In journalism, we talk a lot about the concept of the "one-man band." The idea often refers to multi-platform journalism -- it means being able to deliver a story in print, video, audio or online format. You must be able to do it all, and do it all well. But in the CAR world, plenty of data teams remain a one-man band operation, but in a different sense Read More...
So, you think data journalism and programming are some valuable skills you'd like to learn. Unfortunately, your school doesn't offer this as a track, or maybe you're not even in school anymore. You know people will help you, and you think it all seems cool, but it can be difficult knowing just where to start Read More...
Random time-saving Excel tip. Want to condense a long column to only display unique entries? Go to the Data menu, select Filter and Advanced Filter. Voila, a check box labeled "Unique records only". Don't know why I never noticed this before. Or, you know, you could use Group By in SQL. But no need to import databases just for filtering.
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