Don't Fear the Math

WHERE:

Bloomberg Room

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Professional Development

This event is not sponsored or endorsed by The National Press Club. Inquiries should be directed to the contact above.

Spreadsheets are much more than programs for doing your expense reports. Data skills can enhance your coverage of campaign money and help you watchdog how tax dollars are spent. Data tools like pivot tables can distill the daily deluge of data into killer statistics. This class takes spreadsheet programs like Excel to the next level, helping you harness the data and give your stories extra horsepower.

Registration is $5 for NPC members; $10 public. Members should login for the promo code. The session will run from 9:00-12:00 p.m.

"Don't Fear the Math," will be an introduction to using Excel in reporting. This class will show how just a little number-crunching can improve both deadline stories and bigger projects.

The session will be taught by David Donald, data journalist in residence at American University. Previously, he was training director for IRE-NICAR trainer and data editor at The Center for Public Integrity.