IS40780 Data Journalism Studio

Academic Year 2021/2022

This module is designed as a dynamic and near real life, data-centric, newsroom experience, where the students are part of the production life-cycle of a data journalism publication.

In this module the students collectively maintain a web-based data journalism publication/outlet, which will be the platform for their individual publications. The students will attend fortnightly news conferences, where the team discusses the topics of the day/week/month and plans for long term and short-term publications, which will form students’ individual submissions.

In addition to the news conferences and periodic production of data stories in the studio, this module will provide sporadic hands-on workshops and invited lectures to for further enhancement of the students learning and their work for the publication on the class Data Journalism outlet.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Apply effective data analysis and statistics skills for producing high quality investigative data stories.
Compare methods and tools for telling effective data journalism.
Communicate and discuss the necessary steps for creating effective data stories.
Plan for a sustainable data journalism publication, build and maintain such publication in a collaborative manner.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Practical

12

Specified Learning Activities

70

Autonomous Student Learning

40

Total

122

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module is designed as a dynamic and practice focused experience, where the students are part of the production life-cycle of a data journalism publication. Teaching and learning in this module include active and task-based learning, hands-on practices, peer and group work, and problem-based learning. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

Journalism experience


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
IS40730 - Quantitative Data Analysis, IS40740 - Data Investigation & Storytell

Additional Information:
IS40730 or an equivalent module. please refer to module requierements for IS40740 for more details.


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Data Journalism Studio production Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

100


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

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