A data journalist's guide to computational thinking (MED7373 week 2)
This video, for week 2 of the Data Journalism module on the MA in Data Journalism at Birmingham City University, looks at computational thinking and how it is used within data journalism, touching on the role of functions and if/else statements and how it can also help problematise some of the data we deal with.
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Links: Adrian Holovaty (2006) A fundamental way newspaper sites need to change:
Politifact:
How BuzzFeed News Used Betting Data To Investigate Match-Fixing In Tennis:
Computational thinking challenges: