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IRE & NICAR to freely publish unprocessed data

Charles Minshew, IRE Director of Data Services  Inspired by our members, IRE is pleased to announce the first release of raw, unprocessed data from the NICAR Database Library. The contents […]
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EPA: Open data portal to remain online

Reporters rushed to download data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s open data portal after a contractor reported the portal would shut down this Friday. But the EPA called reports untrue […]
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Using election data beyond the results

By Soo Rin Kim You’re a city government reporter and you’re on a deadline to write about a public hearing on the city’s zoning overhaul. You want to quote a […]
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Battling burnout in a tweet-breaking world

By Uliana Pavlova "If you think you are indispensable, just die and see what happens." – Ron Nixon It seems almost impossible to find a work/life balance when you're a […]
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Friendly robots: How journalists can use bots in the newsroom

By Dariya Tsyrenzhapova The definition of bots is murky, but expectations for the use of artificial intelligence tools in news organizations is on the rise. Bots, like automated personal assistants, can […]
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Best practices for measuring impact

By Natalie Lung Two factors measure the impact of journalism: the output (how much work has been done), and its significance. But Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press […]
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Using data to investigate the planet

By Haotian Mai A panel of environmental reporters gathered at the 2017 CAR Conference to discuss stories based on public and private data sources. Dinah Pulver of the Dayton Beach News-Journal […]
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Left brain, right brain: How drawing can help journalists find focus

By Abigail West The left brain is commonly understood as the logical side, and the right brain as the creative, intuitive side. This is not accurate. The correct way to […]
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How to bulletproof your data story

By Shane Sanderson When the Palm Beach Post obtained a spreadsheet made by a clerical worker at the local medical examiner’s office, reporters had to verify it. The office worker […]
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IRE and NICAR to host rescued federal data directory

At our annual CAR conference in Jacksonville, IRE and NICAR announced initial steps to help save federal data that could disappear. Our hope is to help organize the efforts currently […]
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