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Nonprofit playbook

With support from the Google News Initiative, The Salt Lake Tribune published a playbook in December 2020 that captured the learnings from their transition from a for-profit organization to a […]
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Web development 2: Introduction to JavaScript

This is an introduction to JavaScript for NICAR 2022. This class assumes you know the basics of HTML and CSS.  
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Web development 3: Introduction to JavaScript build tools

Writing JavaScript directly into an HTML file is great and all, but many newsroom developers today also use modern JavaScript patterns to optimize, scale and test their code. This class […]
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Python: Intro to data analysis using Pandas

Imagine rolling Excel and SQL into one tool that also allows you to track your code and share it: That's pandas in a nutshell. There's a lot more you can […]
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First Visual Story

Armand Emamdjomeh, Vanessa Martinez and Ben Welsh teach you how America’s top news organizations escape rigid content-management systems to publish custom graphics on deadline. Take this six-hour class to get […]
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Web scraping with Python

If you need data that's trapped on a website, writing some code to scrape the page could be your solution. This entry-level class will show you how to use the […]
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Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching

Fuzzy matching is a process for linking up names that are similar but not quite the same. It has become an increasingly important part of data-led investigations as a way […]
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Transforming the accessibility and transparency of federal courts

Working with data from the judicial system is notoriously challenging, from antiquated information practices to minimal if any obligation to comply with records requests. In this panel, representatives of two […]
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Excel 3: Filtering & pivot tables

A look at the awesome power of pivot — and how to use it to analyze your dataset in minutes rather than hours. We'll work up to using a pivot […]
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How and why to make your data analysis reproducible

You understand how you processed your data. Does your editor? Your reader? You, in six months? Without a replicable approach to extracting, transforming and loading data, we are often frustrated […]
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Upping your Excel game

Mike Reilley of the Journalist's Toolbox shares some of the best mobile apps and desktop reporting tools for data-driven stories. The workshop will offer product demos, exercises and handouts with […]
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Mobile and desktop data reporting tools

Mike Reilley of the Journalist's Toolbox shares some of the best mobile apps and desktop reporting tools for data-driven stories. The workshop will offer product demos, exercises and handouts with […]
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Mapping disparities in the news using Census data and QGIS

The stories found in geographic data don’t affect everyone the same, and Census data can help reveal these inequities. POLITICO editor Sean McMinn and ProPublica developer Ruth Talbot will talk […]
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Excel: Basic stats

You don't need a special statistics program to run simple statistical analysis. In this session, you'll learn how to compute some basic statistics in Excel and figure out what they […]
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Artisanal data collection methods: Hand crafting surveys for investigative journalism

It’s not the end of your project when data doesn’t exist — quite the contrary! Writing your own surveys can lead to some wonderful investigative projects. Surveys can be scaled […]
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Advanced PDF processing with OCR and command-line tools

This class seeks to help you solve a common problem in journalism: Data stored in a computer generated PDF -- or, worse, an image PDF. We'll first walk through how […]
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