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Data Journalism Classes In Australian Universities: Educators Describe Progress To Date, Kayt Davies, Trevor Cullen
Data Journalism Classes In Australian Universities: Educators Describe Progress To Date, Kayt Davies, Trevor Cullen
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
This article examines the extent to which data journalism (DJ) is being taught in Australian universities. It presents the results of interviews with 35 journalism academics about how they are incorporating data journalism into their courses. It includes details about the types of data journalism skills they are teaching, the resources they are using and the hindrances that have met or are making it difficult to teach data journalism. These hindrances include low and varied levels of quantitative literacy and math aversion among students, lack of time for upskilling and limited room in their courses for new material. The study …
Designing Journalism Capstone Units That Demonstrate Student Skills, Trevor Cullen
Designing Journalism Capstone Units That Demonstrate Student Skills, Trevor Cullen
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
There are considerable differences in the structure, content, and delivery of tertiary journalism degrees in Australia as identified in a 2014 Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Innovation and Development Project report on graduate qualities and journalism curriculum renewal. To address this situation, the author argues for journalism capstone units, designed by both journalism educators and news editors, to include a series of agreed criteria and standards to guide journalism educators, and for journalism students to demonstrate not only a broad knowledge base together with research and communication skills but also entrepreneurial skills to help them adapt to new media …
Interrogating Power And Disrupting The Discourse About Onslow And The Gas Hubs, Kayt Davies, Karma Barndon
Interrogating Power And Disrupting The Discourse About Onslow And The Gas Hubs, Kayt Davies, Karma Barndon
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
When government statements talk about a secret deal with a multinational consortium that will see more than A$250 million spent on a town with a population of around 1000 people, questions need to be asked. Basic maths equates the spend to around $250,000 a person and yet many people in the town are unhappy about the whole deal. 'Tracking Onslow' was a collaboration between a university and a local government that used journalism as a methodology to document and interrogate the interaction between Chevron, the state and local governments and the Onslow community over a three-year period. This article focuses …