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NICAR Conference to offer more Sunday classes
While you’re making your plans to head to the 2015 NICAR Conference in Atlanta, we don’t want you to overlook Sunday, March 8. As part of our response to the growing demand for hands-on classes, we plan to offer more Sunday morning classes than ever before. For example, we’ll have this three-hour workshop designed and…
Read MoreVote now for the 2015 NICAR T-shirt
NICAR received 21 submissions for its annual T-shirt contest, and voting is now open! Voting will stay open for about two weeks, ending Sunday, Nov. 2 at midnight. The proposal with the most votes will be sold as a T-shirt at the upcoming CAR Conference, March 5-8, 2015 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Runners-up will be…
Read MoreSuggest a database and help expand the NICAR Data Library
NICAR is looking to add new data sets to its collection, and we’re interested in your suggestions. We’re looking for national, multi-state, or multi-country data sets that are potentially valuable to reporters and are not easily accessible. Our goal is to enable access to and use of important data, and we need help identifying targets…
Read MoreSubmit session, speaker ideas for NICAR15 in Atlanta
We’re gearing up for our annual data journalism conference March 5-8 in Atlanta and want your input to make this the best NICAR yet. We’re accepting session and speaker ideas through September 12. Please submit your ideas using the link below. If you’d rather send them via email, please use confideas@ire.org. Thanks to all of you who’ve submitted ideas and…
Read MoreUpdated FBI Uniform Crime Reports now available
The NICAR Database Library has updated the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, one of the best resources for national crime statistics. The most current reports are for 2012. WHAT’S IN IT? Law enforcement agencies around the country voluntarily* submit reports to the FBI on what are known as “index” crimes: Murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery,…
Read MoreStep inside the NICAR14 photo booth
Video by Travis Hartman. Learn more about his work at pleaseshootyourself.com.
Read MoreHow to sell your boss on sending you to the CAR Conference
Trying to get your boss to send you to the upcoming CAR Conference in Baltimore? Try these suggestions, courtesty of your colleagues on the NICAR listserv. “Our competitors will have people there, and they will ultimately use the skills they learn to publish stories we wish we had.” – Matthew Doig, Newsday “If your bosses have ever…
Read MoreStudents: Spend the summer at IRE
Attention journalism students! This is a reminder that IRE and the NICAR Database Library will once again be hosting a Google Journalism Fellow over the summer. Our fellow will have opportunities to work with national datasets, mine for stories, use our data to create online visualizations or help us promote open source tools for journalists.…
Read MoreMentorship program at Baltimore
IRE’s Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference offers an opportunity for in-depth, one-on-one coaching on data-driven investigative reporting techniques, news applications and tools. These private sessions allow attendees to seek advice on challenging projects or followup ideas and professional development. These sessions are not for job seekers; they are designed for teaching and sharing information. This program is…
Read MoreHome Mortgage Disclosure Act — 2012 data now available
The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) database has just been updated in the NICAR Database Library. WHAT’S IN IT? This Act requires all banks, savings and loans, savings banks and credit unions with assets of more than $33 million and offices in metropolitan areas to report mortgage applications. Each loan record contains demographic information about loan applicants,…
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