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Search results for "integrating CAR" ...
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Cracking Codes
Learn about datasets that can help localize health stories, including pharmaceutical company spending on doctors, nursing home violations and hospital quality, among others. We will dive into Medicare data and data that local and state reporters can use.
Tags: health data; Medicaid; nursing homes; drugs
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The data-driven story part 3: bulletproofing and presentation
Learn how to "bulletproof" your data by doing integrity checks and learn tips to go beyond basic data checking.
Tags: Databases; sourcing; story visualization
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The data-driven story part 1: conceiving and launching
Start with the data basics: where to get data, how to request it, how to "interview" the data and analyze the information.
Tags: Database; story visualization
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Managing the CAR Project
Donald, Sallah and Stapleton created an extensive list of almost every step you should take while managing a computer-assisted reporting project.
Tags: CAR; managing; computer-assisted reporting
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Integrating CAR into a Daily Beat
Be ready to report on your daily beat using computer-assisted reporting techniques.
Tags: CAR; computer assisted reporting
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Network Analysis for News
Instructions on how to integrate NodeXL network analysis into newsstories.
Tags: nodexl; network; analysis; news; integration; integrating
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Environmental analyses for any newsroom
Lucas and Golden walks through the steps to analyze and extract information from environmental data.
Tags: environment; environmental analysis; environmental data; pollution; data; epa
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Integrating CAR into a daily beat
Use computer-assisted reporting in your daily beat. Martin provides helpful tips to integrate CAR
Tags: integrating CAR; daily beat
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Integrating CAR
Dowdell and Wert gives advice on the importance of collecting data and the benefits of setting up independent databases, and offer tips on specific subpoints to cover under topics such as Sports, Crime/Public Safety, Education, Business, etc.
Tags: data; databases; investigative methods
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CAR for Money and Politics
The authors list and describe sources for data to use in stories about money and politics. Some of the sources are place to find concrete records, such as the Federal Election Commission and the IRS. Other sources include organizations that have already compiled the records into searchable databases, like the Center for Public Integrity and OMB watch.
Tags: lobbyists; campaign contributions; politics; government documents; government contracts; government spending; sources; internet research