Learning Outcomes

Having studied this course you will be able to:

• List the three key main concepts for understanding data
• Explain the use of data in journalism
• Summarise the four main obstacles to the use of data in journalism
• Describe how to access and request data
• Outline the responsibilities of the free press, in a free society
• Explain which rights are essential for journalists to be able to do their jobs
• Discuss the issue of ethics in journalism
• Explain how journalism enhances civil society
• List the nine types of Freedom of Information exemptions
• Outline how to produce investigative journalism to international standards