Computer-assisted reporting

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With a focus on the changing nature of news reporting in the wake of less expensive and more powerful personal computers, the second edition of Computer-Assisted Reporting discusses current and future developments in the use of computers for gathering information for the news media. New to this edition are additional practical "how to" approaches for using computing in the practice of journalism. A five-stage proposal for the development of computer literacy in the newsroom also has been refine…

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Title Statements

Full title :Computer-assisted reporting / Bruce Garrison.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:1998.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):L. Erlbaum Associates
Place of Publication:Mahwah, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:1998.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 487 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0805830200, 9780805830200, 0805830219, 9780805830217
oclc:ocm39024794
LC Classification:PN4784.E5
Dewey Decimal:070.4/3/0285

1. The Next Wave -- 2. Using Personal Computers -- 3. Online Information -- 4. Online and CD-ROM Databases -- 5. Using the Internet -- 6. Government Databases -- 7. Accessing Public Databases -- 8. Portable CAR -- 9. News Research -- 10. Word Processors and Personal Information Managers -- 11. Merging Data Analysis With News Stories -- 12. Building and Editing Databases -- 13. Spreadsheets and Basic Data Analysis -- 14. Relational Databases and Mapping -- 15. Statistics and Advanced Analysis -- 16. Survey Research as CAR -- 17. The Computer-Literate Journalist -- App. A. CAR-Oriented World Wide Web Sites -- App. B. Basic Government Resources on the World Wide Web -- App. C. World Wide Web Search Engines -- App. D. NICAR Data Library.