Data-driven enterprise off your beat - Doug Caruso - Columbus, Ohio, NewsTrain - Oct. 21, 2017
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Doug Caruso, assistant metro editor at The Columbus Dispatch, prepared this presentation on producing data-driven enterprise stories off your beat for Columbus, Ohio, NewsTrain on Oct. 21, 2017. It is accompanied by a handout of the same title. NewsTrain is a training initiative of Associated Press Media Editors (APME). More info: http://bit.ly/NewsTrain
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Data-driven enterprise off your beat - Doug Caruso - Columbus, Ohio, NewsTrain - Oct. 21, 2017
- 1. Data-driven enterprise off your beat Doug Caruso dcaruso@dispatch.com (614) 461-5519 @DougCaruso
- 2. Why data?
- 6. Report with authority WHY DATA?
- 7. Build web traffic WHY DATA?
- 8. Win prizes 2015 Pulitzer for Public Service Post & Courier in Charleston, S.C. Database of 300 women killed in domestic abuse WHY DATA?
- 10. What have you done with data?
- 11. Our agenda today HOW TO: • Find data five ways • Sort and filter in Excel • Identify data stories on three beats • Pick your next data story and get started
- 12. Treat data like a trusted source
- 13. 1. Google it 2. Understand the bureaucracy 3. Download data from websites 4. Use public records laws 5. Collect your own data HOW TO FIND DATA
- 14. 1. Learn to use Google Advanced Search HOW TO FIND DATA
- 18. Look! Data! HOW TO FIND DATA
- 19. Exercise 1: Hunt for data Take 10 minutes and report back: • Use site: AND filetype: (examples: XLSX, XLS, CSV, TSV) • Use site: AND keywords (examples: XLSX, XLS, CSV, data dictionary, database, download data, record layout) Or use Google advanced search: www.google.com/advanced_search
- 20. HOW TO FIND DATA 2. Understand the bureaucracy • Ask for records- retention schedules • Get blank forms • Befriend data/IT people • Ask officials what they keep
- 21. 3. Download data • Governments • Universities • Libraries • Think tanks HOW TO FIND DATA
- 22. 4. Use public-records laws • ORC 149.43 is your friend • Download the Yellow Book: bit.ly/OHsunshine • Freedom of Information Act: FOIA.gov HOW TO FIND DATA
- 23. 5. Collect your own data HOW TO FIND DATA 2016 Pulitzer winner for national reporting
- 24. 5. Collect your own data: crowdsource it HOW TO FIND DATA
- 25. Exercise 2: Sorting and filtering Use Google Sheets: bit.ly/OHheroin OR Download the file and use Excel Note: Case matters with bit.ly links
- 26. Freeze panes
- 27. Sorting
- 28. Sorting
- 29. Filtering
- 30. Filtering
- 31. Filtering
- 32. Filtering
- 33. Filtering
- 34. Filtering
- 35. Filtering
- 36. Exercise 3: Online databases • Ohio Secretary of State Campaign- Finance data • www.sos.state.oh.us
- 37. 1. Click on “Campaign Finance” at top 2. Then pick “SEARCH REPORTS”
- 38. 3. Choose “Simple Search”
- 39. 4. Fill in the blanks, check the box 5. Click “Run Report”
- 40. Look! Data!
- 41. Open the Excel file What do you see?
- 42. Ask questions • How much did he give? • Who got the most? • What else can this data tell us? Photo by Gareth Simpson
- 43. What your data story? What’s your first step? Doug Caruso dcaruso@dispatch.com (614) 461-5519 @DougCaruso
- 44. How to frame your story? a. What percentage of bridges are unsafe? b. I want to do a story on unsafe bridges. Photo by Flickr user linearclassifier
- 45. How to frame your story? a. What percentage of bridges are unsafe? b. I want to do a story on unsafe bridges. Photo by Flickr user linearclassifier
- 46. Local government What’s my question about: • Campaign-finance reports • Tax breaks • Budgets • Payroll • Fees and fines Photo by Flickr user wrightbrosfan WHAT CAN I QUANTIFY?
- 47. Cops and courts What’s my question about: • Ohio Supreme Court case data • Police-run data • Ticket data • Overtime • Take-home cars WHAT CAN I QUANTIFY?
- 48. Education What’s my question about: • Ohio report-card data • Salaries • Disciplinary data • Enrollment data • Vouchers WHAT CAN I QUANTIFY?
- 49. Where do I begin? • Learn Excel: Bug a friend, or Google it! (More tips in handout) • Join IRE for training/tip sheets • Read a book. • Start small. • Localize national projects • Master one skill at a time Free to read at bit.ly/datajbook
- 50. Contact me Doug Caruso dcaruso@dispatch.com (614) 461-5519 @DougCaruso