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• Small Newsroom: Newspapers with Sunday circulation under 50,000; TV/radio in 50-200 market; online media with 14 or fewer full-time employees
• Medium Newsroom: Newspapers with Sunday circulation between 50,000 and 100,000; TV/radio in 25-50 market; online media with 15 or more full-time employees; magazine and newsletters
• Large Newsroom: Newspapers with Sunday circulation 100,000 and over; TV/radio in top 25 market

This bootcamp will be offered in-person at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. The bootcamp runs Monday-Thursday from 9am-5pm (CT) and from 9am - noon on Friday. Optional open labs will be available Monday-Thursday after class with two optional group dinners during the week.

IRE’s Data Journalism Bootcamp provides a broad foundation in data skills for anyone with beginner to intermediate skills. We’ll start with basic spreadsheets and build into SQL, which can help you analyze millions of records. We’ll also cover data cleaning, finding data sources, using public records and bulletproofing your analysis. Attendees are asked to bring their own laptop, if a laptop is not available, please reach out to logistics@ire.org and we will make provide one.

IRE will be closely monitoring CDC recommendations. All attendees must be vaccinated to attend and must accept IRE's COVID safety protocol as part of your registration.