality journalism and information products. Its flagship publication and newsroom, Grant's Hill, will cover the business of governing in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, focusing on the actions and decisions of those who work on Grant Street. Launching soon!
July 9
Quick update. The class will be held in Academic Hall, room 308 at Point Park University. Meetup isn't allowing for the event location to get any more specific than it is, but I've updated the description.
July 6
I posted this to the Pittsburgh Tableau User Group on LinkedIn. Thought it might generate some interest over there.
July 6
Now you're talking my language. Love me some Tableau! I'll be there for Saturday session.
July 6
Hi,
I plan to attend the Friday session.
Thanks for organizing this class. I think it will really help me with economic stories.
Jim Randle
July 2
Hi all. We're moving the class to July 10th and 11th. If neither of these work for you anymore, you can request a refund and I'll process it immediately
June 22
If you're a student and would like to attend, please email Justin Reese ([masked]). Scholarships are available.
June 16
Refunds offered if:
Payments you make go to the organizer, not to Meetup. You must make refund requests to the organizer.
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I'll be there on Friday too.