Comments on: Should journalists learn programming? http://www.byersalex.com/2010/07/should-journalists-learn-programming/ Using digital technologies to better an analog world. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:52:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roberto Lacayo http://www.byersalex.com/2010/07/should-journalists-learn-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Roberto Lacayo Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:39:01 +0000 http://www.byersalex.com/?p=354#comment-74 Young journalist: get familiar with new applications and social media. Be a marketer for you and your stories. About all, learn how to write good copy. Young journalist: get familiar with new applications and social media. Be a marketer for you and your stories. About all, learn how to write good copy.

]]> By: Alex Byers http://www.byersalex.com/2010/07/should-journalists-learn-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Alex Byers Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:58:20 +0000 http://www.byersalex.com/?p=354#comment-73 Yeah, I should have made better note that while programming langauges aren't necessary to know, HTML and CSS will be a good skill to have in the coming years. Also, as Ben Balter pointed out, it's important that journalists look for opportunities to suggest news apps; they just don't need to know how to build them on their own. Yeah, I should have made better note that while programming langauges aren’t necessary to know, HTML and CSS will be a good skill to have in the coming years. Also, as Ben Balter pointed out, it’s important that journalists look for opportunities to suggest news apps; they just don’t need to know how to build them on their own.

]]> By: Joshua Lynch http://www.byersalex.com/2010/07/should-journalists-learn-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Joshua Lynch Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:43:35 +0000 http://www.byersalex.com/?p=354#comment-72 Good points, all. I do wish though that journalism programs would at least introduce j-students to the big picture of how websites work: like at least explaining CSS and HTML and teaching a little bit of it. This topic does seem to be surging lately. I just read a semi-related post on the HuffPo the other day, and I laid a lot of blame at the feet of professors for graduating tech-clueless journalists in my own post: http://joshl.us/vbu Good points, all. I do wish though that journalism programs would at least introduce j-students to the big picture of how websites work: like at least explaining CSS and HTML and teaching a little bit of it.

This topic does seem to be surging lately. I just read a semi-related post on the HuffPo the other day, and I laid a lot of blame at the feet of professors for graduating tech-clueless journalists in my own post: http://joshl.us/vbu

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