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.