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contribution field in spreadsheet is multivalued, but not handled that way #123

Closed eads closed 9 years ago

livlab commented 9 years ago

Wouldn't it be more useful going forward if the data capture was categorized rather than open fields? Seems really consistent so Emily and Ariel could just check off the activity they performed from a list:

this is based on all the data so far. Seems like a pretty narrow set. (if better worded it might make capture easier for them and contribution field easier to parse).

eads commented 9 years ago

That's what they do, it's just multi-valued.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Livia Labate notifications@github.com wrote:

Wouldn't it be more useful going forward if the data capture was categorized rather than open fields? Seems really consistent so Emily and Ariel could just check off the activity they performed from a list:

  • source existing image (from wires, etc)
  • source new original image (from wires, etc)
  • Viz shoot
  • tone/edit photo
  • edit video
  • coach (intern, journalist, etc)
  • commission (photographer, illustrator, etc)
  • curate slideshow
  • multimedia page buildout
  • troubleshoot photo/video issue with journalist, etc)
  • make screenshots, crops

this is based on all the data so far. Seems like a pretty narrow set. (if better worded it might make capture easier for them and contribution field easier to parse).

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livlab commented 9 years ago

Leaving as is. CSV work.