Feb. 23-25, 2007
 Great boot camp. There were a lot of immediately useful techniques to begin building a foundation for more advanced
stories.
— Geoff Dutton, The Columbus Dispatch
This workshop was one of the greatest learning experiences that I’ve had in a long time (and I’ve been in graduate school for three years).
— Jeannine Relly, Arizona State University |
Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
(click below for more information)
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
Room reservations: $152 per night, plus tax. When making a reservation, please ask for the IRE Stats Workshop room block to get this discounted rate. Reservations must be made by January 25. The hotel is a 5-10 minute walk from the seminar location.
Other hotel options
Tempe Mission Palms
60 East Fifth Street
Tempe, AZ 85281
480-894-1400 or 800-547-8705
Room reservations: $204.75 per night, plus tax (includes a hospitality fee that covers in-room wireless access, airport transportation and local/toll-free calls). This is 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
Room reservations: $219 (Thursday) and $139 (Friday & Saturday) per night, plus tax. This is an online rate. This is a smoke-free hotel. It is a 5-minute drive from the ASU campus.
Comfort Inn & Suites
1031 East Apache Blvd.
Tempe, AZ 85281
480-966-7202
Room reservations: $103.99 per night, plus tax for a king room, $107.99 per night, plus tax for a double room. This is the ASU rate. We recommend that you drive to the seminar.
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For more information, email jennifer@ire.org.
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| 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
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| Television: |
| 50-200 market |
$300 |
| 25-50 market |
$500 |
| Top 25 market |
$750
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| Radio: |
$500
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| Magazine and
Newsletters: |
$300
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| Universities: |
$300
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| Freelance: |
$250
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| Students: |
$250
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Prices per participant for
non-members of IRE:
Price includes $60 membership fee. |
| Newspapers: |
| Sunday circulation under 50,000 |
$360 |
| Sunday circulation under 100,000 |
$560 |
| Sunday circulation 100,000 and over |
$810
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| Television: |
| 50-200 market |
$360 |
| 25-50 market |
$560 |
| Top 25 market |
$810
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| Radio: |
$560
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| Magazine and Newsletters: |
$360
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| Universities: |
$360
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| Freelance: |
$310
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| Students: |
$275
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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, and Jennifer LaFleur, computer-assisted reporting editor for The Dallas Morning News, will lead the session.
