Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Upcoming Classes in NYC

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Version Control for Data/Interactive Journalists

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Have you ever shuffled your content or layout for a project only to realize you want to return to the original version? Or the code that was working at first is totally broken after your tweaks? To reconstruct what you had before is a time-consuming and frustrating exercise. Version control will help you avoid this situation. If you plan on coding interactive projects and data visualizations, you’ll find this particularly valuable. In this class,...

All levels 18 and older

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Social Media for News Gathering and Verification

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How to get the most out of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other social networks for news gathering, verification and reporting.

All levels 18 and older

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Intro to Geospatial Analysis

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Answer reporting questions using information you can put on a map. Even if your published story doesn’t include a map, geospatial analysis can help you write answers to questions like “How many people does this affect?” and “How often does that happen around here?” This gentle 3-hour introduction will use free point-and-click software like QGIS.

Beginner 18 and older

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Sound Science

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In this hands-on audio workshop, you’ll learn to take a complex scientific idea or story, break it down into character, plot, and setting, and develop it into an engaging narrative for a wide audience. We’ll discuss how to find and talk to scientists, how to get scientists to talk to you in a language everyone can understand, and how to make science sing. Plus, you’ll learn how to fact-check science stories for accuracy and balance. Students...

All levels 18 and older

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Chat Apps for News

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Snapchat, whatsapp, wechat, facebook messenger line, kik, viber, telegram... Chat apps are taking over social media - 800 million on WhatsApp, 700 million on Facebook Messenger, 100 million daily active users on Snapchat. And media companies, including news outlets, are paying attention. In this two-hour evening workshop, Eytan Oren will guide you through this new landscape and explain what strategies and experiments news and media brands are...

Beginner 18 and older

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Sensor Reporting for the Environment

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With global warming now on the global political stage; with ground, air and water pollution devastating regions and cities; and with food safety on many people’s minds, environmental journalism is becoming more and more important. And sensors will be crucial tools for environmental journalists and activists. Sensors collect data –on water quality, air quality, temperatures, noise levels, and more- where data doesn’t exist. ...

All levels 18 and older

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Future J Series: News Bots

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News bots, Twitter bots, Slack bots, chat bots, weather bots… Robot journalism is one of the year’s hot topics as more media brands are experimenting with the automated delivery of news on mobile. In this two-hour workshop, Maya Baratz will explain what bots are, how they work and what they may mean for journalism.

All levels 18 and older

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Brand New to Instagram

Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY

Learn the nuts and bolts of this popular social media app and connect with your audience Move over, Snapchat. Instagram Stories are now twice as popular than Snapchat with hundreds of millions of people using the feature everyday. But creating a compelling Instagram story takes more than being #blessed. This two-hour course will start with the beginning and cover everything you need to know to master Instagram and explore possibilities — whether...

Beginner 18 and older

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$49

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Introduction to Data Journalism

Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY

This workshop is a hands-on project-based bootcamp: you will be working on a data story you bring to class during the workshop under the guidance of seasoned data journalist Lam Thuy Vo. Along the way, you will learn how to navigate data analysis, cleaning and visualization tools. Data is everywhere and more abundant than ever – from election results and census reports, to Facebook updates and image uploads. In other words, we're inundated with...

Beginner 18 and older

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$899

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Adobe After Effects and Motion Graphics

Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 230 West 41st Street, New York, NY

In this daylong workshop, you will learn the basics of Adobe After Effects, the leading software for digital visual effects, motion graphics and animation. Animation and motion graphics storytelling are in-demand skills and provides excellent opportunities to help news audiences understand complex stories in a dynamic and visual medium. Examples include animated infographics and data visualizations, kinetic typography, character animations, and...

Intermediate 18 and older

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$399