Posts Tagged ‘Conference’
Liberate the data with ScraperWiki at the CAR Conference
Tired of government agencies that care more about protecting their data than the public? Frustrated by official websites that defiantly offer no easy way to download vital data sets? It’s time to fight back. Join IRE and Scraperwiki for a 12-hour data liberation marathon during the 2012 Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference in St. Louis on Feb.…
Read MoreIRE members find their fashion sense in NICAR T-shirt contest
There are two things we know data journalists love: nerdy jokes and T-shirts. When we asked for suggestions for a NICAR T-shirt to be sold at the 2012 CAR Conference in St. Louis, we didn’t expect it there to be any shortage of ideas. The first round of submissions are in, and they’re pretty much…
Read MoreNew York Times’ Abramson to keynote 2012 IRE Conference
Jill Abramson, who took over as executive editor of The New York Times in September, will deliver the keynote address at the 2012 IRE Conference in Boston. She is the first woman to hold that position in the newspaper’s more than 160-year history. More than 800 journalists and journalism educators are expected to attend the four-day conference…
Read MoreWinners of CAR Conference drawing announced
Thank you to the dozens of members who submitted more than 40 panel ideas for the 2012 CAR Conference in St. Louis. IRE’s staff, and the local organizing committee for the conference, is reviewing submissions and beginning to piece together the schedule for the four-day conference Feb. 23-26, 2012. Continue to check IRE.org for updates about the conference…
Read MoreTaking CAR 2011 home
There is plenty to take home from the CAR Conference, whether or not you made it to Raleigh, N.C. The four-day conference offered hands-on training of new analytical resources, along with dozens of other tips for journalists. With so much information, it’s good to take the next few weeks to process it all. IRE staff…
Read MoreCensus offerings at CAR conference
Confused by the 2010 Census? Not sure of the difference between the decennial census and the annual American Community Survey? Worried about data issues? Looking for fresh census story ideas? If so, the 2011 Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference has you covered. If you haven’t registered, you have until noon (CST) on Monday, Feb. 14, to register…
Read MoreWhy students should attend the CAR conference
By Derek Willis IRE Member Hey there, journalism student! A bunch of your colleagues are having a get-together in February, and you should come. Actually, you need to be there. I’m talking about Investigative Reporters and Editors’ annual Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference, held in Raleigh, North Carolina. Several days of panels, hands-on training and talks with journalists from all kinds…
Read MoreLightning Talks, Vegas Style — It’s not just for nerds!
By Aron Pilhofer, The New York Times Our first go-around with lightning talks was so successful at NICAR that we’re bringing them to Vegas. The app is up, so go to it: http://ire.aronpilhofer.com What are lightning talks? For those unfamiliar, lightning talks are 5-minute presentations suggested by you, chosen by you, delivered by you. The…
Read MoreCAR2010: Don’t stop the learning
By Jaimi Dowdell, IRE Training Director IRE Resource Center staff have been busy adding tipsheets from the CAR conference. Handouts include information on forensic accounting, Web scraping, data on deadline, Twitter and more. In addition to this, many of the wonderful presenters and attendees have been sharing their tips, data and tutorials on the NICAR…
Read MoreThe Year in CAR slideshow
Take a look at some of the best computer-assisted news stories from the past year in this presentation: Year in CAR slideshow. IRE executive director Mark Horvit and training director Doug Haddix gave the presentation last week during the Computer-Assisted Reporting conference in Phoenix. Each slide has a short description of the story, along with a…
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