DTS* 258 - Data Journalism

Credit(s): 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG* 101 and MAT* 167
This course combines the world of data with the art of journalism.Students develop skills in visual storytelling by implementing the entire process of gathering, cleaning, organizing, interpreting, visualizing, and analyzing data with the intention to discover stories that lie within.Students learn to create data-supported narratives from start to finish, accompanying their stories with static and interactive data visualizations.Tableau, Google Sheets, and other online tools will be used to create data visualizations.