Class 2: Coding continued + the why of climate change
Today
Check-ins: name, how you’re doing, a win for this week
Announcements
Quiz
Go through quiz answers and discuss
Review/discussion of reading/homework
Break
Group activity on data-based vs data-decorated story
Lecture - climate change
Group time to discuss story ideas so far
Break
Lecture - coding
Notebook time
Check out
Announcements
- If you turned something in, full credit. I will start grading more rigorously, but I gave it week to get used to each other.
- Call me Elisabeth
- Office hours
- Google/Slack
- Last week’s self-ratings:
- Journalism average = 7 (range of 4.5-10)
- STEM average = 5 (range of 3 to 7)
- Groups:
- Tanka, Mari, Hannah
- Max, Marissa, Mia
- Annika, Audrey
- Dylan, Joseph, Sam
Class 2 Quiz
What is technochauvinism as described by the author? (1 pt)
A: Using technology to show someone up
B: Thinking technology is always the answer
C: Being chauvanistic on a dating appThe author seems pretty negative about technochauvinism. What is your opinion? (3 pt)
What is the difference between general AI and narrow AI? (2 pt)
Do you think ChatGPT is general or narrow AI, and why? (2 pt)
What is the function we used in the homework to create a list of numbers? (1 pt)
A: ls()
B: create_list()
C: c()What is the function we used in the homework to add a list of numbers together? (1 pt)
A: addup()
B: add()
C: sum()
Data-driven vs Data-decorated Journalism
Read or skim each article (especially the first half) to determine if each one is data-driven or data-decorated.
From Grist, How Climate Action Fizzled in Cascadia: https://grist.org/climate/washington-oregon-and-british-columbia-failed-climate-pledges/
From AP, One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology: https://apnews.com/article/inflation-reduction-act-renewable-energy-policy-economy-d5b0a7f15659930c6c15f0d180b193e8
From KUOW, Despite state law, Washington takes 3+ years to reveal its climate pollution: https://www.kuow.org/stories/despite-state-law-washington-takes-3-years-to-reveal-its-climate-pollution :::
Climate
How did we get here?
Source: Carbon Brief. Click here for link.
Climate
Emissions in America
Total U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Economic Sector
Source: EPA. Click here for link.
Climate
What are we doing about it?
Mitigation
Adaptation
Geoengineering
Loss and Damage
Coding
Projects - a way to organize your files
- Suggestion: have one project for homework files and another project for your story. So, first create a folder for your homework files that the project can go in, and same for story files.
Pipes - a primary syntax for modifying a dataset
- Can be typed as %>% or more updated version |>
Coding
Documentation + stack overflow - another source for help
If you get an error, copy and paste the error and google it
On stack overflow, don’t spend too much time trying to understand the original poster’s question. See if it’s in line with your question, and then skip to first answer or answer with green check mark next to it.
Tasks before next week
Read second section of Artificial Unintelligence book (Chapters 5 to 9)
Coding notebook: Due Jan 27 @ 5PM (on Canvas)
Story-based checkpoint: In your Masterfile, fill in the following sections: story idea + related issues + at least 3 articles for each clip search. Copy those sections into Canvas to submit (doesn’t have to be well formatted - I will look at the Google sheets version). Due at beginning of week 3 class.
Checkout
- Do you feel behind, on-track, or ahead?
- About how long did the reading take you?
- About how long did the coding notebook take you?
- About how long did story-based assignment take you (including research time)?
- Any other feedback, notes on how you’re feeling, etc?
Decoding Climate Change: Unlocking the Power of Programming for Data Journalism