Investigative Reporters and Editors and The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., will show reporters and editors this fall how they can do their jobs with more precision, depth and power through computer-assisted reporting. About 50 top journalists and other experts who use computers to gather and sort information and write stories will demonstrate their skills and share their ideas with 400 - 500 peers during a four-day conference devoted exclusively to computer-assisted reporting. The conference will be Oct. 21 - 24 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Raleigh.
The program will mix beginning and advanced sessions. Sessions will include:
Equipment and software -- what's best and what to budget for Databases -- what's out there, where to find them and how to negotiate for them Going on-line Introduction to CD-ROM and Hypertext Advanced word processing techniques Parsing, scanning, mapping Visual Basic and other application development tools Specific story ideas to take home and do Polling and statistics Ideaware -- covering a variety of useful How to set up computer-assisted reporting classes in the newsroom
Hands-on training classes will cover:
Windows/DOS Spread sheets NineTrack Express Creating and manipulating databases, analyzing data and programming in FoxPro and Paradox
For more information about the conference please write or call: Investigative Reporters & Editors 100 Neff Hall UMC School of Journalism Columbia, MO 65211 (314) 882-2042.
Top journalists from the News & Observer, the St. Petersburg Times, the Washington Post, New York Newsday, USA Today and U.S. News & World Report and experts from the FEC, the Poynter Institute and the National Library on Money and Politics will demonstrate their computer-assisted reporting skills at October conference