12/17/25: The login bug has been fixed. If you still have trouble logging in, please email 
CAR Conference Blog
Share your ideas for the 2016 CAR Conference in Denver!
We’re gearing up for our annual data journalism conference March 10-13 in Denver and want your input to make this the best NICAR yet. We’re accepting session and speaker ideas through September 25. Please submit your ideas here. If you’d rather send them via email, please use confideas@ire.org. Thanks to all of you who’ve submitted ideas and attended our conferences…
Read MoreJournalists share tips, stories about getting started in the industry
Want to know how some of the biggest names in journalism got where they are today? We did. So we asked some of our 2015 CAR Conference Knight Scholars to interview conference attendees and share pieces of their conversations for our blog. Rikke Østergård Hansen Rikke Østergård Hansen, Danish Broadcasting Corporation Before Rikke Østergård Hansen…
Read MoreYou got your hands on a great data set. Now what?
By Glynn A. Hill Four journalists discussed tips for reporting out a data story at the 2015 CAR Conference in Atlanta. Steve Myers, visiting professor at Texas Christian University and special projects editor at The Lens, facilitated the panel. Speakers included James Ball, a special projects editor at The Guardian; Andy Lehren, a reporter for…
Read MoreWatchdogging law-breaking law enforcement
By Kasia Kovacs Ask anyone the biggest news story of the past year, and chances are you’ll hear some variation of “Ferguson” or “police shootings.” It’s a hot topic, and not without reason. After the shooting of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Mo., the police chokehold that killed Eric Garner in New York, and the…
Read MoreHumans of NICAR: Madison Feller
Madison Feller By Keytron Hill Three questions for Madison Feller, a journalism student at the University of Missouri and volunteer at the 2015 CAR Conference. Q: What do you love about journalism? A: I’m not a hard news reporter, it’s just not for me, but I love feature stories and longer stories. I just love sharing…
Read MoreMy code-free adventure designing an interactive game
Screenshot of Tierra Smith’s interactive newsgame. Click to view larger. By Tierra Smith As a first-timer to the CAR Conference and someone previously unfamiliar with data journalism, I was feeling pretty overwhelmed by Saturday of NICAR15. I was dropped into a whole new world where everyone was speaking a totally different language. I felt myself…
Read MoreTips for keeping an eye on public spending
By Kasia Kovacs TIPSHEET View presentations from Joanna Lin and Cezary Podkul. Journalists didn’t have to look far to prove that Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock was using taxpayer money to pay for surfing in Waikiki, parasailing in Argentina and renovating his office with Downtown Abbey flair. All the reporters had to do? Check Schock’s Instagram account. …
Read More3 tips for quick-turn broadcast investigations
By Bianca Brown One day. Sometimes that’s all the time you have to sift through data and turn around an accurate story. During the “Broadcast: Viz, quick hits and the data you need” panel, Jamie Grey, an assistant professor of radio and television journalism at the University of Missouri School of Journalism; Andy Pierrotti, an…
Read MoreScenes from the 2015 Lightning Talks
Another year, another packed house for Lightning Talks. Thanks to everyone who helped make this event a success. In the coming weeks we’ll be uploading videos from the talks and posting them here, on our conference blog. Darla Cameron from the Washington Post, listens to the introductions at NICAR 2015 Lightning Talks, which were the…
Read MoreHumans of NICAR: Glynn Hill
Glynn Hill By Keytron Hill Three questions for Glynn Hill, a senior at Howard University majoring in print journalism with a minor in political science. Q: Why did you choose Howard University? A: I needed a change of scenery from high school. I also felt that it was where I could grow the most personally.…
Read More