Today is lab day

Hello. Just a reminder that today is an optional lab day.

Past converged projects

Converged examples:
One student focused on photos and charts.

This student focused on a chart and a map.

Another student focused on maps and charts.

Budgets

Class Today

Public Affairs Reporting will not be held
on Tuesday, April 13th.

I will be available by email if you have not yet pitched your story idea.

Use the time to work on your final beat story.

Budget Resources

* Dave Herzog's "Twenty tips for covering and writing about budgets": http://www.projo.com/words/tip408.htm
* Dave Herzog's "Writing Better Budget Stories": http://www.projo.com/words/tip415.htm
beat and check out the "government info" links): http://www.powerreporting.com
* Robert Niles' "Statistics Every Writer Should Know": http://www.robertniles.com/stats/
* George Landau's percent-change calculator: http://www.newsengin.com (click on "free tools")
* Guidestar's "Donor's guide to the charitable universe": http://www.guidestar.org/index.html
* "The Spreadsheet Page": http://www.j-walk.com/ss/index.html
* Census Bureau information on state and local government finances, school spending, etc.: http://www.census.gov/econ/www/go0200.html
* National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting: http://www.nicar.org

Exam II

Hello. Just a reminder that your second exam in PAR is tomorrow, Thursday. Review your notes and the readers.

There are no make-up exams. Good luck!

Open lab day

Hello. Just a reminder that today is an optional open lab day to work on your multi-media final project.