MONDAY, 5 January
9 - 9.30am
Registrations
9:30 - 10:30am
Introduction: What data journalism is and its place in the newsroom
10:30 - 11.15am
Best practices and introduction to spreadsheets
11:30 – 12.30pm Spreadsheet exercises: formulas
12.30 - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30 - 4pm
Spreadsheet exercises: filtering and sorting and Q&A
4.15 – 5.30pm
Freedom of Information in the UK with FOIA expert, Jenna Corderoy
TUESDAY, 6 January
9.30 – 10 am
Using spreadsheets for stories and review
10 – 12.30 pm
Spreadsheets exercises: pivot tables
12.30 – 2:30 pm
Lunch and open lab
2:30 – 3.30 pm
Using Google Fusion Tables with Crina Boros
3:30 – 4:30 pm
Spreadsheet exercises: Analysing data, problem-solving, data cleaning
4:30 – 5:30 pm
Finding data for spreadsheets and importing and Q&A
WEDNESDAY, 7 January
9 - 10 am
Moving from spreadsheets to databases
10 - 10:30 am
Using database managers for stories
10:30 am - Noon
Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL)
Noon - 2:30 pm
Lunch and open lab
2:30 - 5 pm
Database and SQL exercises: The Select statement
5 – 6 pm
Database and SQL exercises: The power of aggregating data
THURSDAY, 8 January
9 - 10 am
Moving from flat files to relational databases
10 - 11 am
Using relational databases and SQL for stories
11 am – Noon
Database and SQL exercises: Joining
Noon - 2:30 pm
Lunch and open lab
2:30 - 5 pm
Importing and cleaning data for databases with SQL; building your own databases;
5 – 6 pm
Analyzing data and problem solving and Q&A
FRIDAY, 9 January
9 - 10 am
A data analysis perspective
10 - 11 am
Interviewing your data for statistical analysis. Working cross functions/SQL
11 - 12:15 pm
Working with categorical variables: Frequencies, crosstabs and significance tests
12:15 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Moving up the ladder to continuous variables: Regression analysis
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Continue regression analysis
4:30 – 5 pm
Wrap up: Q&A and taking it back to the newsroom