1. J Tools As we start – Go to tinyurl.com/BDJ-JToolstinyurl.com/BDJ-JTools Go to desktop; find excel spreadsheet Sign in to your gmail account

2. JTools BDJ 204 basic journalism BDJ 364 reporting 1 BDJ 664 BDJ 464 reporting 2 BDJ 667 BDJ 465 senior newscast Using Online Resources Search Tricks and Validity of Sources Basic Maps Finding People Online Finding Stories Online Web Extras Diving Through Databases More mapping Online Resources for the Job Hunt

3. JTools BDJ 204 basic journalism BDJ 364 reporting 1 BDJ 664 BDJ 464 reporting 2 BDJ 667 BDJ 465 senior newscast Using Online Resources Search Tricks and Validity of Sources Basic Maps Finding People Online Finding Stories Online Web Extras Diving Through Databases More mapping Online Resources for the Job Hunt

4. Why learn mapping? Jtools

5. Research Cremedas & Lysak, Electronic Journalism: “ … most news executives would like to use their station’s web site to provide new and additional information to users—for example, ‘‘extra’’ video footage, documents, historical perspective about a story, and so on…”

6. Cremedas & Lysak Research One news director: – “we want to create new content that surrounds the TV story. Otherwise we’re only doing a partial job….”

7. New Media Skills Needed? Cremedas & Lysak, Electronic Journalism TV news managers surveyed: 91% said producers need them 83% said reporters need them Beyond TV skills

8. Mapping 1 location Multiple locations: basic Multiple locations: intermediate Jtools

9. 1 LOCATION MAPPING JTools

10. Anybody can do a map with one location Copy it w/ SnipTool Save as.jpg and insert

11. What others are doing in mapping

12. Where would a map help in storytelling this semester?

13. Mapping from geocoded data Need data with an address Put data in excel Use a program to geolocate on a Google map – Batchgeo simple – Google Fusion basic, but customizable

14. What you’ll learn today Example from BDJ 204 websiteBDJ 204

15. First: check integrity of data What is a homicide?

16. SIMPLE MAPPING JTools

17. Simple Mapping with BatchGeo 1. compile excel spreadsheet 2. cut/paste into Batch Geo website 3. make map 4. post link or embed map on website

18. Syracuse Homicides questions? 1. Compile excel spreadsheet

19. 2. Cut/paste spreadsheet into BatchGeo.comBatchGeo.com 3. Make the map

20. 4. Embed the map or post the link a.Save b.Look for email with link & code c.NCC News Online: go to html tab. Cut/paste code where you want map to appear.html tab

21. Two different maps Example from BDJ 204 websiteBDJ 204

22. ANOTHER WAY: GOOGLE FUSION ALLOWS CUSTOMIZATION JTools New for me, too! Be patient!

23. Process is similar Import the data Map the data Customize the presentation

24. But 1 st : Reformat the data One location column Google Fusion maps one column How can it map a street without a city? Or if it maps city, all dots are same place So merge (concatenate) street, city, state in one column in Excel – See handout StreetCityState 1315 N. Salina St.,Syracuse,N.Y.

25. But 1 st : Reformat the data in narrative form Police report that the victim, __________, was killed by ________ at ________ by the assailant, __________ …

26. Starting with Google Fusion Sign in to Google Go to Google DocsGoogle Docs Create a table

27. Import Data Find Excel file Click through NEXT until you get the table

28. Tell which column is location Tell it full address is what to geocode, i.e. map

29. Visualize the map Watch it geocode See map Zoom to get it full screen 1 km

30. Configure the pop-up window Click Custom Replace the code (see handout)

31. Configure the pop-up window: replace code

32. Set the map for sharing Upper left of screen Share it w/ others Set Visibility public unlisted private

33. Find it in Google Docs

34. MUCH MORE YOU CAN DO Layer data ie. combine 2 Census categories Do heat intensity Much more! You got just a taste of it!

35. EASY TUTORIALSTUTORIALS

36. BATCHGEO. COM GOOGLE FUSION Simple quick maps Customizable More complex In summary -- 1 location map Google, Yahoo, Bing Snip tool

37. More Mapping Jtools