For those of you who don't know — outside of my day job, I teach technical skills to journalists as a Technical Advisor to the Studio 20 program at NYU.
Yesterday, many students opened a code editor for the first time. And it was one of those moments that I appreciated the opportunity I had to teach these skills.
I wrote a quick blog post on why I care so much about teaching these skills and why it matters: https://www.erinmikailstaples.com/teaching-technical-skills-to-journalists/