The New York Times course to teach its reporters data skills is now open-source

Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @06:40PM (#20170080)

When running a startup, and you either want the press to talk to you, or the press decides that you're an interesting story.

Larger companies have PR people to handle that kind of thing. In a startup, though, it could easily be a programmer who talks to the press, because there isn't anyone else.

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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by mr_toad on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @07:09PM (#20170289)

There are courses on how to speak to the media. They are aimed at CEOs, politicians etc, or anyone who might need to speak to the media. Often taught by reporters, or ex-reporters.

I’ve done one, I’d recommend it. I have rarely talked to journalists, but the skills are useful in any situation where you’re being ‘grilled’, like a job interview.

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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by mehrdadn on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @07:13PM (#20170316)

That's cool. Where are these kinds of courses generally taught?

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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by mr_toad on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:12PM (#20170680)

I’d google for something like “media training for executives”. You can probably get courses in most major cities.

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Re:The New York Times course to teach its reporters data ski... by mehrdadn on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:15PM (#20170700)

I see, thanks!

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