{"id":34022,"date":"2013-10-25T17:57:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T17:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/what-should-reporters-learn-in-journalism-school\/"},"modified":"2018-12-06T13:21:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T20:21:35","slug":"what-should-reporters-learn-in-journalism-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/what-should-reporters-learn-in-journalism-school\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-34022 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/what-should-reporters-learn-in-journalism-school\/attachment\/34023\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_mv89cmCZql1qcokc4o1_640-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/education\/archive\/2013\/10\/what-should-reporters-learn-in-journalism-school\/280855\/\"><strong>What Should Reporters Learn in Journalism School?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/education\/archive\/2013\/10\/should-journalism-schools-require-reporters-to-learn-code-no\/280711\/\">In a recent piece<\/a>, I argued that journalism students who want to be writers shouldn\u2019t focus on immersing themselves in things like CSS and JavaScript, as I had tried to do during j-school. For responses, I got everything from \u201cYou\u2019re so right!\u201d (from reporters) to \u201cWhat are you talking about!?\u201d (from interactive and data journalists) to \u201cWait, why are y\u2019all trying to code exactly?\u201d (from developers who don\u2019t work in journalism).<\/p>\n<p>In the interest of being part of the solution, I thought I\u2019d interview a few of my colleagues here at Atlantic Media to see what they wish they\u00a0<em>had<\/em>\u00a0learned in journalism school, if not more code.* None of the colleagues I spoke with is a traditional print reporter, but between us, we do the types of writing, editing, and data analysis that many reporterly types aspire to. We all went to different schools, and most of us graduated within the past five years or so.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/education\/archive\/2013\/10\/what-should-reporters-learn-in-journalism-school\/280855\/\"><strong>Read more in The Atlantic.<\/strong><\/a> <em>[Image: Flickr\/Puukibeach]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Should Reporters Learn in Journalism School? In a recent piece, I argued that journalism students who want to be writers shouldn\u2019t focus on immersing themselves in things like CSS and JavaScript, as I had tried to do during j-school. 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