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Digital dark arts: How to secure your data and boost your sleuthing skills
By Carlie Procell Mike Tigas, a news applications developer at ProPublica, and Nicole Hensley, a reporter at the New York Daily News, addressed some cybersecurity issues journalists face and offered tips and tricks for working around them. “As journalists we have to communicate with sources,” Tigas said during the “Digital dark arts” panel. “So we’re…
Read MoreHow to foster a culture of lifelong learning in your newsroom
By Jasmine Ye Han For NewsAppers, the struggle is real. As developers, we need to keep up with technology, but the news side of things requires us to deliver content under deadline. How can we keep honing our skills under the pressure of production? How can news application team leaders create a culture of lifelong…
Read MoreGo beyond surface-level coverage when writing about inequality
By Raven Nichols From achievement gaps to the disproportionate impact of the mortgage crisis, the story of inequality takes many different shapes and forms. Holly Hacker, Kimbriell Kelly, Burt Hubbard and Malik Singleton offered tips at a panel on Saturday morning about how journalists can best investigate inequality. Hubbard, a Rocky Mountain PBS journalist, spoke…
Read MoreStorify: How to get citizens involved in investigative journalism
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Read MoreLonely coder? Use these tools and resources to make your job easier
By Carlie Procell In a Friday afternoon panel, Scott Pham, a data journalist and news application developer at the Center for Investigative Reporting, led a discussion on how to more easily integrate data and technology into your newsroom. Pham began the session by talking about The Lonely Coders Club, which is a group of data…
Read MoreGetting to know Paula Lavigne of ESPN
Paula Lavigne | Photo by Maliik Obee Maliik Obee, a Morgan State University student and 2016 CAR Conference Knight Scholar, talks to Paula Lavigne of ESPN. Maliik Obee: How did you get interested in investigative journalism? Paula Lavigne: I’ve been interested in it ever since college. I was on the student paper at my university.…
Read MoreGetting to know Kimbriell Kelly of The Washington Post
Meleah Holmes, a student at Norfolk State University and a 2016 CAR Conference Knight Scholar, talks to Kimbriell Kelly, a investigative reporter at The Washington Post. Holmes: In your own words, what is an investigative journalist? Kelly: A reporter who produces in-depth work using thorough research, analysis and reporting methods to convey what they have…
Read MoreStorify: How to avoid rookie mistakes
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Read MoreGetting to know Lee Zurik of WVUE in New Orleans
Lee Zurik | Photo by Jocelyn Stargell-Zachery Jocelyn Stargell-Zachery talks with Lee Zurik, evening anchor and chief investigative reporter at WVUE-TV in New Orleans. Stargell-Zachery: What sparked your interest in the field of journalism? Zurik: I was kind of a freak, and I wanted to be in journalism since I was like 10 years old.…
Read MoreUse basic Excel tricks to explore health care data
By Jennifer Lu Judging by the “oohs” and “ahhs” of appreciation from the audience, ProPublica reporters Ryann Grochowski Jones and Charles Ornstein reminded us why the humble Excel spreadsheet is still an excellent resource for data journalists. In this hands-on session, they covered how to use Excel for health care reporting. To cover health care…
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