How to Learn Excel
Excel, or spreadsheets in general, offers an easy and popular platform for data analysis.
This guide was published as part of an education series by US News.
How to Learn SQL
If you work with data but find programs like Excel too limiting, learning SQL may be the next step on your data journey.
This guide was published as part of an education series by US News.
How to Use a Spreadsheet
You've probably heard that you should use data for reporting, and here is where to start! We'll do some basic data analysis using Google Sheets.
This tutorial was originally presented at the Boston University Data + Narrative seminar.
Backgrounding: Why? How?
When should you background a source? How do you do it effectively, and how deep do you go? This walkthrough offers some guidance.
This webinar was created for the University of Missouri Investigative Reporting class in 2020.
Make Your Own Google Map
Did you know you can make your own Google Map - in 5 to 10 minutes? This tutorial shows you how, plus advanced options like customization and data organization.
This guide was created for the Boston University Data + Narrative workshop.
Unlocking Data from Documents
It's a pain: you get a document, and often it's got words or data in it that you can't get out! This tutorial introduces you to several powerful tools for scraping, OCRing and text cleaning thousands or even millions of documents.
Best tools and apps for reporters (2018)
Reporters are asked to do more now than they were before the digital age, but luckily, there is an almost limitless supply of tools with which to do them. Some of our favorite tools for transcribing audio, scraping PDFs and everything in between.
This talk is also available as slides from IRE.
Threat Modeling against Fake News
Misinformation is a growing force in the digital-first world of journalism, and a source of some panic from reporters and audiences alike. This talk from 2017 outlines a few paths forward, including making attempts to understand the motivation behind fake news-spreaders.
This talk is also available as a video from BalCCon.
What to look for in deep fake videos
"Deep fakes" are videos that have been edited to show someone's head on the wrong person's body - mouth, words and all. This holds deep potential for misinformation in a few different ways, and unfortunately, defensive technology is far from catching up. Here is what reporters can do in the meantime.
This article is also available in Russian and Bangla.