By Amanda Krauss, Director of Technology at the Texas Tribune.
Gave this talk to a combined COSC/JOUR class at St. Edward's University on Feb. 12, 2015
At most universities, students are required to take English composition courses, and at many others speech and/or foreign language classes are also required. Yet in the debate about teaching code in journalism programs, code is often reduced to a shiny toy.
Was that awesome video real or fake? How could you tell? Well, from a physics perspective there are at least three methods to use in an analysis that will tell us if a video is fake. When you think of video analysis, you probably think of this method.
We're going to take a look at maps and mapping with this tool in class tomorrow. Meredith Bard will visit class Wednesday to show you how she used mapping for one of her JII stories.
I'm an assistant professor of English Writing and Rhetoric-Journalism at St. Edward's University in Austin. I'm also faculty adviser to the student newspaper (online and print) and I coordinate our journalism studies.