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Research into Global South gains new momentum at Northwestern Qatar  13 Jan 2021 - 9:16 The Peninsula Doha: A new book on data journalism in the Global South by associate professor at Northwestern Qatar, Eddy Borges-Rey (pictured) focuses on the transnational debates on how journalism is taught by exploring overlooked practices and approaches from Chile, Qatar, Zimbabwe, and a host of other regions of the world. In explaining the rationale behind the project, Borges-Rey emphasized that “th...

As the new coronavirus variant spreads in the United Kingdom, health officials abroad have decided to extend the time between doses in order to vaccinate more people, more quickly. Now, doctors in the U.S. are discussing this, but not everyone agrees. An analysis by the 6abc Data Journalism team found Pennsylvania averaged 212 coronavirus deaths per day over the last week, which is the highest in the states coronavirus history. New Jersey averaged 92 deaths per day over the last week. In New Je...

Professor Steve Doig (@sdoig) was the Cronkite Schools founding Knight Chair in Journalism, specializing in data journalism — the use of computers and social science techniques to help reporters do their jobs better. The chair was created with a $1.5 million endowment given to the Cronkite School by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. He stepped down from the Knight Chair in 2017, but remains on the Cronkite faculty to concentrate on developing and teaching online data courses. Doig j...

Philadelphia police are investigating a double shooting that one teen dead and one man critically injured. In another homicide, police said a 43-year-old man who was visiting family was shot dead on the 2300 block of North Cleveland Street in North Philadelphia around 10:20 p.m. Monday. "When police arrived on location, they found a 43-year-old male laying on the sidewalk. He was shot in the face and multiple times in the left side of his torso," Small said. He was taken to Temple University Ho...

Eyewitness News investigation finds use of police dogs causing serious injury, death even when suspects werent combative As civil rights groups call for an end to the use of police dogs, our analysis found in at least 14% of cases involving police dogs reported to the DOJ, officers described suspects as "passively not complying" with orders. KABC Share: Share: WEST COVINA, Calif. (KABC) -- Laureen Frausto struggles with simple tasks like buttoning her pants after an arrest involving a police K-...

BBA in family business to PG diploma in data journalism, OP Jindal University launches seven unique courses The new courses include BA (Hons.) in Psychology, BA (Hons.) in finance and entrepreneurship, BFA (Hons) bachelor of fine arts, BBA (hons) in business analytics, BBA (hons) in the family business, BBA (hons) in financial markets, and PG Diploma in Data Journalism. Updated: December 22, 2020 2:28:33 pm The courses will be available in the upcoming academic session....

O.P. Jindal Global University launches 7 new academic programmes for admissions 2021 ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Tue, Dec 22 2020 11:57 IST | ​ 0 Views O.P. Jindal Global University. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Dec 22 : Indias first ranked private university and an Institute of Eminence (IoE), O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has announced seven new academic programmes for Admissions 2021 along with the launch of its 10th School, Jindal School of Psychology & Counselling (JS...

Introducing the first programming announcement for SXSW Online 2021, an exclusive digital experience packed with powerful presentations from some of the world’s most inspired thinkers and diverse visionaries from the ever-evolving worlds of tech, film, music, and beyond. “Spanning numerous industries, the Featured Speakers in today’s announcement strongly reflect the programming themes that will underscore our upcoming event,” said Hugh Forrest, Chief Programming Officer. “As always...

Finding the Story in the Numbers  A photo taken by data journalism student Sophie Park (Pardee’20) shows a man panhandling in Harvard Square in May. Photo by Sophie Park Journalism & Media A COM journalism class’ reporting on homelessness grabs national attention December 11, 2020 Twitter Facebook Government attempts to address homelessness in Boston have long yielded messy results. Just think of the controversial closing of the Long Island Bridge in 2015, which shutte...

Homeowners are rushing to prepay their 2018 property taxes before the new tax law takes effect. you may want to hold off. the payment may not be tax deductible. i want to bring in senior editor-at-large for data journalism. eric, great to have you with us. this is a question that a lot of people are asking me. im going to pose it to you. how could it not be tax deductible? break this down for us. >> reporter: it all depends. obviously, you can see behind me the greenberg town hall. they opened a...