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Posts Tagged ‘data’
Participate in the #NICAR23 mentorship program
Applications are now open to participate in the #NICAR23 conference mentorship program, either as a mentor or as a mentee.
Read MoreSign up for the 2022 IRE Conference mentorship program
Applications are now open to participate in the IRE Conference mentorship program, either as a mentor or as a mentee.
Read MoreSign up for the 2022 NICAR Conference mentorship program
Applications are now open to participate in the #NICAR22 conference mentorship program, either as a mentor or as a mentee, for IRE’s live program in Atlanta in March.
Read MoreApply for free IRE custom training by Jan. 9
IRE’s popular free custom training program is back for 2022. Spots in the program are limited and awarded on a competitive basis, and newsrooms must apply by Jan. 9.
Read MoreNew NICAR Course lessons coming for fall 2020 semester
July 14, 2020 IRE’s popular NICAR Course Packs will be fully updated for the latest versions of Excel on PC and Mac, plus a new Google Sheets edition, for use in fall 2020 classes. NICAR Course Packs contain everything instructors need to teach an introductory data journalism class in spreadsheets. Materials for students include hands-on…
Read MoreIRE launches online Data Journalism Mini-Bootcamp in spreadsheets and data viz
Update (May 20): The first camp set for June 15-16 is sold out. Another mini-bootcamp will be offered online June 29-30. See below for registration details. Registration is open for IRE’s first-ever online mini-bootcamp in data journalism. In the bootcamp, which will be June 15-16, attendees will learn fundamentals of cleaning, analyzing and visualizing data…
Read MoreSmall, midsize newsrooms can apply for free data training
Applications are now open for small and midsize newsrooms in the U.S. and Canada to receive free data training from IRE in partnership with the Google News Initiative. Newsrooms selected to participate in the Data in Local Newsrooms Training Program will receive two days of in-house IRE data training, plus follow-up data consultation and services…
Read MoreIRE boot camps going on the road, scholarships available
IRE is bringing its acclaimed data and coding boot camps to three cities this fall and offering scholarships to each camp. These boot camps are sponsored in part by the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation. The camps will include instruction in data analysis and cleaning using Excel, SQL, Python and — for the first time —…
Read MoreIRE Radio Podcast | The Adjustment Factor
On this week’s episode, former Chicago Tribune reporter Jason Grotto explains why investigating municipal finance isn’t as dry and daunting as you might think. What started with a dig through county property taxes ended with a three-part series delving into how and why Chicago’s broken property tax system benefited the wealthy and burdened the poor.…
Read MoreOpen data benefits many, but cost breakdown unclear
Editor’s Note: This article first ran on July 20, 2017 on the Investigative Reporting Workshop’s website. By Clairissa Baker and Yang Sun, Investigative Reporting Workshop A new citywide data policy in Washington, D.C., shows there is no simple way for cities to clearly budget open data initiatives. Meanwhile, as the city works this summer to…
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