Welcome!
The following lessons are linked at the left of every page:
- The Invisible Web includes a broad overview of techniques for finding and evaluating online information, including search engine techniques and useful sources
- Blogs & New Media is an introduction to some of the newest, most interesting tools on the Web
- Images & Video offers tips for shooting photos and video and putting those images on the Web
- Local Web Resources is a list of links specific to to Grand Junction, such as city, county, cops and courts
- Numbers and Data explains how to use popular spreadsheet software to download and analyze large tables of data to find powerful numbers for your stories
- Ethics Guides & Professional Resources is a guide to the ethical issues you may encounter as a practicing online journalist, as well as links to helpful professional journalism resources
- Special Topics is a research guide for specialized beats, including agriculture, health, environment, politics and campaign finance
- Introduction to Campaign Finance Research: is a guide to nonpartisan sites that track campaign finances
- Introduction to U.S. Census Data:is a short introduction on how to use and navigate the U.S. Census website.
- Evaluating Online Information Sources:is a guide on how to evalute the reliability of Web resources.
- Advanced Search Techniques: is a guide on searching beyong google.
- Numbers and Data: is a guide on how to use and make sense of numbers for news stories.
- Introduction to Spreadsheets: is a guide on how to use spreadsheets such as excel to analyze data.
- About CU Journalism Outreach includes information about this program and your workshop presenters