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Choose to see the schedule for a particular day or scroll down to see the whole schedule: Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Guide to Hands-On CAR Classes: B=Basic; I=Intermediate; A=Advanced
Classes designated as "MINI-BOOT CAMP" are reserved for participants who have previously registered for the Mini-Boot Camp.
Time Panel Room
Start your engines: An overview of the advanced day
• David Donald, IRE and NICAR
• Brant Houston, IRE and NICARAtlantic 10:20-11:30 a.m. The latest and best in mapping techniques
• David Herzog, NICAR and Missouri School of Journalism
• Andy Lehren, The New York TimesAtlantic Advanced Excel functions
• MaryJo Sylwester, St. Paul Pioneer PressBergen 11:40 a.m.-12:50 p.m. The latest in Web scraping
• Nils Mulvad, DICAR
• John Perry, The Center for Public Integrity
• Derek Willis, The Washington PostAtlantic Data cleaning with Access
• Tim Henderson, The Miami Herald
• Maurice Tamman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Monmouth Lunch on your own 2-3:10 p.m. The thinking intranet
• Tom Torok, The New York TimesAtlantic Mapping on the Web
• Dave Sheingold, The Record
• Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg TimesMonmouth 3:20-4:30 p.m. Stats for the newsroom
• David Donald, IRE and NICAR
• Jennifer LaFleur, The Dallas Morning NewsAtlantic Open-source software
• Griff Palmer, San Jose Mercury News
• Aron Pilhofer, The New York TimesMonmouth MySQL for the intranet
• Brad Heath, The Detroit News
• Daniel Lathrop, The Center for Public IntegrityBergen 4:40-5:50 p.m. Social network analysis and using it for stories
• Jaimi Dowdell, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Tommy Kaas, Danish International Center for Analytical Reporting
• Aaron Kessler, Virginia Public Access Project
Atlantic Using Perl, Python and R
• Amanda Cox, The New York Times
• Matthew Ericson, The New York Times
• Ron Nixon, The New York Times
Monmouth Blogs, wikis and RSS in the newsroom
• Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg Times
• Derek Willis, The Washington PostBergen 8-8:45 a.m. How to get the most out of the conference
• David Donald, IRE and NICAR
• David Herzog, NICAR and Missouri School of Journalism
• Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR
• Jeff Porter, IRE and NICARAtlantic Welcome
• James Willse, The Star-Ledger
• Brant Houston, IRE and NICARAtlantic 9-10:10 a.m. Internet 101: Better search techniques for the Web
• Benjamin Lesser, The Record
• Neil Reisner, Florida International UniversityEssex CAR for justice
• Jennifer LaFleur, The Dallas Morning News
• Griff Palmer, San Jose Mercury News
• Janet Roberts, The New York Times
Atlantic International data and investigations
• Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR (moderator)
• Helena Bengtsson, The Center for Public Integrity
• Nils Mulvad, Danish International Center for Analytical Reporting
Monmouth Demo Room
Deciphering the alphabet soup: ASP, PHP, VB, VBA, SQL. A pre-primer for the
network newbie.
• Joshua Tanzer, FreelanceSeth Boyden
B: Access 1: The purifying experience of filtering your data. Learn to select and sort data items you choose.
• Agustin Armendariz, The Center for Public Integrity
B: Excel 1: Performing simple calculations and sorting
• Steve Doig, Arizona State University
I: Making the most of the U.S. Census Bureau's Factfinder
• Kelly Guckian, San Antonio Express-News
A: Beyond basics 1: Using advanced Excel functions
• MaryJo Sylwester, St. Paul Pioneer Press
A: An introduction to SQL Server: What it has that desktop apps don't. How to import, view and query the data
• Alletta Emeno, The Philadelphia Inquirer10:20-11:30 a.m. CAR for digging into local contracts
• David Fallis, The Washington Post
• Dan Keating, The Washington Post
• Dunstan McNichol, The Star-LedgerEssex Revealing stories from veterans data
• Chris Adams, Knight Ridder
• Doug Stanley, The Tampa TribuneAtlantic Investigating business
• David Dietz, Bloomberg Markets
• Brant Houston, IRE and NICARMonmouth Demo Room
The basics of CrimeStat: A free tool for ArcView to help map crime hot spots
• Enric Volante, Arizona Daily StarSeth Boyden
I: Access 2: Summarizing databases with counting and summing
• Agustin Armendariz, The Center for Public Integrity
B: Excel 2: Calculating ratios and rates in Excel
• Steve Doig, Arizona State University
B: Web sites and search techniques for reporters
• Toby Lyles, The New York Times
A: Beyond basics 2: Cleaning data with SQL functions in Access
• Jeff Porter, IRE and NICAR
A: SQL automation: How to spend zero time on those tedious, recurrent tasks of importing, manipulating, analyzing and publishing data with data transformation service.
• James Wilkerson, The New York Times11:40 a.m.-12:50 p.m. CAR for covering natural disasters
• John Maines, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• Natalya Shulyakovskaya, The Orange County RegisterEssex CAR for property investigations
• Doug Haddix, The Columbus Dispatch
• Brooke Williams, The San Diego Union-TribuneAtlantic Census: American Community Survey, American Housing Survey and other new releases and tools
• Paul Overberg, USA Today (moderator)
• Dave Davis, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
• Paula Lavigne, The Dallas Morning NewsMonmouth Demo Room
Using Python to gather congressional vote data
• Derek Willis, The Washington PostSeth Boyden
A: Access 3: How to join tables, matching information from one file to another
• Tom McGinty, Newsday
B: Excel 3: Learn pivot tables, filtering and more
• Janet Roberts, The New York Times
B: Backgrounding people on the Internet
• Margot Williams, The New York Times
A: Beyond basics 3: Programming in Access to ease importing and other automated tasks
• Maurice Tamman, Sarasota Herald-TribuneMorris
A: Optimizing with SQL Server: Using indexes and other tools to spot slowdowns and speed up your queries
• Tom Torok, The New York TimesLunch on your own 2-3:10 p.m. CAR for broadcast
• Nancy Amons, WSMV-Nashville
• Andy Lehren, The New York Times
• Jeff Porter, IRE and NICAREssex Advanced Internet: From better searches to the invisible Web
• M.J. Crowley, The Star-Ledger
• Nora Paul, Institute for Media Studies
• Margot Williams, The New York TimesAtlantic Thunder road: Transportation
• Paul Overberg, USA Today
• David Raynor, The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & ObserverMonmouth Demo Room
Generating stories with TRAC data
• David Burnham, Transactional Records Access ClearinghouseSeth Boyden
B: Excel 1: Performing simple calculations and sorting (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• Aaron Kessler, Virginia Public Access Project
B: Excel 1: Performing simple calculations and sorting (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• Enric Volante, Arizona Daily StarHudson
B: Backgrounding businesses on the Internet
• Monika Mathur, The Associated Press
A: Mapping 1: Displaying data geographically with ArcView 9
• David Herzog, NICAR and Missouri School of JournalismMorris
A: SAS: Reading in and analyzing with SAS tools
• Dan Keating, The Washington Post3:20-4:30 p.m. Using CAR in everyday work
• David Armstrong, The Wall Street Journal
• Tom McGinty, NewsdayEssex CAR and the environment
• Spencer Hunt, The Columbus Dispatch
• Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg TimesAtlantic Setting up a data library and the intranet: Organizing the data for the newsroom
• Robert Gebeloff, The (Newark) Star-Ledger
• MaryJo Sylwester, St. Paul Pioneer PressMonmouth Demo Room
Web Scraper Plus: A simple but powerful Windows-based Web scraper
• Robert Benincasa, Gannett News ServiceSeth Boyden
B: Excel 2: Calculating ratios and rates (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• Aaron Kessler, Virginia Public Access Project
B: Excel 2: Calculating ratios and rates (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• Dave Sheingold, The Record
B: Excel and Internet: Importing data from the Web into spreadsheets
• Carolyn Edds, St. Petersburg Times
A: Mapping 2: Importing and selecting data by attribute (ArcView 9)
• Brad Heath, The Detroit NewsMorris
A: Similar tasks, different tools: Moving data into your newsroom with ASP.NET
• Aron Pilhofer, The New York Times4:40-5:50 p.m. Social research methods and common sense for newsrooms
• Steve Doig, Arizona State University
• Philip Meyer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
To be followed by presentation of the Philip Meyer Awards, recognizing the best uses of social science methods in journalism.Essex
B: Importing data into Excel (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• Debbie Wolfe, St. Petersburg Times
B: Importing data into Excel (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• Dave Sheingold, The RecordHudson
B: Excel and Internet: Importing PDFs into spreadsheets
• Derek Willis, The Washington Post
A: Mapping 3: Geocoding to merge databases with street addresses into maps (ArcView 9)
• Andy Lehren, The New York Times
A: Similar tasks, different tools: Moving data into your newsroom with PHP
• Joshua Tanzer, Freelance
Join us to celebrate the first Philip Meyer Awards, recognizing the best uses of social science methods in journalism.
Thanks to David Smallman and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz for their support of the Philip Meyer Reception.9-10:10 a.m. CAR for money and politics
• Aaron Kessler, Virginia Public Access Project
• Aron Pilhofer, The New York Times
• Derek Willis, The Washington PostEssex CAR for covering education
• Rose Ciotta, The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Tawnell Hobbs, The Dallas Morning News
• Mc Nelly Torres, South Florida Sun-SentinelAtlantic Year in review in CAR
• David Donald, IRE and NICARMonmouth Using CAR for FOI
• Wendell Cochran, American University
• Coral Davenport, American University
• Tom Gaumer, The (Cleveland) Plain DealerBentley's Demo Room
Recapturing history: Using IPUMS to build Census tables you can't find in the library
• Robert Gebeloff, The Star-LedgerSeth Boyden
A: Database building: Using Access forms to ease the process
• Anthony DeBarros, USA Today
B: Excel 1: Performing simple calculations and sorting
• Danielle Cervantes, The San Diego Union-TribuneHudson
B: Web sites and search techniques for reporters
• Toby Lyles, The New York Times
A: Mapping 4: How Spatial Analyst can pinpoint places and improve stories (ArcView 9)
• Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg Times
A: MySQL: Introduction to writing database code in a low-cost alternative to SQL Server
• Daniel Lathrop, The Center for Public Integrity10:20-11:30 a.m. Property, mortgages and foreclosures
• John McCormick, The Chicago Tribune
• Ted Mellnik, The Charlotte ObserverEssex Dealing with denials of FOI data requests
• David Burnham, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse
• David McCraw, Esq., The New York Times
• Jo Craven McGinty, The New York Times
• David Smallman, Esq., Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
Atlantic CAR for covering public health
• Fred Schulte, The (Baltimore) Sun
• Steve Suo,The (Portland) Oregonian
Bentley's Demo Room
Text from TIFFs: Document images come to life through bulk OCR and full-text searches
• Tom Torok, The New York TimesSeth Boyden
B: Access 1: The purifying experience of filtering your data. Learn to select and sort data items you choose.
• Griff Palmer, San Jose Mercury News
B: Excel 2: Calculating ratios and rates
• Natalya Shulyakovskaya, The Orange County RegisterHudson
A: Advanced scripting I: Using Perl to grab data from the Web
• Matthew Ericson, The New York Times
• John Perry, The Center for Public Integrity
• Aron Pilhofer, The New York Times
A: Mapping 5: Nailing down the details — dealing with projections
• Jennifer LaFleur, The Dallas Morning NewsMorris
A: Introduction to social network software
• Jaimi Dowdell, St. Louis Post-Dispatch11:40 a.m.-12:50 p.m. 20 years later: CAR and strategies for changing newsroom cultures
• Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR
• Anne Saul, Gannett Co., Inc.
• Terry Schwadron, The New York TimesEssex Writing the data-heavy story
• Jason Method, Asbury Park Press
• Mc Nelly Torres, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Atlantic Military data
• Mike Fabey, Defense News
• Doug Smith, Los Angeles TimesBentley's Demo Room
Creating easy forms, serving up data pages with PHP
• Brian Hamman, IRE and NICARSeth Boyden
B: Access 2: Summarizing databases with counting and summing
• Griff Palmer, San Jose Mercury News
B: Excel 3: Learn pivot tables, filtering and more
• Larry Gillick, American UniversityHudson
A: Advanced scripting 2: Using Perl to grab data from the Web (attendance in Advanced Scripting 1 required)
• Matthew Ericson, The New York Times
• John Perry, The Center for Public Integrity
• Aron Pilhofer, The New York Times
A: SPSS 1: Navigate SPSS, using descriptive statistics and frequencies. Create basic counts and percentages to help you understand your data.
• David Donald, IRE and NICARMorris 1-1:50 p.m.
A: VEdit and others: Using text editors to clean your data and text manipulation
• Sarah Cohen, The Washington PostLunch on your own 2-3:10 p.m. Visual investigations and CAR
• Sarah Cohen, The Washington Post
• Matthew Ericson, The New York Times
• Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg TimesEssex Managing and editing the CAR story
• Tom Curran, The Star-Ledger (moderator)
• Doug Haddix, The Columbus Dispatch
• Tim Nostrand, The (Hackensack, N.J.) Record
Atlantic Food safety and CAR
• Tim Darragh, The Morning Call
• Jack Dolan, The Miami Herald
• Andy Lehren, The New York Times
Bentley's Demo Room
Mapping mash-ups: Integrating Google maps with VBScript
• Robert Gebeloff, The (Newark) Star-Ledger
Seth Boyden
A: Moving into Access: An introduction to filtering with Access (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• Jennifer LaFleur, The Dallas Morning News
A: Moving into Access: An introduction to filtering with Access (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• William Hartnett, The Palm Beach PostHudson
B: Excel and Internet: Importing PDFs into spreadsheets
• Derek Willis, The Washington Post
A: SPSS 2: Doing crosstabs to show the data in different ways, and statistical tests
• Jason Method, Asbury Park Press
A: An introduction to Perl and regular expressions
• John Perry, The Center for Public Integrity3:20-4:30 p.m. Bulletproofing the story
• Danielle Cervantes, The San Diego Union-Tribune
• Jennifer LaFleur, The Dallas Morning NewsEssex CAR after the disaster: FEMA, SBA and other data
• Russ Beuttner, New York Daily News
• John Maines, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• Ron Nixon, The New York TimesAtlantic Teaching CAR from college to the newsroom
• Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR (moderator)
• David Herzog, NICAR and Missouri School of Journalism
• Jeff South, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityBentley's
Hardware and gadgets for the computer-assisted reporter
• Stephen Miller, The New York Times
• Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg TimesMonmouth Demo Room
Online mapping with ArcIMS
• Ted Mellnik, The Charlotte ObserverSeth Boyden
I: Access 2: Summarizing databases with counting and summing (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• James Wilkerson, The New York Times
I: Access 2: Summarizing databases with counting and summing (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• Doug Smith, Los Angeles TimesHudson
I: Downloading and analyzing Census demographics to help cover your community
• Doug Stanley, The Tampa Tribune
A: SPSS 3: Basic linear regression techniques and diagnostics
• Steve Suo, The OregonianMorris
A: Scripting away your data woes: Perl and VBScript as tools to format, clean and organize data for use in any database software
• Matthew Ericson, The New York Times
• Tom Torok, The New York Times4:40-5:50 p.m. Using data to track sexual predators
• Jeff Porter, IRE and NICAR (moderator)
• Robert Benincasa, Gannett News Service
• Paul D'Ambrosio, Asbury Park Press
• Jason Grotto, The Miami Herald
Essex Worker safety and CAR
• Linda Johnson, Lexington Herald-Leader
• Tom Torok, The New York Times
• Ken Ward Jr., The Charleston GazetteAtlantic CAR for sports coverage
• Thomas Hargrove, Scripps Howard News Service
• Jodi Upton, USA Today
Bentley's Katrina roundtable
CAR for covering disasters and strategies for the future
• Jenni Bergal, Center for Public Integrity
• John Maines, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• Ron Nixon, The New York Times
Monmouth Demo Room
Turning "dirty" text and PDFs into spreadsheets with Monarch
• Paula Lavigne, The Dallas Morning NewsSeth Boyden
A: Access 3: How to join tables, matching information from one file to another (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• James Wilkerson, The New York Times
A: Access 3: How to join tables, matching information from one file to another (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• Robert Gebeloff, The Star-Ledger
I: Downloading and analyzing campaign finance data
• Jeff South, Virginia Commonwealth University
A: SPSS 4: Using SPSS syntax to automate time-consuming tasks
• David Donald, IRE and NICAR
A: Similar tasks, different tools: Moving data into your newsroom with ASP
• MaryJo Sylwester, St. Paul Pioneer Press
• IRE and NICAR staff9-10:10 a.m. Internet 101: Better search techniques for the Web
• Pia Christensen, IRE and NICAR
• Toby Lyles, The New York Times
Basic math primer
• David Donald, IRE and NICARMonmouth
B: Build your own database: The ins and outs of how to structure and maintain a database you create. (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• Robert Gebeloff, The Star-Ledger
B: Build your own database: The ins and outs of how to structure and maintain a database you create. (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• Andy Lehren, The New York Times
B: Backgrounding people on the Internet
• Margot Williams, The New York Times10:20-11:30 a.m. Covering homicides with CAR
• Robert Gebeloff, The Star-Ledger
• Doug Smith, Los Angeles TimesLatest in using census data
• Colleen O'Dea, Daily Record (Parsippany, N.J.)
• Dave Davis, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
Monmouth
A final Q&A session, exercise and how to take it all home. (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• IRE and NICAR staff
A final Q&A session, exercise and how to take it all home. (MINI-BOOT CAMP)
• IRE and NICAR staff
B: Backgrounding businesses on the Internet
• Monika Mathur, The Associated Press
