This accessible, step-by-step guide is written for students and working professionals who want to better understand data journalism, web design, and the visualization of information.
Alex Richards is an assistant professor at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Richards was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2011, and his reporting has been honored with the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting and the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism, among others. He previously worked as a data reporter and editor for the Chicago Tribune, Nerdwallet, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Las Vegas Sun. Richards is also a former training director for Investigative Reporters & Editors, where he taught in-depth reporting and data journalism techniques in newsrooms across the country.
