CAR Conference Blog
Winning T-shirt selected for NICAR 2017
The votes are in and the 2017 NICAR T-shirt has been selected! Joe Fox of the Los Angeles Times won our annual contest with a redaction-inspired design. You’ll be able to buy his design at the 2017 CAR Conference in Jacksonville. Any extra shirts will be available for purchase online in the IRE Store. Madi Alexander of…
Read More2017 Tapestry Data Storytelling Conference is Now Accepting Requests for Invitation
The 5th annual Tapestry Data Storytelling Conference will be held at Casa Monica in St. Augustine, Florida on Wednesday March 12th, 2017.Tapestry is an event designed to advance interactive online data storytelling, bringing together different viewpoints with the goal of generating a rich conversation about data storytelling. This one-day, invitation-only conference includes keynotes from speakers like Pro Publica’s Lena Groeger,…
Read MoreVote now for the 2017 NICAR T-shirt
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 MoreSeeking ideas for NICAR 2017 Lightning Talks
Lightning Talks are back for the 2017 CAR Conference in Jacksonvile. Pitch your ideas at lightningtalks.ire.org by Feb. 12. What are lightning talks? 5 minute talks on any subject. Anyone who is attending NICAR 2017 can pitch and the attendees vote on the talks they want to see. The 10 talks with the most votes will be presented during NICAR.…
Read MoreTell us which hands-on classes you don’t want to miss at NICAR17
We 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 MoreSend in your entries for the 2017 NICAR T-shirt contest
Earn 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 MoreGet ready for the 2017 CAR Conference T-shirt contest
It’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 MoreParticipate in the CAR Conference Mentorship Program!
Pick the brains of the industry’s best data journalists during the Mentorship Program at the 2017 CAR Conference in Jacksonville. You and your carefully chosen mentor will meet for a continental breakfast on Friday, March 3, thanks to the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. These private, one-on-one sessions allow conference attendees to seek advice on challenging…
Read MoreHelp us plan the 2017 CAR Conference
We’re already gearing up for the 2017 CAR Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, and we want your input. What panels do you want to attend? What tools do you want to demo? What hands-on skills are you looking to learn, or to teach? Whether you’d like to be a speaker or not, please let us know…
Read MoreBroadcast journalists share tips for bringing numbers to life on TV
Investigative broadcast journalists across the country gathered at the 2016 CAR Conference and shared some of their secrets for bringing data to life on TV. 1. Get raw data KXAS-TV producer Eva Parks explained how her team requested complaint and violation records concerning noise at the Dallas Love Field airport. Unfortunately, the city of Dallas…
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