Remix: How to Get Students Interested in Data Journalism

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By: Mallory Perryman | PBS

The students in the introductory journalism course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison always respond with a collective groan when we arrive at “data week” on the syllabus.

They went into journalism for words, not numbers, they say. They’re not even sure they have Excel on their laptop, they say. They just aren’t comfortable with data, they say.

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