The ultimate guide to workshops at NICAR19

If you're joining us at the 2019 CAR Conference next month, don't forget to check out the classes that require pre-registration.

Our hands-on workshops are longer classes designed to help you learn a specific skill or tool. They take place in a computer lab and are taught by veteran instructors. Our Master Classes are half-day workshops geared at less technical skills like leadership, interviewing and editing.

The classes listed below cost $35 for a half-day or $70 for a full day.

Not sure which one is right for you? Here are some suggestions:

If you’re just getting started with data:

• Digging into data for stories: A crash course in Excel (multi-day class)

If you’re comfortable with spreadsheets and ready to take the next step:

• Mastering Google Sheets: Web scraping, running scripts and other tricks
• Upping your Excel game
• Interviewing your data with SQL (multi-day class)

If you want to learn a coding language:

• Intro to R (offered twice -- Thursday and Friday)
• Web scraping with Python (offered twice -- Saturday and Sunday)
• PyCAR (multi-day class)

If you’ve dabbled in coding and are ready for more:

• First Observable notebook: Prototyping with polish
• First Python notebook: Data analysis on deadline
• Write better Python code
• Exploring the tidyverse in R
• First graphics app: Node.js in the newsroom

If you’re focused on data viz:

• Master Class: Design thinking for journalists
• Interactive data viz with D3
• First graphics app: Node.js in the newsroom
• MapCamp: QGIS

If you want to hone the reporting in “computer-assisted reporting”:

• Master Class: Self-editing & bulletproofing the data story
• Master Class: Telling the data story across platforms
• Master Class: Mastering the interview
• Master Class: Writing the data-driven narrative

If you’re a manager (or any kind of newsroom leader):

• Master Class: Leading the data team
• Master Class: Self-editing & bulletproofing the data story
• Master Class: Telling the data story across platforms

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