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Archive for August, 2008

IRE assists in tracking Clinton, McCain donors

Friday, 08/29/08 Posted in Data Library Blog, IRE News, NICAR News

A great deal of the news coverage surrounding this week's Democratic National Convention touched on whether the party could recover from a close primary election between Sens. Hillary Clinton and ... Read more..

Covering the bridge collapse, one year later, with NICAR data

Tuesday, 08/19/08 Posted in Data Library Blog, IRE News, NICAR News

By Julie Karceski NICAR Data Analyst One year later, and we’re back where we started. The one-year anniversary of the Minnesota bridge collapse, Aug. 1, sparked a flurry of articles -- more than ... Read more..

Coast-to-coast training in September

Monday, 08/18/08 Posted in IRE News, Training

IRE is partnering on two upcoming training sessions next month that focus on two key areas of beat coverage: business and health. We'll be in New York City on Sept. 20-21 ... Read more..