Thanks for that link and the feedback!
What are some parallels between journalism and programming?
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I recently wrote a blog post about computational thinking and journalism, with some programming in the mix too. In the post I draw some similarities between journalism and programming concepts.
First, I’d be interested in any feedback on those examples (and on the post in general; for that, please also add your comments there).
Second, I’d be interested to see what other similarities we could brainstorm here.
Basically, the point of this is to help show how similar the two areas are and better bridge any gaps between journalists and coders. As Rich has said, “Journalists and programmers are more alike than unlike.”
Greg Linch
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This brief piece about "thinking like a statistician without the math" covers some topics that overlap with your post. I especially like that it's written in language anyone can relate to.
I like that your post is thoughtful, wide ranging, and clearly laid out. My critique is that it's not written for the subset of journalists who are storytellers at heart, and whose craft depends on the art of drawing out emotion and synthesizing experience in order to tell a larger truth.
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Hahaha. Thanks, buddy.
Greg, you would have made an excellent grad student.
In addition to those examples: Dave Winer, speaking on today’s Rebooting the News podcast recording, discussed outliner tools as an example of something used in programming that could benefit journalists.