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MICAR is offering a week-long computer-assisted reporting seminar on May 5 that trains journalists with minimal computer experience how to obtain, transfer, verify, and analyze government data using database software. The seminar covers practical skills and legal considerations, with tuition based on media outlet size.

TRI/DART Seminar News

MICAR will hold its next week-long seminar on computer-assisted reporting on May 5.

These seminars, which are held every three months, train people with little or no experience with computers how to negotiate for computer tapes, download the data on those tapes to a personal computer using a nine-track tape drive, verify that the information has not been tampered with, and analyze it using database software. The seminar also discusses how to administer a computer-assisted reporting program and the legal implications of using government computer tapes.

Last year, MICAR trained 41 people representing 25 newspapers, the Associated Press and 2 Universities.

Tuition for the print media is based on circulation size and on market share for broadcasters.

For more information, call the Missouri Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting at (314) 882-0684