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4301 |
Adding a text editor to your CAR toolkit |
A good text editor is an essential tool for data journalists, allowing you to inspect and tidy data and seamlessly import into other programs (Excel, a database GUI, your CMS). Stop by this demo session for examples of how a text editor can round out your CAR toolkit. |
1 |
2019-03-10 |
2019-03-10 10:15:00 |
2019-03-10 11:15:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Agustin Armendariz, The New York Times |
2 |
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2 |
Adding a text editor to your CAR toolkit |
| 10 |
4299 |
America's dirtiest jobs? Meet America's dirtiest data |
Journalists who have successfully cleaned up some exceptionally dirty data explain how they pulled it off. |
7 |
2019-03-09 |
2019-03-09 10:15:00 |
2019-03-09 11:15:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
John Schoen, NBC Universal |
2 |
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1 |
America's dirtiest jobs? Meet America's dirtiest data |
| 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 |
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Analyzing birth and death data: The wonders of CDC WONDER |
| 17 |
4356 |
Become an instant expert |
Are you looking for sources on social media, government websites, academic papers? What if you're looking for local Facebook pages about Donald Trump, but Trump's page himself keeps popping up? What if you're looking for government reports on Obamacare and you keep getting weird health blogs? What if you could filter all this out with a little website called Google dot com? We'll go over some of the lesser-known Google filters like "related:", "location:" and "-inurl:" |
3 |
2019-03-07 |
2019-03-07 14:15:00 |
2019-03-07 15:15:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Dan Russell, Google |
2 |
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1 |
Become an instant expert |
| 36 |
4302 |
CAR throwback |
This year, we’re going way, way back. We’ll take you on a ride on the Information Superhighway 1990s style. We’ll tell you about the tools we used to work with records on a computer! Expect classic NICAR datasets, dated references and more lame jokes. Along with the history lesson, we will provide some of the same data tips that are vital to data journalism. |
2 |
2019-03-08 |
2019-03-08 14:15:00 |
2019-03-08 15:15:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Jennifer LaFleur, Investigative Reporting Workshop (moderator); Cheryl Phillips, Stanford University; Aron Pilhofer, Temple University |
2 |
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1 |
CAR throwback |
| 38 |
4352 |
College sports finances: Where the money comes from and where the money goes |
The playing field is about to change in college athletics. Lawsuits and other challenges are expected to fundamentally change the way college sports -- and especially football -- are financed and played. But how to cover the ongoing story? Who will end up as winners and who will lose out? This interactive session will provide attendees a hands-on opportunity (bring your laptop!) to use the Knight Commission’s NCAA Division I Athletic and Academic Spending Database to understand the financial landscape for Division I college sports, and the differences between well-resourced athletics programs and the ones that depend on school resources. Specific tools for reporters to compare financial statements and trends over time will be revealed for the first time at the 2019 CAR conference. These resources can help lead to enlightening and impactful stories about schools' athletics programs in your region. |
10 |
2019-03-09 |
2019-03-09 14:15:00 |
2019-03-09 15:15:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Scott Hirko, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics; Jodi Upton, Syracuse University |
2 |
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1 |
College sports finances: Where the money comes from and where the money goes |
| 50 |
4296 |
Data blitz |
Like Lightning Talks, but for data. Five presenters will guide you through their favorite datasets. |
1 |
2019-03-08 |
2019-03-08 11:30:00 |
2019-03-08 12:30:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Jeremy Singer-Vine, Buzzfeed News |
2 |
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1 |
Data blitz |
| 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 |
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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 |
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Easy machine learning for data journalists |
| 86 |
4142 |
Free, easy data viz |
Got a data project you want to make shine, but you're short on time, money and help? We'll demonstrate several free tools both online and on your computer so you can make interactive maps, graphs, timelines, and even simple animations. No previous experience needed -- and these tools work great for social media, online, print, and television. |
1 |
2019-03-08 |
2019-03-08 15:30:00 |
2019-03-08 16:30:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Jamie Grey, Raycom Media |
2 |
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2 |
Free, easy data viz |
| 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 |
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2 |
How to follow the dark money in politics |
| 120 |
4309 |
Install party |
Need help installing that cool piece of software you learned about in another session? Bring your laptops and we'll help you get set up. |
16 |
2019-03-10 |
2019-03-10 09:00:00 |
2019-03-10 10:00:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Caitlin Ostroff, McClatchy; Cody Winchester, IRE/NICAR; Matt Wynn, USA TODAY |
2 |
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1 |
Install party |
| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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2 |
Investigating nonprofits with data |
| 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 |
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1 |
Life after FactFinder |
| 164 |
4308 |
Observable notebooks: Your interactive data journal |
In this gentle introduction, we'll show you how to analyze and visualize data in an Observable notebook, whip up a series of rough prototypes, and export the bones to finish as a news graphic. There's nothing to install, no way to get yourself into a bad state with reactive cells, and no problem loading almost any JavaScript library you can think of. We’ll finish by walking through a series of published Washington Post pieces that started their life as Observable notebooks. |
7 |
2019-03-09 |
2019-03-09 11:30:00 |
2019-03-09 12:30:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Jeremy Ashkenas, ObservableHQ; Aaron Williams, The Washington Post |
2 |
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3 |
Observable notebooks: Your interactive data journal |
| 167 |
4310 |
OpenElections hackathon |
Come join the OpenElections team to help with standardizing 2018 primary and general election results and rebuilding the openelections.net site. No programming skills required, and we’re always interested in finding ways to make it easier for journalists to use our data. |
3 |
2019-03-10 |
2019-03-10 09:00:00 |
2019-03-10 12:30:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Derek Willis, ProPublica |
2 |
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OpenElections hackathon |
| 204 |
4303 |
Research on the beach: Deep diving |
Dive into the latest tools for public records and advanced research, sail on to online privacy tips and alerting services and see what's new on the horizon for personal web caching and archiving. |
3 |
2019-03-09 |
2019-03-09 09:00:00 |
2019-03-09 10:00:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Gary Price, InfoDocket; Margot Williams, The Intercept |
2 |
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1 |
Research on the beach: Deep diving |
| 212 |
4300 |
Spreadsheet add-ins you can't live without |
Need to geocode? Clean up dirty data? Combine multiple worksheets? Count data by color? Other weird things you need to do to use that one funky spreadsheet that came in through a FOIA? Let's talk about the capabilities of some of the add-ins that are out there for Google Sheets and Excel. |
7 |
2019-03-10 |
2019-03-10 10:15:00 |
2019-03-10 11:15:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Lauren Grandestaff, IRE; Erin Mansfield, Tyler |
2 |
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1 |
You just survived NICAR19! Now what? |
| 226 |
4147 |
The data sleuth's guide to the social web |
Whether you're spotting bots by plotting their activity levels or you're analyzing the spread of hate speech or misinformation in quantitative ways — there are many ways for journalists to investigate stories on the social web. This demo will walk through various approaches to leverage social media data for different kinds of stories and talk about the kinds of tools needed to report them out. |
1 |
2019-03-08 |
2019-03-08 09:00:00 |
2019-03-08 10:00:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Jane Lytvynenko, BuzzFeed News; Lam Thuy Vo, Buzzfeed News |
2 |
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3 |
The data sleuth's guide to the social web |
| 229 |
4298 |
The election and politics data you're not using |
Beyond readily available campaign finance and elections results, there's a wealth of other election and political data that can produce stories throughout the election cycle. We'll take a closer look at congressional disclosures, election administration, Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) and others. |
3 |
2019-03-08 |
2019-03-08 09:00:00 |
2019-03-08 10:00:00 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Sarah Bryner, Center for Responsive Politics; Derek Willis, ProPublica (moderator); Michelle Ye He Lee, The Washington Post |
2 |
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2 |
The election and politics data you're not using |
| 231 |
4297 |
The latest digital tools |
Mike Reilley takes you on a deep dive round-up of breakout web tools and resources that promise to challenge conventional reporting processes and level up your journalist toolkit. From the latest data visualization and scraping techniques to sourcing tools, story discovery resources to mobile reporting apps -- this session will leave attendees with a more robust toolbelt and better prepared for sharing stories in 2019. |
3 |
2019-03-08 |
2019-03-08 10:15:00 |
2019-03-08 11:15:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Mike Reilley, MediaShift.org |
2 |
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1 |
The latest digital tools |
| 235 |
4152 |
Three open-source workflow tools that your newsroom could use today |
In this session, you will learn about three recently released open-source workflow tools and how they could be immediately useful to your newsroom: - gspan.js, a JavaScript library for transcribing and annotating CSPAN captions - Vizier, a GUI for ai2HTML projects. This app makes it easy to use the New York Times' ai2HTML plugin for turning Adobe Illustrator projects into responsive web graphics - socrata2sql, a Python library for quickly slurping data out of a Socrata portal into your database of choice |
10 |
2019-03-09 |
2019-03-09 10:15:00 |
2019-03-09 11:15:00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Andrew Briz, POLITICO (moderator); Kavya Sukumar, Hearken; Allan James Vestal, Dallas Morning News |
2 |
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3 |
Three open-source workflow tools that your newsroom could use today |
| 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 |
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1 |
Under pressure: Real life in real time with breaking news |
| 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 |
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4 |
What’s new in Excel Online for analysis and visualization |