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BDJ 204 basic journalism

BDJ 364 reporting 1

BDJ 664

BDJ 464 reporting 2

BDJ 667

BDJ 465 senior newscast

Using Online ResourcesSearch Tricks and Validity of SourcesBasic Maps

Finding People OnlineFinding Stories Online

Web ExtrasDiving Through Databases

More mappingOnline Resources for the Job Hunt

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BDJ 204 basic journalism

BDJ 364 reporting 1

BDJ 664

BDJ 464 reporting 2

BDJ 667

BDJ 465 senior newscast

Using Online ResourcesSearch Tricks and Validity of SourcesBasic Maps

Finding People OnlineFinding Stories Online

Web ExtrasDiving Through Databases

More mappingOnline Resources for the Job Hunt

Why learn mapping?

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Research

• Cremedas & Lysak, Electronic Journalism:

“ …most news executives would like to use their

station’s web site to provide new and additional

information to users—for example, ‘‘extra’’ video

footage, documents, historical perspective about a

story, and so on…”

Cremedas & Lysak Research

• One news director:

–“we want to create new content that

surrounds the TV story. Otherwise

we’re only doing a partial job….”

New Media Skills Needed?Cremedas & Lysak, Electronic Journalism

TV news managers surveyed:

91% said producers need them

83% said reporters need them

Beyond TV skills

Mapping 1 locationMultiple locations: basic Multiple locations: intermediate

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1 LOCATION MAPPINGJTools

Anybody can do a map with one location

Copy it w/ SnipToolSave as .jpg and insert

What others are doing in mapping

Where would a map help in storytelling this semester?

Mapping from geocoded data

• Need data with an address • Put data in excel• Use a program to geolocate on a Google

map– Batchgeo simple– Google Fusion basic, but customizable

What you’ll learn today

• Example from BDJ 204 website

First: check integrity of data

• What is a homicide?

SIMPLE MAPPINGJTools

Simple Mapping with BatchGeo

1. compile excel spreadsheet2. cut/paste into Batch Geo website3. make map 4. post link or embed map on website

Syracuse Homicides

questions?

1. Compile excel spreadsheet

2. Cut/paste spreadsheet into BatchGeo.com

3. Make the map

4. Embed the map or post the link

a. Save b. Look for email with link & code c. NCC News Online: go to html tab. Cut/paste code where

you want map to appear.

Two different maps

• Example from BDJ 204 website

ANOTHER WAY: GOOGLE FUSION ALLOWS CUSTOMIZATION

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New for me, too!

Be patient!

Process is similar

• Import the data• Map the data• Customize the presentation

But 1st: Reformat the data

One location column• Google Fusion maps one column

• How can it map a street without a city?• Or if it maps city, all dots are same place

So merge (concatenate) street, city, state in one column in Excel– See handout

Street City State

1315 N. Salina St., Syracuse, N.Y.

But 1st: Reformat the data

in narrative form

Police report that the victim, __________, was killed by ________ at ________ by the assailant, __________ …

Starting with Google Fusion

Sign in to GoogleGo to Google DocsCreate a table

Import Data

Find Excel fileClick through NEXT until you get the table

Tell which column is location

Tell it full address is what to geocode, i.e. map

Visualize the map

Watch it geocodeSee mapZoom to get it full screen 1 km

Configure the pop-up window

Click CustomReplace the code (see handout)

Configure the pop-up window: replace code

Set the map for sharing

Upper left of screen

Share it w/ others

Set Visibility public unlisted private

Find it in Google Docs

MUCH MORE YOU CAN DO

Layer dataie. combine 2 Census categories

Do heat intensity

Much more!

You got just a

taste of it!

EASY TUTORIALS

BATCHGEO.COM

GOOGLE FUSION

Simple quick maps

CustomizableMore complex

In summary --

1 locationmap

Google, Yahoo, Bing

Snip tool

More Mapping

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