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NICAR received some great designs for its annual T-shirt contest, and voting is now open! Voting will stay open for about one week, ending Sunday, Feb. 5 at midnight. The proposal with the most votes will be sold as a T-shirt at the upcoming CAR Conference, March 2-5 in Jacksonville. Runners-up will be sold as laptop…
Read MoreCome train with us! IRE seeks a training director to help journalists bolster their watchdog and data skills. The trainer will help organize and conduct watchdog workshops and customized newsroom training; help plan national conferences; and develop innovative instructional materials in investigative and data journalism. While IRE is located at the University of Missouri, the trainer…
Read MoreWe hope you’re joining us in Jacksonville, March 2-5, for the 2017 CAR Conference. We want to hear which hands-on classes you’re most excited to attend. Consider taking our survey to help us plan repeat sessions. We’ll keep the survey open through Sunday, Jan. 29. At that time, we’ll tally the votes to help us plan repeats…
Read MoreIRE is proud to announce the 2016 Philip Meyer Award winners A sophisticated data investigation that revealed doctors who had sexually abused their patients is the first-place winner of the 2016 Philip Meyer Journalism Awards. Other top winners include an innovative project tracking the spread of wildfires in the West and a data-driven investigation that exposed…
Read MoreEarn bragging rights and help raise money for future NICAR training events by participating in our annual NICAR T-shirt contest. All ideas celebrating data and data journalism are welcome, from a simple, classic design with NICAR on it to bad SQL puns (SELECT * FROM tshirts WHERE tshirts.thisone = “Awesome”). There are only a few…
Read MoreIRE is looking to you for input in planning sessions for the upcoming IRE Conference, June 22-25 in Phoenix. Please let us know what you’d like to learn – and who you’d like to hear from – at this year’s conference. You can submit panel topics and suggest speakers. The more we hear from you,…
Read MoreSoaring heroin and opioid addiction rates have left journalists across the country looking for new ways to cover the crisis and make the statistics stick. On this episode, we talk to reporters at two papers who found innovative ways to humanize America’s heroin epidemic. Stephen Stirling of NJ Advance Media takes us on a tour…
Read MoreIt’s almost time for the annual CAR Conference T-shirt contest! If you don’t have a design ready, don’t worry. You still have time to come up with your best data journalism one-liners, SQL puns and NICAR logo designs. The winner gets bragging rights, a free shirt and $50 in the online IRE Store. Runners-up will…
Read MoreCharles Minshew of the Orlando Sentinel will join IRE as director of data services on Jan. 23. During the past three years, Charles has done impressive data and visual storytelling work at the Sentinel. He created and maintained data sets for daily and investigative stories; built interactive graphics, maps and charts; and trained reporters on using data. He…
Read MoreHow to enter the IRE Awards from IRE/NICAR on Vimeo. The IRE Awards deadline is just 10 days away and we don’t want you to miss out! Gather your best stories of the year and enter the 2016 IRE Awards contest — we can’t wait to see what you’ve done. Among the most prestigious in…
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