IRE’s CAR Conferences: What I’ve Valued

In two and a half weeks, Investigative Reporters and Editors will host  the 2010 CAR Conference — the annual gathering of journalists who crunch data for stories and visuals. This year’s conference is in sunny Phoenix, a welcome change of pace for those who’ve endured a few blizzards this winter.
If you’ve never attended and are [...]

Spreading data journalism in the newsroom

A reporter called recently for tips on setting up “a CAR desk” in the newsroom of a decent-sized community newspaper. The editor had watched the reporter’s success at gathering and analyzing data and, as typically happens,  now wanted the reporter to train the rest of the newsroom.
Here was my advice:
Focus on a few: Instead of [...]

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