1. B UILDING YOUR D IGITAL T OOLBOX Prepared for “Digging Deep: Training for Reporters and Editors” March 26, 2011

2. T HE INTERNET IS TWO THINGS … Indispensable Challenging AND… it shouldn’t take the place of the kind of reporting that takes you away from your computer

3. New York Times Newsroom Navigator http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/technology/cyberti mesnavigator/index.html http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/technology/cyberti mesnavigator/index.html Created by the NY Times research staff IRE’s Beat Source Guide http://www.ire.org/resourcecenter/initial-search- beat.html http://www.ire.org/resourcecenter/initial-search- beat.html Investigative Reporters and Editors’ website in general is very useful (www.ire.org)www.ire.org Sree’s tips (Columbia Prof. Sree Sreenivasan) http://www.sreetips.com/

4. F INDING SOURCES ExpertClick http://www.expertclick.com ProfNet http://www.profnet.com

5. L OOK FOR WAYS TO MAKE COMPARISONS Databases U.S. Census web site Compare local demographic and business trends to national trends Bureau of Labor Statistics: www.bls.govwww.bls.gov Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance: http://www.cfda.gov/ National Center for Health Statistics: www.cdc.gov/nchs National Association of Health Data Organizations: www.nahdo.org Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: http://www.fdic.gov/index.html

6. A SK YOURSELF : “W HO WOULD HAVE REASON TO COLLECT THE TYPE OF INFORMATION I AM SEEKING ?” Then seek out web sites that cater to those audiences For instance: “Head hunters” – people who do executive recruiting – and the corporate offices that find candidates for executive positions also have Web sites they use, and you may learn something from these sites.

7. T ELLING A “ GREAT STORY ” WITH INFOGRAPHICS A growing trend: the “Data Visualization” Should be used to tell a great story. What are they? Visual representations of information “served up with a healthy dose of innovation and creativity” (Anthony Calabrese, MediaShift) Becoming a “best practice” for online journalists (and others) as they consider how to tell the best interactive story for their reader It can be a motion chart, a short video clip or an interactive

10. O R THEY CAN BE FANCY : The Trendalyzer Advanced motion chart that makes stats come to life Hans Rosling You can make your own motion chart at http://www.Gapminder.org http://www.Gapminder.org

11. Journalism in the Age of Data http://datajournalism.stanford.edu/ Hour-long video, with many examples (and links to places you can go to get usable data visualizations)

12. T HE G EOGRAPHY OF A R ECESSION Created as part of a graduate project by a student at American University Featured on several major news networks for its quick and clear impact of unemployment spreading like a stain across the U.S. LaToya Egwuekwe’s illustration

13. F INALLY, THE BEST WAY TO USE THE INTERNET : Share your ideas, share your best sources Don’t isolate yourself