www.ire.org Search IRE  Member sign-in History How we started, Bylaws, The Arizona Project, Endowment Membership Benefits, How to Join, Find an Investigative Journalist, Listservs, Update Your Address Training Conferences, Seminars, Fellowships, Training Materials Resource Center 20,000-plus investigative stories, 2,000 Tipsheets, Reporting Guides, Beat Sources Broadcast Center Videostreamed clips, IRE feeds, IRE videos Database Library Government database collection, Data analysis Campaign Finance Information Center Campaign Finance Database, Stories FOI Center Columns, Awards, FOIA Database, Tipsheets The IRE Store Books, Audio tapes, Databases, Periodicals, IRE Logo Goods Job Center Hot jobs in journalism, latest fellowships and grants IRE Awards Latest contest, Past winners, How to enter Educators IRE Journalism Educators' Center IRE Board Elected members, Committees IRE Staff Staff members, Contacting us Privacy Policy

Philadelphia Program

Updated: 3/12/02
(Subject to change - check back for updates)

Back to IRE Conferences: Philadelphia, PA

Thursday
8:30-9:50	Symphony Ballroom Opening Session: A Mathematician Reads the News John Allen Paulos, Temple University
10-11:20	Ormandy East Describing a Community's Economic Health Neill Borowski, The Philadelphia Inquirer John Byczkowski, Cincinnati Enquirer Maureen Greene, Bureau of Labor Statistics Ormandy West Best and Worst Uses of Mapping Mark Monmonier, Syracuse University Symphony Ballroom Beginners Track - Getting Started and Weaving CAR Into the Beat Jere Downs, The Philadelphia Inquirer Paula Sullivan, The (Tacoma) News Tribune
11:20-1	Lunch - on your own
1-2:20	Ormandy East Roundtable - Stats in stories: What to do, what to say Bill Alpert, Barrons Magazine Neill Borowski, The Philadelphia Inquirer Sarah Cohen, The Washington Post Ormandy West The Evidence on Aging Ziva Branstetter, Tulsa World Robert Gebeloff, The Star-Ledger Dave Parks, The Birmingham News Tom Zambito, New York Daily News Symphony Ballroom Beginners Track - CAR Skills Every Reporter Needs Cheryl Phillips, Freelance Jeff Porter, IRE and NICAR Aria B More Monmonier on Mapping Mark Monmonier, Syracuse University
2:30-3:50	Ormandy East Latest in CAR Trends David Herzog, NICAR and Missouri School of Journalism Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR Ormandy West Campaign Finance: From state to local Bob Biersack, Federal Election Commission Aron Pilhofer, IRE and NICAR David Poole, Virginia Public Access Project MaryJo Sylwester, The Center for Public Integrity Symphony Ballroom Beginners Track - Getting Data From the Web Carolyn Edds, IRE and NICAR Tom McGinty, Newsday James Wilkerson, The Morning Call Aria B Putting Maps Online Matt Ericson, The Philadelphia Inquirer Ted Mellnik, The Charlotte Observer Paul Overberg, USA Today
4-5:20	Ormandy East Judging the Cops Rose Ciotta, The Philadelphia Inquirer David Fallis, The Washington Post Matthew Waite, St. Petersburg Times Ormandy West Census Surveys: Get ready for the every-year census Charles Alexander, U.S. Census Bureau Richard O'Reilly, Los Angeles Times Paul Overberg, USA Today Symphony Ballroom Beginners Track - Understanding Lingo and Hardware David Milliron, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Ron Nixon, IRE and NICAR Aria B DEMONSTRATION -- JMP, a data visualization software package from SAS Steve Doig, Arizona State University
5:30-6:50	Ormandy East Sports: Making CAR part of the team Suzanne Hoholik, The Columbus Dispatch Rick Linsk, St. Paul Pioneer Press Cheryl Phillips, Freelance Ormandy West Judging the Federal Government Moderator: David Herzog, NICAR and Missouri School of Journalism Mike Casey, Environmental Working Group Ron Nixon, IRE and NICAR Symphony Ballroom Data on Health and Environment Mike Berens, Chicago Tribune Paul D'Ambrosio, Asbury Park Press Mike Sherry, IRE and NICAR MaryJo Sylwester, The Center for Public Integrity Aria B Letting Graphics Do The Heavy Lifting John Duchneskie, The Philadelphia Inquirer Archie Tse, The New York Times
Friday
8:30-9:50	Ormandy East Getting the Most for the Money: Fee or free databases Carolyn Edds, IRE and NICAR Jean Packard, The Baltimore Sun Ormandy West Investigations Into Transportation and Infrastructure: Air safety, bridges, dams and hazardous materials David Armstrong, The Wall Street Journal Jennifer LaFleur, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Elizabeth Marchak, The Plain Dealer Symphony Ballroom Census: How groups spin the data Joel Best, University of Delaware D'Vera Cohn, The Washington Post Paul Overberg, USA Today Aria B DEMONSTRATION -- What IRE and NICAR can do for you
10-11:20	Ormandy East Evaluating Crime in Your Community Mark Fazlollah, The Philadelphia Inquirer Ted Mellnik, The Charlotte Observer Lawrence Sherman, University of Pennsylvania Ormandy West Breaking through secrecy: Covering children's issues Sarah Cohen, The Washington Post David Herzog, IRE and NICAR Jim Haner, The Baltimore Sun Symphony Ballroom Census 101: All the basics Steve Doig, Arizona State University Paul Overberg, USA Today Aria B DEMONSTRATION -- World-class CAR on 99 cents a day: Linux and open-source software in the newsroom Aron Pilhofer, IRE and NICAR
11:20-1	Lunch - on your own
1-2:20	Ormandy East Ethnic Disparities: Profiling, redlining and terrorism investigations Rich Dalton, Newsday Steve Doig, Arizona State University Joe Donohue, The Star-Ledger Jeff Roberts, The Denver Post Ormandy West Building and Analyzing Your Own Databases: The World Trade Center Anthony DeBarros, USA Today Mark Rochester, Newsday Symphony Ballroom Roundtable - Census Post Mortem: What we have learned so far Frank Bass, Associated Press Robert Benincasa, Gannett News Service Neill Borowski, The Philadelphia Inquirer Sandra Fish, (Boulder) Daily Camera Robert Gebeloff, The Star-Ledger Jeff Porter, IRE and NICAR Aria B New Media: Getting data online Matthew Ericson, The Philadelphia Inquirer Tom Torok, The New York Times Tom Wanat, Chronicle of Higher Education
2:30-3:50	Ormandy East Mapping Census: Layering census with other data Jennifer LaFleur, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Andy Lehren, Dateline NBC Ormandy West Managing/Editing the Data-Heavy Story David Boardman, The Seattle Times Ira Chinoy, University of Maryland Rich Galant, Newsday Griff Palmer, The (San Jose) Mercury News Symphony Ballroom The Perils of Legal Drugs Dennis Cauchon, USA Today David Heath, The Seattle Times Elizabeth Marchak, The Plain Dealer Aria B DEMONSTRATION -- A Data-Cleaning Trick Using the New FEC Electronic Filing Derek Willis, Congressional Quarterly
4-5:20	Ormandy East Business Info Online Richard Drezen, The Washington Post Neil Reisner, (Miami) Daily Business Review Ormandy West Sophisticated CAR for Small/Medium Newsrooms in a Low-Budget Era Frank Kummer, Courier-Post Jason Method, Asbury Park Press Jeff Thomas, The (Colorado Springs) Gazette Symphony Ballroom Covering Energy Issues in the New Environment Tom McGinty, Newsday Ron Nixon, IRE and NICAR Aria B Beyond Lookups: Network solutions for in-depth reporting Robert Gebeloff, The Star-Ledger David Heath, The Seattle Times Tom Torok, The New York Times
5:30-6:50	Symphony Ballroom Roundtable: What We Learned From Florida and Why It Was Worth It Mike Berens, Chicago Tribune Dennis Cauchon, USA Today Ford Fessenden, The New York Times Dan Keating, The Washington Post Mark Seibel, The Miami Herald
Saturday
8:30-9:50	Ormandy East Hidden Treasures: New and exciting data Brant Houston, IRE and NICAR Ron Nixon, IRE and NICAR Ormandy West Education: Measuring tests, examining equity Holly Hacker, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Doug Haddix, The Columbus Dispatch Chris Roberts, The State Symphony Ballroom Mining Census for Non-Census Stories Paul Overberg, USA Today Jeff Porter, IRE and NICAR Ramona Smith, Philadelphia Daily News Aria B DEMONSTRATION -- Using Excel to Track the Economy John Byczkowski, The Cincinnati Enquirer
10-11:20	Ormandy East Finding Waste and Corruption in Local Government David Herzog, NICAR and Missouri School of Journalism John Kelly, Associated Press Stephanie Reitz, The Hartford Courant Bob Warner, Philadelphia Daily News Ormandy West Online Sites for Breaking News Stuart Watson, WCNC-TV Margot Williams, The Washington Post Symphony Ballroom Federal FOIA and Cracking State Laws Stephanie Abrutyn, Tribune Company Rose Ciotta, The Philadelphia Inquirer Barbara Fought, Syracuse University Aria B DEMONSTRATION -- Developing Web pages for search applications, fully interactive applications, name parsing and field code translation Tom Torok, The New York Times
11:20-1	Lunch - on your own
1-2:20	Ormandy East Crisis in FOIA and its Impact on Reporters Doug Clifton, The Plain Dealer Sean Moulton, OMB Watch Tim Franklin, Orlando Sentinel Ormandy West Digging for Stories in the Statehouse Jon Craig, The Columbus Dispatch Holly Heyser, St. Paul Pioneer Press Jeff South, Virginia Commonwealth University Symphony Ballroom Software to Manage the CAR Project Philip Meyer, University of North Carolina Aron Pilhofer, IRE and NICAR Derek Willis, Congressional Quarterly Aria B Taking CAR on the Road: Latest tools of the trade Frank Bass, Associated Press Stuart Watson, WCNC-TV
2:30-3:50	Ormandy East Databases Money Can't Buy Donald Barlett, Time Inc. James Steele, Time Inc. Ormandy West Broadcast and Print Collaborating On CAR Chris Cantergiani, WSB-TV David Milliron, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Stuart Watson, WCNC-TV Symphony Ballroom What the Census Says to Demographers William Frey, University of Michigan Population Studies Center John Logan, Department of Sociology, SUNY at Albany Aria B DEMONSTRATION: The latest developments with TRAC Charles Costanzo, TRAC/Syracuse University
4-5:20	Ormandy East International Data: From the routine to terrorism Nils Mulvad, Danish Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting Noemi Ramirez, Diaro El Mundo Margot Williams, The Washington Post Ormandy West Local Property Investigations: Taxes, lending, scams Christian Murray, Newsday David Olinger, Denver Post Jodi Upton, The Detroit News Symphony Ballroom Public Access, Privacy and National Security William Ferroggiaro, Freedom of Information Project Martin Halstuk, Penn State University David Smallman, Steinhart & Falconer LLP Aria B DEMONSTRATION: Intranet Database Tools Robert Gebeloff, The Star-Ledger
7-10	Panel 3 -- Symphony Ballroom Reception (Salute to Phil Meyer)
Sunday
9-10:20	Ormandy East Workshop: How to Keep Public Data Public: Challenges, issues and strategies Jennifer LaFleur, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, discussion leader Ormandy West Training With Low or no Budgets Ron Nixon, IRE and NICAR, discussion leader
10:30-11:50	Ormandy East Improving your Career: What CAR skills they are looking for Panelists to be announced Ormandy West IRE and NICAR Roundtable: What we can do for you, what you need Carolyn Edds, IRE and NICAR Ron Nixon, IRE and NICAR Aron Pilhofer, IRE and NICAR Jeff Porter, IRE and NICAR