Prerequisite: JOUR472 or permission of instructor (dpwillis@umd.edu).

A class that combines a survey of work in this area, featuring work done at organizations like ProPublica, the Associated Press, the San Francisco Chronicle and others, with practical skills in reporting and building news applications. Students will review and critique existing news apps, read materials from those who built them and develop projects in small groups that display data in a news app style. Key skills gained include: backend development, frontend development, command-line usage and some data analysis.