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| Link | 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 |
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| 24 | 24 | 4218 | Building your own database | In this hands-on session we'll turn some paper records into machine-readable data. Along the way we'll learn the best practices of structuring a data set and entering data, and we'll talk about pitfalls such as data types, unstandardized data and memo fields. **You must bring a laptop and have a Google account to participate in this session. This session is good for: Anyone familiar with the basics of spreadsheets and frustrated by paper records. | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-07 | 2019-03-07 14:15:00 | 2019-03-07 15:15:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steven Rich, The Washington Post | Hands-on 3 | Beginner 4 | Building your own database | |
| 25 | 25 | 4277 | Building your own database (repeat) | In this hands-on session, we'll turn some paper records into machine-readable data. Along the way, we'll learn the best practices of structuring a data set and entering data, and we'll talk about pitfalls such as data types, unstandardized data and memo fields. **You must bring a laptop and have a Google account to participate in this session. This session is good for: Anyone familiar with the basics of spreadsheets and frustrated by paper records. | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-08 | 2019-03-08 16:45:00 | 2019-03-08 17:45:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Matt Carroll, Northeastern University | Hands-on 3 | Building your own database (repeat) | ||
| 52 | 52 | 4354 | Data visualization and storytelling with Flourish | Learn how to use Flourish, a free, online tool to build custom visualizations from your spreadsheets, no coding required. Flourish grew out of Kiln, the award-winning data studio that has helped dozens of organizations to visualize and tell stories with data. **You must bring a laptop and sign up for a free account at flourish.studio to participate in this class. This session is good for: Anyone familiar with spreadsheets. No visualization experience required. | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-08 | 2019-03-08 15:30:00 | 2019-03-08 16:30:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marco Tulio Pires | Hands-on 3 | Intermediate 2 | Data visualization and storytelling with Flourish | |
| 80 | 80 | 4220 | Finding the story: Using DNS search for investigative journalism | Learn how to use DNSDB Scout, a tool to query DNSDB, a historical passive Domain Name System (DNS) database, to discover previously unknown online connections and gain new information to advance your investigations. DNSDB Scout is available for both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Dr. Paul Vixie, an internet pioneer who was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2014 for his work related to DNS, will provide a brief DNS primer before providing the journalists a hands-on opportunity, using DNSDB, to examine the online footprint of a well-known political network to uncover dozens of its affiliated organizations. **You must bring a laptop with Firefox and Google Chrome installed for this workshop. Logins will be provided to use DNSDB. Basic knowledge of the Domain Name System (DNS) is helpful, but not required. | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-08 | 2019-03-08 14:15:00 | 2019-03-08 15:15:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Vixie, Farsight Security | Hands-on 3 | Intermediate 2 | Finding the story: Using DNS search for investigative journalism | |
| 92 | 92 | 4269 | GitHub for journalists | We'll cover Github's basics features — repositories, commits, branches, pull requests and issues — using a recent data-driven story as a case study. The goal is for you to leave the class and be able to use GitHub on your own for your next story. **You must bring a laptop to participate in this class. You will also need to create an account at GitHub.com and install GitHub Desktop prior to the class. This session is good for: Journalists who want to collaborate on data analyses, back up their work and share their methodology with (nerdy) readers | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-07 | 2019-03-07 16:45:00 | 2019-03-07 17:45:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brent Jones, St. Louis Public Radio | Hands-on 3 | Intermediate 2 | GitHub for journalists | |
| 93 | 93 | 4279 | GitHub for journalists (repeat) | We'll cover Github's basics features — repositories, commits, branches, pull requests and issues — using a recent data-driven story as a case study. The goal is for you to leave the class and be able to use GitHub on your own for your next story. **You must bring a laptop to participate in this class. You will also need to create an account at GitHub.com and install GitHub Desktop prior to the class. This session is good for: Journalists who want to collaborate on data analyses, back up their work and share their methodology with (nerdy) readers | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-09 | 2019-03-09 16:45:00 | 2019-03-09 17:45:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Templon, Buzzfeed News | Hands-on 3 | GitHub for journalists (repeat) | ||
| 94 | 94 | 4236 | Google Sheets: Scraping without coding | Yes, you can scrape data without using code -- in fact, all you need is Google Sheets! We'll be using Excel-type formulas (don't worry if you don't know what those are, either) to make simple scrapers that automatically pull data into Google Sheets. It’s the best way to get around clunky websites and unhelpful PIOs! **You must bring a laptop and have a Google account to participate in this session. This session is good for: Beginners who want to start using data for their stories. | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-07 | 2019-03-07 10:15:00 | 2019-03-07 11:15:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Samantha Sunne, independent journalist | Hands-on 3 | Beginner 4 | Google Sheets: Scraping without coding | |
| 130 | 130 | 4399 | Introducing Slidetrack: Visual annotation for your podcast | Did you know that a third of podcast listening is done on a desktop or laptop computer? Wouldn't it be great to give those listeners access to your visualizations, searchable databases and DocumentCloud embeds? Now you can. SlideTrack is a new, open source project that allows you to annotate audio with documents, photos, graphics, text and embeds. Plus, it's so simple that even an editor can do it. | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-09 | 2019-03-09 15:30:00 | 2019-03-09 16:30:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Daniel Lathrop | Hands-on 3 | Introducing Slidetrack: Visual annotation for your podcast | ||
| 158 | 158 | 4110 | Mastering Google Sheets: Web scraping, running scripts and other tricks **pre-registered attendees only | Skill level: Beginner Google Sheets is more than just free spreadsheet software to organize and store data. In this hands-on session will start with pivot tables and conditional formatting but through examples, we'll also learn how to scrape data in seconds without code, automate menial tasks with macros, write custom spreadsheet formulas as well as how to send emails, geocode addresses, translate text and more – all through the power of Google Sheets. Come with a laptop and leave with the knowledge of a Google Sheets power user. Preregistration is required and seating is limited. Attendees must bring a laptop and charger (no tablets) to this training. Workshop prerequisites: You should be familiar with using spreadsheets and formulas. | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-08 | 2019-03-08 09:00:00 | 2019-03-08 12:30:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Frank Bi, SB Nation | Hands-on 3 | Beginner 4 | Mastering Google Sheets: Web scraping, running scripts and other tricks *pre-registered attendees only | |
| 165 | 165 | 4348 | One map, no code: The power of Mapbox Studio | Think you need code to make a highly customized data-driven map? We’re here to show you that you don’t. In this session, we’re going to make a choropleth map and show you how to fine-tune the smallest details with Mapbox Studio. **You must bring a laptop to participate in this class. You will also need Mapbox and GitHub accounts. This session is good for: All skill levels. No JavaScript knowledge required, but basic computer literacy is necessary. | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-09 | 2019-03-09 14:15:00 | 2019-03-09 15:15:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lo Benichou, Mapbox; Casey Miller, Los Angeles Times | Hands-on 3 | Intermediate 2 | One map, no code: The power of Mapbox Studio | |
| 168 | 168 | 4282 | PDF 1: Using free online tools | This class will cover basic approaches for getting text out of PDF documents using powerful and freely available tools. Participants will be introduced to basic concepts and walked through tackling common challenges encountered with tricky PDF documents. This session is good for: People who are unfamiliar with PDF-to-text tools or would like to learn how these tools can be used for extracting difficult text from images embedded in a PDF document. | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-07 | 2019-03-07 09:00:00 | 2019-03-07 10:00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leah Becerra, The Kansas City Star | Hands-on 3 | PDF 1: Using free online tools | ||
| 241 | 241 | 4144 | Using Datawrapper to quickly create charts and maps | Datawrapper is an increasingly popular online tool for visualizing data. This class will walk students through the creation of multiple types of charts and maps. **You must bring a laptop (and charger) to this session and sign up for a free account at datawrapper.de. This session is good for beginners looking for a data visualization solution that doesn't require learning to code. | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-07 | 2019-03-07 11:30:00 | 2019-03-07 12:30:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gus Wezerek, FiveThirtyEight | Hands-on 3 | Beginner 4 | Using Datawrapper to quickly create charts and maps | |
| 253 | 253 | 4215 | Workbench: Reproducible data work without coding | Workbench is an open source tool that puts all stages of the data journalism process in one workspace, including scraping, cleaning, monitoring, and visualization -- all without coding, and all reproducible. In this hands-on tutorial, you'll learn how to use Workbench for several different newsroom tasks. Clean and explore data, monitor sources, create live embeddable charts that update when new data is released, or build useful queries that other journalists can use to report on a data set. Workbench is built to help make data tasks accessible to more people in the newsroom. **You must bring a laptop, with either Google Chrome or Firefox web browsers installed, to participate in this class. This session is good for journalists of all skill levels. | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-07 | 2019-03-07 15:30:00 | 2019-03-07 16:30:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jonathan Stray, Columbia Journalism School | Hands-on 3 | Beginner 4 | Workbench: Reproducible data work without coding | |
| 254 | 254 | 4087 | Write better Python code *pre-registered attendees only | Skill level: Intermediate/advanced You’ve written a few Python scripts that get the job done, but the initial euphoria has worn off. Your code is hard to read. Bugs are cropping up. And you can’t always explain your process or results to an editor — or yourself. There must be a better way, but the path forward is not clear. If you’ve had that itchy feeling, this three-hour, hands-on workshop is for you. This class will explore Python language features that will help you write readable, reliable and reusable code. Preregistration is required and seating is limited.*Attendees must bring a laptop and charger to the training. Workshop prerequisites: Experience with basic Python language features like variables, data types, conditionals and functions are required. | Mariner Cove - conference level 11 | 2019-03-09 | 2019-03-09 09:00:00 | 2019-03-09 12:30:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Eric Sagara, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting; Serdar Tumgoren, The Associated Press | Hands-on 3 | Advanced 3 | Write better Python code *pre-registered attendees only |
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