rowid,event_id,name,clean_description,location_room,start_date_clean,start_time,end_time,pre_reg_flag,paid_flag,laptop_flag,speakers_cleaned,session_type,keywords,skill_level,session_title
8,4176,"After a disaster: Long-term reporting on floods, fires and other emergencies","We’ll talk about databases and documents you can use to cover natural and unnatural disasters before, during and after they occur, and strategies for identifying long-term issues after the initial incident. ",6,2019-03-07,2019-03-07 14:15:00,2019-03-07 15:15:00,0,0,0,"Lisa Song, ProPublica (moderator); Eric Sagara, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting; Rebecca Hersher, NPR",1,,1,"After a disaster: Long-term reporting on floods, fires and other emergencies"
13,4311,Analyzing birth and death data: The wonders of CDC WONDER,"From birth to death: CDC WONDER is indispensable if you're analyzing local, regional or national rates for cancer. Or suicide. Or premature birth. Or pedestrian traffic fatalities. Or fatal drug overdoses. It's a powerful front end to query tens of millions of birth and death certificates; the national cancer registry; and more. Bonus: A gentle introduction to age-adjusted rates. Bring your laptop to follow along. ",6,2019-03-09,2019-03-09 09:00:00,2019-03-09 10:00:00,0,0,0,"Paul Overberg, The Wall Street Journal",2,,,Analyzing birth and death data: The wonders of CDC WONDER
26,4193,Calling bullshit: Data reasoning in a digital world,"The internet and information ecosystem today is awash in bullshit: junk science, fake news, biased algorithms, predatory publishing and on and on. Jevin West, a professor at the University of Washington, co-created a course to help students with the life skill of calling BS when necessary. West will talk about one aspect of this course: statistical trickery. This session will touch on conditional probabilities, fallacies, biases and what to make of p-values. ",6,2019-03-07,2019-03-07 11:30:00,2019-03-07 12:30:00,0,0,0,"Jevin West, University of Washington ",1,,1,Calling bullshit: Data reasoning in a digital world
37,4196,Career roundtable,Looking for advice on how to take the next step in your career? Get practical tips from panelists who will talk about their own experiences and discuss what employers are looking for. ,6,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 16:45:00,2019-03-08 17:45:00,0,0,0,"Michelle Minkoff, The Associated Press; Lee Zurik, WVUE-New Orleans (moderator); Alden Loury, WBEZ; Soo Oh, The Wall Street Journal; Coburn Dukehart, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism",1,,,Career roundtable
48,4398,Cyberwar: Investigating hacking by advanced actors,"How to investigate warfare’s newest front: the cyber realm. We'll walk you through getting more information about this secretive world, including tracking down information about who owns what on the internet, disentangling server logs, studying IP addresses and analyzing malware and emails and more in this session. We’ll also talk about some of the tactics advanced hackers have used in the past to penetrate sensitive networks--and how those efforts can provide clues in future attacks. ",6,2019-03-09,2019-03-09 15:30:00,2019-03-09 16:30:00,0,0,0,"Rob Barry, WSJ; Surya Mattu, The Markup",1,,3,Cyberwar: Investigating hacking by advanced actors
57,4201,Doxxing for good: Tracing your online footprint before hackers can,"In this demo Kristen Kozinski and Neena Kapur from The New York Times Information Security team will share their experience creating a doxxing education program in their newsroom. They’ll cover why doxxing is a threat to reporters, recommended tools and techniques for cleaning up your online footprint, and suggestions for implementing a doxxing program in your newsroom. ",6,2019-03-07,2019-03-07 15:30:00,2019-03-07 16:30:00,0,0,0,"Neena Kapur & Kristen Kozinski, The New York Times",2,,,Doxxing for good: Tracing your online footprint before hackers can
59,4361,Easy machine learning for data journalists,"In newsrooms, machine learning has been used to identify secret spy planes, tag unreported hate crimes, track overfishing, and more. Google’s machine learning tools make it easy to build projects like this, no data science background required. This one hour talk will give an overview of these tools and show how they can be used for compelling, data-driven reporting. ",6,2019-03-09,2019-03-09 11:30:00,2019-03-09 12:30:00,0,0,0,"Dale Markowitz, Google Cloud AI",2,,,Easy machine learning for data journalists
110,4295,How to follow the dark money in politics,"Nearly $1 billion has been spent by dark money groups since the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in 2010. These opaque organizations generally aren't required to disclose their donors, but obscure public records can help you shine a light on their activities and their funders. OpenSecrets.org and MapLight.org have numerous resources available for reporters interested in following the dark money in politics, and Issue One recently published a database of nearly 1,200 transactions detailing contributions from more than 400 unique donors to the leading dark money groups — a database that is searchable online (bit.ly/DarkMoneyData) and on ProPublica's FEC Itemizer tool. As the 2020 election cycle ramps up, come learn tips from some of the top dark money sleuths in the country for scouring filings with the Federal Election Commission, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor, Congress, corporate websites and other sources. ",6,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 15:30:00,2019-03-08 16:30:00,0,0,0,"Michael Beckel, Issue One (moderator); Anna Massoglia, Center for Responsive Politics; Andrew Perez, MapLight",2,,2,How to follow the dark money in politics
115,4194,How to make your data stories shine for different audiences,"Learn how to turn your data into a compelling story, whether your audience is on their phone or laptop, listening to the radio, watching television or reading the newspaper. We’ll discuss the limits and advantages of different platforms as well as the considerations that go into planning and production for them. We’ll go over tips and tricks for creating data-driven stories that don’t overwhelm your audience with numbers and stats. We’ll review content’s role in driving story presentation decisions, whether you’re developing a custom project or using an out-of-the-box template. ",6,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 10:15:00,2019-03-08 11:15:00,0,0,0,"Patti DiVencenzo, WSB-TV (moderator); Dana Amihere, KPCC; Youyou Zhou, Quartz",1,,1,How to make your data stories shine for different audiences
126,4307,Intro to OpenRefine,"OpenRefine is a free, open-source tool for working with messy data. This session will provide a comprehensive overview of OpenRefine features. We will showcase how you can use OpenRefine to Explore and make sense of a new data set Clean up dirty data (fix typos, join and split fields) Enrich your dataset from a third party API Use wikidata reconciliation service A lab session is scheduled separately for those interested in a hands-on experience. ",6,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 09:00:00,2019-03-08 10:00:00,0,0,0,"Martin Magdinier, OpenRefine Foundation ",2,,4,Intro to OpenRefine
132,4306,Introduction to digital security,"This demo aims to teach journalists of any knowledge base how to identify their unique threat model and develop a security protocol — regarding secure communication, data storage, and browsing — accordingly. From addressing low-hanging fruit to mitigating sophisticated threats, the tools discussed in this session will introduce journalists to essential concepts in digital security and privacy. ",6,2019-03-09,2019-03-09 10:15:00,2019-03-09 11:15:00,0,0,0,"Harlo Holmes, Freedom of the Press Foundation",2,,4,Introduction to digital security
134,4350,Investigating nonprofits with data,We'll show reporters at all levels how to work with nonprofit data. We'll walk you through spreadsheets and databases that contain information on how nonprofits are spending their money and give you tips for identifying red flags. We'll also talk about digitized 990 filings and how you or other programmers in your newsroom can parse the data and root out corruption. ,6,2019-03-07,2019-03-07 16:45:00,2019-03-07 17:45:00,0,0,0,"Todd Wallack, The Boston Globe; Andrea Fuller, The Wall Street Journal ",2,,2,Investigating nonprofits with data
143,4169,Lessons learned from building a database with colleagues,"Building your own database takes some effort. Doing it with a team of other people takes it up a few notches. Panelists will share best practices and some of the nitty-gritty details you need to know before you build your own database, plus the extra things you need to plan for when it’s a group effort. We’ll talk about software options, how you can have multiple people entering data at the same time, ensuring you end up with standardized data and other details you’ll be glad to know before you start your own project. ",6,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 11:30:00,2019-03-08 12:30:00,0,0,0,"Todd Wallack, The Boston Globe; MaryJo Webster, The Star Tribune (moderator); Dana Amihere, KPCC",1,,2,Lessons learned from building a database with colleagues
144,4136,Life after FactFinder,"Love it or hate it, American FactFinder has been the go-to source for Census data since 2010. That will change in the coming months as the Census Bureau switches to its new site, data.census.gov. We’ll take you on a tour and show you some favorite tricks and secrets that we’ve discovered. We’ll also show you how to go deeper into Census data and learn the surprising ways real life affects the way it’s collected. ",6,2019-03-09,2019-03-09 16:45:00,2019-03-09 17:45:00,0,0,0,"Ronald Campbell, NBC Owned Television Stations; Angel Kastanis, The Associated Press; Tyson Weister, Census",2,,1,Life after FactFinder
234,4200,This just in ... you can plan for breaking news,"News breaks and journalists & editors scramble to react. Afterward shoulders are shrugged and we say ""Forget it, Jake. It's breaking news."" That's not how it needs to work. What if instead we could approach breaking news situations with a sense of calm and confidence? What if we considered the who, what, where, why and how of things that could happen, and simply left the when to chance?Let's have a discussion and develop a plan for covering the news that could/will happen in our market. ",6,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 14:15:00,2019-03-08 15:15:00,0,0,0,"Chris Keller, Los Angeles Times (moderator); Rick Hirsch, Miami Herald; Nicole Vap, KUSA",1,,,This just in ... you can plan for breaking news
238,4304,Under pressure: Real life in real time with breaking news,It’s become one of the hottest sessions at every CAR Conference. How would you and your newsroom fare in digging out little-known facts and information under the pressure of a breaking news deadline? One of the best ways to get better is to practice. This is a real-life scenario where you can learn to break news without leaving your computer. The skills learned in this session can also be used for turning daily general assignment stories when there’s not breaking news. This session regularly fills up and the tipsheet that comes with it is in high demand. ,6,2019-03-09,2019-03-09 14:15:00,2019-03-09 15:15:00,0,0,0,"Stephen Stock, NBC Bay Area ",2,,1,Under pressure: Real life in real time with breaking news
247,4181,What the hell is D3? And other questions you're afraid to ask,"Ever wondered what people are talking about at this conference? What exactly is D3 and why would you want to use it? What is the difference between Ruby, Python and Javascript? And why is there a J in front of Query? Welcome to our no-judgment, starting-at-step-zero session even NICAR veterans can use. We'll review tech concepts and jargon you'll likely hear at NICAR this year and explain what they mean, why they're useful and point you to the sessions that can teach you the terms you now understand. ",6,2019-03-07,2019-03-07 09:00:00,2019-03-07 10:00:00,0,0,0,"Disha Raychaudhuri, NJ Advance Media; Mark Walker, The New York Times ",1,,4,What the hell is D3? And other questions you're afraid to ask
248,4305,What<92>s new in Excel Online for analysis and visualization,"Excel Online is free software that brings you features you’ve known and loved from Excel: you can now summarize your data with pivot tables, apply conditional formatting for report generation, all while collaborating with others. In addition, intelligent cloud-backed Office365 features such as Stocks and Geography data types open up Excel/Excel Online to recognize more than text and numbers and Ideas in Excel helps you identify interesting trends and patterns in your data, providing charts with formatting and titles as well as accelerating data analysis and understanding. ",6,2019-03-07,2019-03-07 10:15:00,2019-03-07 11:15:00,0,0,0,"Theresa Estrada, Microsoft",2,,4,What’s new in Excel Online for analysis and visualization