Computer-Assisted Reporting: A Practical Guide

From surfing the Internet for data to number crunching in spreadsheets and database managers, Computer-Assisted Reporting is the most practical introduction to the data analysis skills that journalists need to succeed in today’s newsrooms. This edition expands the highly-regarded basic skills instruction and offers more advice on how to write better news stories. Brant Houston’s extensive newsroom and teaching experience make this text easy to use as a core text or as a supplement in an introductory news reporting and writing course.