ICJ Setting Up

Setting up your computer for ICJ

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This site outlines how to set up a computer for Intro to Coding for Journalists, a class in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin. If you are new to coding, I suggest you begin with the Getting Started chapter there.

Both macOS and Windows platforms are covered with these instructions. Chromebooks and tablets are not supported for this class.

If you are using a UT lab computer, get with your instructor.

• Setup part 1 we do at the beginning of the semester
• Setup part 2 we do in the middle of the semester

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About the author

Christian McDonald
Associate Professor of Practice
School of Journalism and Media
Moody College of Communication
University of Texas at Austin

I was a career journalist who most recently served as data and projects editor at the Austin American-Statesman before joining the journalism school full-time in fall 2018. I had been teaching data-related courses as a lecturer since 2013.

I also serve as the innovation director of the Dallas Morning News Journalism Innovation Endowment.

• UT Data Github: utdata
• Twitter: crit | Mastodon crit | Bluesky: @crit
• Email: christian.mcdonald@utexas.edu

Special thanks to Michael Plunkett for helping figure out Google Cloud CLI.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Let’s just say this is free on the internet. I don’t make any money from it and you shouldn’t either.