One of the virtues of continuing to be a graduate student while pursuing my CAR journey has been the freedom to look at problems academically. One issue I’ve been wrestling with is where we need to use more data. I’ve come to the conclusion that it needs to be used more often in reporting. That can be simple additions of a sentence to some breaking news stories, or using at as the basis for a long-term investigation. But does it only belong to a subset of beats? (I argue yes.) Should it be used in every story? (I argue no.) Should it be considered for every story (I think I argue yes.)
My recent interview with MaryJo Webster, of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, was very clarifying as I’ve been struggling with this issue. She’s used CAR for sports, politics and local news, and emphasized the importance of drive and perseverance. (more…)
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