{
  "id": "1990-december-datacore-news",
  "slug": "1990-december-datacore-news",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1990-december-datacore-news.html",
  "year": 1990,
  "month": "December",
  "monthNum": 12,
  "headline": "Datacore News",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "MICAR",
  "summary": "Datacore, launching in January, is an online database service that enables reporters to access government records including Census data and Federal Elections Commission records through a modem connection. The service allows journalists to obtain exclusive access to computer tapes containing campaign contribution records and other publicly available information.",
  "keywords": [
    "database",
    "government",
    "reporters"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Data & Databases",
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Government & Politics"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "modem/BBS",
    "CD-ROM"
  ],
  "full_text": "Beginning in January, Datacore will finally be ready for use. Datacore is an on-line database service that can be used by reporters to access government records. The service is designed to provide a powerful link to electronically stored records for reporters who do not have adequate PC computing power. With a modem and software provided by Datacore, a reporter can access Datacore's information library, which includes Census data and Federal Elections Commission records. Datacore has more than 960,000 campaign contribution records for all federal races since 1983 on-line. In addition to this, Datacore can put on-line any information that is sent to MICAR Reporters can acquire their own computer tapes and have exclusive access to the information for a year. If Datacore sounds interesting to you, call MICAR and we will send you all the details.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "pre-v2",
    "extracted_at": "",
    "verified": true
  },
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  "html_url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1990-december-datacore-news.html",
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