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This session is aimed at strengthening the skills of reporters who want to move beyond basic computer-assisted reporting and use statistical analysis in their work. Reporters should know spreadsheet and database manager applications and have experience in computer-assisted reporting. Many newsrooms have super equipment and bright reporters; the seminar hopes to ensure that newspapers get the most out of both. Reporters participating in the seminar will be able to return home and craft statistics into stories that count. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Doig, Knight Chair in Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University, Jennifer LaFleur, computer-assisted reporting editor for The Dallas Morning News, and Holly Hacker, education reporter at The Dallas Morning News, will lead the session.

Feb. 17-19, 2006 The three-day IRE statistics workshop I attended in Arizona last year gave me computer skills that really helped get this project going. Before the workshop, my computer-assisted reporting skills were pretty much limited to spreadsheets. Afterward, I had the skills to analyze huge databases. I combined 11 U.S. Department of Transportation files to include every reported transportation-related hazardous materials incident from 1993 through 2004. I then found, among other things, that our own San Bernardino County had the most toxic-chemical incidents involving trains when compared with counties nationwide. — David Danelski, staff writer, The (Riverside, Calif.) Press-Enterprise Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz. (click below for more information) Registration Form (PDF) Schedule Workshop Location Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Arizona State University Stauffer Communication Arts Bldg. Tempe, Arizona Map & Directions to Stauffer Bldg. Recommended Hotels Note: the seminar begins at 9 a.m. on Friday. Please plan accordingly for your hotel stay and airline reservations. Hotel with discounted room block Courtyard by Marriott 601 S. Ash Ave. Tempe, AZ 85281 800-352-9048 or 480-966-2800 $139 per night, plus tax. We have a room-block at this discounted rate, good through Jan. 26. Indicate that you will be attending the IRE-ASU Workshop. The hotel is a 5-10 minute walk from the seminar location. Other recommended hotels Tempe Mission Palms 60 East Fifth Street Tempe, AZ 85281 480-894-1400 or Reservations 800-547-8705 $185 to $195 per night, plus tax, and a $10-per-night hospitality fee (covers in-room wireless access, airport transportation and local/toll-free calls). Please ask for the ASU rate. The hotel is a 5-10 minute walk from the seminar location. SpringHill Suites Phoenix/Tempe Airport 1601 West Rio Salado Parkway Tempe, AZ 85281 480-968-8222 $121 per night, plus tax. This is the ASU rate, based on availability. The hotel is a 5-minute drive from ASU campus. Twin Palms Hotel 225 Apache Blvd Tempe, AZ 85281 Toll-free 800-367-0835 $95 per night - single, $105 - double, plus tax. Ask for the ASU rate. The Twin Palms is a 10-minute walk from the seminar location. Comfort Inn & Suites 1031 East Apache Blvd. Tempe, AZ 85281 480-966-7202 $91.99 per night, plus tax. Ask for the IRE rate. Some say the hotel is a 20-minute walk from the seminar location; others recommend that you drive to the seminar because part of the walk is along a busy highway.

For more information, email jennifer@ire.org. Prices per participant for members of IRE: Newspapers: Sunday circulation under 50,000 $300 Sunday circulation under 100,000 $500 Sunday circulation 100,000 and over $750 Television: 50-200 market $300 25-50 market $500 Top 25 market $750 Radio: $500 Magazine and Newsletters: $300 Universities: $300 Freelance: $250 Students: $250 Prices per participant for non-members of IRE: Price includes $50 membership fee. Newspapers: Sunday circulation under 50,000 $350 Sunday circulation under 100,000 $550 Sunday circulation 100,000 and over $800 Television: 50-200 market $350 25-50 market $550 Top 25 market $800 Radio: $550 Magazine and Newsletters: $350 Universities: $350 Freelance: $300 Students: $275