Master classes for business reporters and editors, Part II

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    • We will cover Charity Watch, SEC filings, Form 990s on Guidestar, etc. Google Dataset Search, Google Scholar, including ways to analyze case-law. We will learn to scrape Google Finance to isolate stock data and historical stock data. And will finish by learning how to scrape data from business sites and visualize it using Flourish.

    Business coverage tools

    Data sets used in this training

    Form Ds: See who’s raising money

    Journalists Toolbox

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    Learn how to write data-driven templates in this content automation training for reporters and editors.

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    • IMPACT Tracker 201

    Learn what you can do now to design your journalism for greater impact, whether you’re leading a newsroom, reporting, taking pictures or planning a launch strategy. Featuring a team led by Anjanette Delgado of Detroit Free Press.

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    • The Business of Covering Food and Restaurants

    Tips for searching and finding data in coverage of the food and restaurant industry.

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    • Covering Natural Disasters: Preparedness Training

    There are multiple resources journalists can prepare ahead of a natural disaster. Data + Journalism author and trainer Mike Reilley of University of Illinois-Chicago walks USA TODAY Network journalists through tools you may not have considered using.

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