March 22, 2012

Briggs Chapter Nine: Data Driven Journalism

This chapter took me back to my tenth grade year at Freedom High School. I was taking a Computer Information Systems class with my favorite teacher in the entire world, Kathryn Cossa. In that class I was taught many of the things that this chapter taught. It makes me feel like I’m ahead of the curve to know that I have already been taught these things.

I meticulously organize my e-mails and my computer, which eliminates plenty of the difficulties that I face with my scheduling. I’m extremely lucky because I have a pretty good memory, which means I very rarely have to write things down to remember them. I remember assignments and due dates after hearing about them a couple of times. Not many people can do that…

I found it interesting that this chapter seems to be a combination of the skill sets we’ve learned and completed in class while adding in a few new concepts. For example, the location in your smart phones. Playing hookey has never been more difficult, has it? Because your phone will be the betray you every time… Unless of course, you just turn the GPS locator off.