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
27,4381,CAR Conference registration (Friday),CAR Conference registration will be located in Salon EF on the lobby level of the Newport Beach Marriott. ,12,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 08:00:00,2019-03-08 17:00:00,1,1,0,,5,,,
28,4383,CAR Conference registration (Saturday),CAR Conference registration will be located in Salon EF on the lobby level of the Newport Beach Marriott. ,12,2019-03-09,2019-03-09 08:30:00,2019-03-09 18:00:00,1,1,0,,5,,,
29,4379,CAR Conference registration (Thursday),CAR Conference registration will be located in Salon EF on the lobby level of the Newport Beach Marriott. ,12,2019-03-07,2019-03-07 07:30:00,2019-03-07 18:00:00,1,1,0,,5,,,
30,4377,CAR Conference registration (Wednesday),CAR Conference registration will be located in Salon EF on the lobby level of the Newport Beach Marriott. ,12,2019-03-06,2019-03-06 15:00:00,2019-03-06 18:00:00,1,1,0,,5,,,
31,4382,CAR Conference sales (Friday),"Stop by the CAR Conference sales table and browse our merchandise, including the IRE bookstore's most popular titles and shirts with the winning design from the T-shirt contest. ",12,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 08:00:00,2019-03-08 17:00:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
32,4384,CAR Conference sales (Saturday),"Stop by the CAR Conference sales table and browse our merchandise, including the IRE bookstore's most popular titles and shirts with the winning design from the T-shirt contest. ",12,2019-03-09,2019-03-09 08:30:00,2019-03-09 18:00:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
33,4385,CAR Conference sales (Sunday),"Stop by the CAR Conference sales table and browse our merchandise, including the IRE bookstore's most popular titles and shirts with the winning design from the T-shirt contest. ",12,2019-03-10,2019-03-10 09:00:00,2019-03-10 10:30:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
34,4380,CAR Conference sales (Thursday),"Stop by the CAR Conference sales table and browse our merchandise, including the IRE bookstore's most popular titles and shirts with the winning design from the T-shirt contest. ",12,2019-03-07,2019-03-07 07:30:00,2019-03-07 18:00:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
35,4378,CAR Conference sales (Wednesday),"Stop by the CAR Conference sales table and browse our merchandise, including the IRE bookstore's most popular titles and shirts with the winning design from the T-shirt contest. ",12,2019-03-06,2019-03-06 15:00:00,2019-03-06 18:00:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
54,4096,Digging into data for stories (cont'd-Sunday) *pre-registered attendees only,"This is a continuation of Digging into data for stories: A crash course from Saturday, March 9 for pre-registered attendees of this class. ",15,2019-03-10,2019-03-10 09:00:00,2019-03-10 12:30:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
83,4111,First graphics app: Node.js in the newsroom **pre-registered attendees only,"Skill level: Intermediate Dana Amihere, Armand Emamdjomeh and Ben Welsh teach you how America’s top news organizations escape rigid content-management systems to publish custom graphics on deadline. Take this six-hour class and to get hands-on experience in every stage of the development process, writing JavaScript, HTML and CSS within a Node.js framework. You’ll start with data from a real-life Los Angeles Times analysis. You won’t stop until you’ve crafted a custom presentation and deployed a working application on the World Wide Web. Preregistration is required and seating is limited. Laptops will be provided. Prerequisites: If you have a good attitude and know how to take a few code crashes in stride, you are qualified for this class. If you’re a little scared, that’s a good thing. You’re ready for this. ",8,2019-03-09,2019-03-09 09:00:00,2019-03-09 17:45:00,1,1,0,,5,,,
119,4401,Inside the sausage factory: An inside look at government data making,"What lives behind the records request? This session will bring together experts in government data collection and use to discuss how governments collect, use and distribute data. Each of the panelists has extensive experience collecting and using data at either the local, state or federal level. With that, they will discuss why data is collected, how to track down data, what formats are used and other nuances of the governmental data making process. ",10,2019-03-09,2019-03-09 11:30:00,2019-03-09 12:30:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
121,4112,Interactive data viz with D3 **pre-registered attendees only,"Skill level: Intermediate Bring your data to life with elegant and intelligent visualizations with the D3 JavaScript library. We'll start with some JavaScript basics and learn what makes the D3 library so powerful, then use real-world datasets to build your first D3 chart. We will build on D3.js basics by exploring more complex chart forms, covering functions for fetching and manipulating data, and introducing transitions and interaction. We will write working code together and break down how some of our favorite examples of D3 charts work. Preregistration is required and seating is limited. Laptops will be provided for the training. Workshop prerequisites: You should have some knowledge of HTML/CSS and programming concepts. Previous JavaScript or D3 experience is not required. ",13,2019-03-09,2019-03-09 14:15:00,2019-03-09 17:45:00,1,1,0,,5,,,
123,4371,International meet & greet **invitation-only event, NA ,18,2019-03-07,2019-03-07 07:30:00,2019-03-07 08:15:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
124,4134,Interviewing your data with SQL (cont'd Friday) **pre-registered attendees only,"his is a continuation of Interviewing your data with SQL from Thursday, March 7 for pre-registered attendees of this class. ",15,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 09:00:00,2019-03-08 12:30:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
127,4394,Intro to R (Friday) *pre-registered attendees only,"Skill level: Intermediate Charles Minshew, IRE/NICAR will introduce you to R, a free, powerful open-source programming language, that will add statistical heft to your reporting. By the end of this three-hour session, you will be able to take raw data, import it into R, and start your analysis. Topics will include basic data importing, working with directories, reading in data, installing packages, creating simple visualizations, and how to clean, explore and sort your data. We'll also talk about how to find help when you're stuck. Preregistration is required and seating is limited. Laptops will be provided for the training.? ? Workshop prerequisites: This session will be most helpful if you’re comfortable working with data and you’re ready to take your skills to the next level. ",5,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 14:15:00,2019-03-08 17:45:00,1,1,0,,5,,,
128,4091,Intro to R (Thursday) *pre-registered attendees only,"Skill level: Intermediate Hannah Fresques and Sandhya Kambhampati of ProPublica, along with MaryJo Webster of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, will introduce you to R, a free, powerful open-source programming language, that will add statistical heft to your reporting. By the end of this three-hour session, you will be able to take raw data, import it into R, and start your analysis. Topics will include basic data importing, working with directories, reading in data, installing packages, creating simple visualizations, and how to clean, explore and sort your data. We'll also talk about how to find help when you're stuck. Preregistration is required and seating is limited. Laptops will be provided for the training.? ? Workshop prerequisites: This session will be most helpful if you’re comfortable working with data and you’re ready to take your skills to the next level. ",5,2019-03-07,2019-03-07 14:15:00,2019-03-07 17:45:00,1,1,0,,5,,,
145,4374,Lightning Talks,"Sometimes you don't need 45 minutes to explain a useful technique or interesting resource. Join your colleagues for a session of short (5-minute) talks. Here's the 2019 lineup: 1. How to write a data story in five minutes — Youyou Zhou 2. 5 ways to write racist code (with examples) —Alex Garcia 3. How to build a massive database that no one wants you to build — Disha Raychaudhuri 4. FOIA is my API — Matt Kiefer 5. 911, What’s Your Emergency: how insider knowledge of law enforcement has been an asset — Stacy Montemayor 6. How To Use Your Data Skills To Gain Financial Independence — Sean McMinn 7. My own worst enemy: Overcoming impostor syndrome* — Kate Martin 8. How to beat a serious case of the post-project blues — Christopher Baxter 9. Blindspotting: Covering communities you’re not a part of — Emmanuel Martinez 10. Save Student Newsrooms. How you can help the next generation of journalists — Caitlin Ostroff Lightning Talks is sponsored by the Knight Foundation. ",19,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 17:00:00,2019-03-08 18:15:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
160,4373,Mentoring Breakfast (Sponsored by Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute) **invitation-only event, NA ,18,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 07:30:00,2019-03-08 08:45:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
172,4375,Philip Meyer Award Presentation,"The presentation of the 2018 Philip Meyer Journalism Awards will take place on Friday at the 2019 CAR Conference in Newport Beach. The awards recognize the best uses of social research methods in journalism and are named in honor of Philip Meyer, author of “Precision Journalism” and retired Knight Chair in Journalism and UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Three awards are given annually — a first, second and third place — to recognize the best work using techniques that are part of precision journalism, computer-assisted reporting and social science research. The awards are: $500 for first, $300 for second, and $200 for third. ",19,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 18:15:00,2019-03-08 18:30:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
173,4376,Philip Meyer Journalism Awards Reception (Co-sponsored by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and IRE),Join fellow CAR attendees and award winners at a reception with light appetizers and a cash bar immediately following the awards presentation beginning at 6:30 p.m. ,21,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 18:30:00,2019-03-08 19:30:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
177,4097,PyCAR (cont'd-Friday) *pre-registered attendees only,"This is a continuation of PyCAR from Thursday, March 7 for pre-registered attendees of this class. ",13,2019-03-08,2019-03-08 09:00:00,2019-03-08 12:30:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
205,4386,Rewriting the code of ethics: New standards for digital journalism,"Surveillance, data breaches and misinformation: The hazards inherent in our digital landscape mandate an update to the journalist's code of ethics. Come prepared with any cases of ethical dilemmas you or your newsroom have encountered online. In this NICAR Commons session, journalists and technologists will discuss examples and work toward a new standard for online behavior. ",9,2019-03-09,2019-03-09 14:15:00,2019-03-09 15:15:00,0,0,0,"Gisela Perez de Acha Chavez, Mahmoud Hamsho, Christi Warren, Steve Trush, The University of California-Berkeley",5,,,An Uncertain Future: A Code of Ethics for the Robotic Age
243,4395,Web scraping with Python (Saturday) *pre-registered attendees only,"Skill level: Beginner/intermediate If you need data that's trapped on a website, writing some code to scrape the page could be your solution. This entry-level class will show you how to use the Python programming language to harvest information from websites into a data file. We'll introduce you to the command line and show you how to write enough code to fetch, parse and analyze web content. Preregistration is required and seating is limited. Laptops will be provided for the training. Workshop prerequisites: This class is programming for beginners. Some basic familiarity with HTML and Python is helpful but not required. ",5,2019-03-09,2019-03-09 14:15:00,2019-03-09 17:45:00,1,1,0,,5,,,
244,4093,Web scraping with Python (Sunday) *pre-registered attendees only,"Skill level: Beginner/intermediate If you need data that's trapped on a website, writing some code to scrape the page could be your solution. This entry-level class will show you how to use the Python programming language to harvest information from websites into a data file. We'll introduce you to the command line and show you how to write enough code to fetch, parse and analyze web content. Preregistration is required and seating is limited. Laptops will be provided for the training. Workshop prerequisites: This class is programming for beginners. Some basic familiarity with HTML and Python is helpful but not required. ",8,2019-03-10,2019-03-10 09:00:00,2019-03-10 12:30:00,1,1,0,,5,,,
246,4372,Welcome Reception and celebration of the 25th CAR Conference (Sponsored by<a0>Google News Initiative),"Join us for a special celebration of the 25th CAR conference during our welcome reception on Thursday, beginning at 6 p.m. Reconnect with longtime friends, welcome new attendees and meet special surprise guests! Each attendee will receive one drink ticket for beer, wine, soda or bottled water. Light snacks also will be served. ",22,2019-03-07,2019-03-07 18:00:00,2019-03-07 19:00:00,0,0,0,,5,,,
257,4402,You just survived NICAR19! Now what?,You've just spent the past three days absorbing as much information as possible and now it's time to go home and put it all to use. But where do you start? And how do you not immediately lose all that knowledge you just gained? Come to this session to get simple tips and tricks to bring it all home and put it to good use. You'll also learn how IRE can help you ride the NICAR wave long after Newport Beach. ,7,2019-03-10,2019-03-10 09:00:00,2019-03-10 10:00:00,0,0,0,,5,,,