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Sign up for mentoring at the CAR Conference in Atlanta
Please note: This program is currently full. Please fill out this form if you’d like to be added to the waiting list. We’ll contact you if a spot becomes available. It’s time to sign up for mentoring at the CAR Conference in Atlanta, where IRE will offer in-depth coaching on data-driven investigative reporting techniques, news…
Read MoreFinalists selected, second round of voting begins for 2015 NICAR T-shirt
Thanks to everyone who voted for the 2015 CAR Conference T-shirt. We had such a close race for first place that we’ve decided to hold a second round of voting limited to the four shirts that received the most votes. You have until Sunday, December 14 to vote for your favorite design. FINALISTS Entry 4: …
Read MoreLearn about Tapestry, the data storytelling conference
Heading to NICAR 2015? Consider coming early for Tapestry, the data storytelling conference. Tapestry is a one-day, invitation-only conference that brings together journalists, academics and designers to discuss the evolving field of data storytelling. This year’s event includes keynotes by Hannah Fairfield of the New York Times, Kim Rees of Periscopic: Do Good With Data, and Michael…
Read MoreNICAR Conference to offer more Sunday classes
While you’re making your plans to head to the 2015 NICAR Conference in Atlanta, we don’t want you to overlook Sunday, March 8. As part of our response to the growing demand for hands-on classes, we plan to offer more Sunday morning classes than ever before. For example, we’ll have this three-hour workshop designed and…
Read MoreVote now for the 2015 NICAR T-shirt
NICAR received 21 submissions for its annual T-shirt contest, and voting is now open! Voting will stay open for about two weeks, ending Sunday, Nov. 2 at midnight. The proposal with the most votes will be sold as a T-shirt at the upcoming CAR Conference, March 5-8, 2015 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Runners-up will be…
Read MoreNow accepting 2015 CAR Conference T-shirt designs
The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting will once again be selling a T-shirt in celebration of data and the people who love and care for them, which will help raise money for future NICAR training events. NICAR is currently accepting ideas and designs for T-shirts. We will accept entries up through Sunday, Oct. 19. Send official entries…
Read MoreSubmit session, speaker ideas for NICAR15 in Atlanta
We’re gearing up for our annual data journalism conference March 5-8 in Atlanta and want your input to make this the best NICAR yet. We’re accepting session and speaker ideas through September 12. Please submit your ideas using the link below. If you’d rather send them via email, please use confideas@ire.org. Thanks to all of you who’ve submitted ideas and…
Read MoreStep inside the NICAR14 photo booth
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Read More2014 NICAR conference highlights data journalism’s past, present and future
“When I first attended the annual conference of the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR) in 2012, it was as a speaker,” writes Alexander Howard, a Tow Fellow at Columbia Journalism School’s center for digital journalism innovation. “I was there to give a short talk about new data coming from the open governent movement. While it went well,…
Read MoreHacks or Hackers?
By Kimberly Fields Tor Ekeland, an attorney who represents defendants in federal prosecutions under the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act; Scott Klein, senior editor of news applications at ProPublica; and Isaac Wolf, a national reporter for Scripps News, talked about the ethical issues surrounding web scraping during the session “Hacks or Hackers?” Here are some…
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