Comments on: Should journalists learn to code?

By: Where’s the Grant to Teach Journalists how to Code: Take II « DigiDave - Journalism is a Process, Not a Product

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:44:53 +0000

[...] Thanks to all — some good advice in the comments and other [...]

By: De nieuwe reporter » Blog Archive » Waar blijven de journalistieke databases?

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:31:11 +0000

[...] technisch bijspijkeren van journalisten wordt in de Verenigde Staten dan ook actief aangemoedigd, net als het journalistiek bijspijkeren van programmeurs. Zo zijn er beurzen voor techneuten met [...]

By: Programação informática: o novo código dos jornalistas « PROMETEU

Programação informática: o novo código dos jornalistas « PROMETEU — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:03:05 +0000

[...] lembrar «Should journalist’s learn to code?», questão que Scott Rosenberg (à esquerda), co-fundador da Salon.com, levantou há algumas [...]

By: (J)journalist/(P)programmer | SOJo: Student of Online Journalism

(J)journalist/(P)programmer | SOJo: Student of Online Journalism — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:06:00 +0000

[...] learning programming, but they don’t need to Program. More important, they need to understand the technology available for storytelling [...]

By: mind new media » Blog Archive » Why (some) journalists should learn (some) code

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:18:31 +0000

[...] There’s a minor meme going around right now that goes like this: Let’s teach programmers journalism. But I’m a journalist and want to learn, where’s my scholarship? Journalists don’t need to learn to program. Yes they do. No they don’t. [...]

By: William M. Hartnett » Blog Archive » Programmin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:21:52 +0000

[...] I suspect some of the journalist-as-programmer skeptics might be unaware of is the extent to which newsrooms of all sizes are already working with data of [...]

By: Chris Amico

Chris Amico — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:36:28 +0000

I’m running into the same issue with a new project. I’ve gotten to where I’m sketching out things on paper, listing everything I’d like to do, then going to my friend who’s writing all the code and asking, “Can we do this?”

In my mind, it comes down to knowing who’s on your team and what they can each do, then communicating needs effectively. We all have a few overlapping skills, but teaching everyone everything is too much, and not especially efficient.

By: Ryan Sholin

Ryan Sholin — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:30:31 +0000

Digital literacy = a great and accurate term for it.

By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Programmer/journalists

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Programmer/journalists — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:08:25 +0000

[...] Matt Waite agreeing. Here’s Dan Gillmor saying that journalists should work with programmers. Here’s Scott Rosenberg saying they need to be digitally literate: But the pressing need is not for [...]

By: links for 2007-06-08 « David Black

links for 2007-06-08 « David Black — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:26:57 +0000

[...] Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Blog Archive » Should journalists learn to code? “the pressing need is not for people who can write code with one hand and stories with the other. What journalists do need is working digital literacy.” (tags: internet journalism webdevelopment training) [...]