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Vote now for the 2017 NICAR T-shirt
NICAR received some great designs for its annual T-shirt contest, and voting is now open! Voting will stay open for about one week, ending Sunday, Feb. 5 at midnight. The proposal with the most votes will be sold as a T-shirt at the upcoming CAR Conference, March 2-5 in Jacksonville. Runners-up will be sold as laptop…
Read MoreSeeking ideas for NICAR 2017 Lightning Talks
Lightning Talks are back for the 2017 CAR Conference in Jacksonvile. Pitch your ideas at lightningtalks.ire.org by Feb. 12. What are lightning talks? 5 minute talks on any subject. Anyone who is attending NICAR 2017 can pitch and the attendees vote on the talks they want to see. The 10 talks with the most votes will be presented during NICAR.…
Read MoreTell us which hands-on classes you don’t want to miss at NICAR17
We hope you’re joining us in Jacksonville, March 2-5, for the 2017 CAR Conference. We want to hear which hands-on classes you’re most excited to attend. Consider taking our survey to help us plan repeat sessions. We’ll keep the survey open through Sunday, Jan. 29. At that time, we’ll tally the votes to help us plan repeats…
Read MoreSend in your entries for the 2017 NICAR T-shirt contest
Earn bragging rights and help raise money for future NICAR training events by participating in our annual NICAR T-shirt contest. All ideas celebrating data and data journalism are welcome, from a simple, classic design with NICAR on it to bad SQL puns (SELECT * FROM tshirts WHERE tshirts.thisone = “Awesome”). There are only a few…
Read MoreGet ready for the 2017 CAR Conference T-shirt contest
It’s almost time for the annual CAR Conference T-shirt contest! If you don’t have a design ready, don’t worry. You still have time to come up with your best data journalism one-liners, SQL puns and NICAR logo designs. The winner gets bragging rights, a free shirt and $50 in the online IRE Store. Runners-up will…
Read MoreCharles Minshew joins IRE as data services director
Charles Minshew of the Orlando Sentinel will join IRE as director of data services on Jan. 23. During the past three years, Charles has done impressive data and visual storytelling work at the Sentinel. He created and maintained data sets for daily and investigative stories; built interactive graphics, maps and charts; and trained reporters on using data. He…
Read MoreParticipate in the CAR Conference Mentorship Program!
Pick the brains of the industry’s best data journalists during the Mentorship Program at the 2017 CAR Conference in Jacksonville. You and your carefully chosen mentor will meet for a continental breakfast on Friday, March 3, thanks to the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. These private, one-on-one sessions allow conference attendees to seek advice on challenging…
Read MoreLearn how to explore data with Python’s Jupyter Notebook
Editor’s Note: This article first ran on the California Civic Data Coalition’s website on Oct. 8. Ben spoke at our San Diego Data Watchdog Workshop, a program funded by the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. By Ben Welsh Last weekend, I traveled to the campus of San Diego State University to join a journalism workshop put on by Investigative Reporters…
Read MoreNICAR, ProPublica partner to sell data to non-members
ProPublica recently relaunched its data store. As part of the relaunch, ProPublica also announced a partnership with IRE to manage sales of data sets maintained by the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR), a program of IRE and the Missouri School of Journalism. ProPublica will begin marketing five of IRE’s most popular data sets to…
Read MoreReport on the student debt crisis with our new simplified database
Student debt is quickly becoming a national crisis. But reporting on student loans and college finances has always been thorny, especially when dealing with complicated bureaucracies and patchwork data. Earlier this year, for the first time ever, the Obama Administration released a comprehensive intersection of student population, college performance and “outcome” data, measuring with precise…
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