Uplink update
We asked for your help and ideas in our last issue, and we're starting to get the phone calls, clips, faxes, and electronic messages we had hoped for. Please keep them coming. (Several of our readers noticed that we failed to include our electronic addresses in our masthead. We included them in this issue).
We attended the recent annual conference at the National Institute for Advanced Reporting in Indianapolis, heard some terrific speakers, met with Jim Brown, NIAR's honcho, and picked up many ideas on where our endeavors at NICAR should head.
We hope to apply those ideas at the upcoming national IRE conference in St. Louis, June 16-19. If you want to attend, call IRE at (314)882-2042. The program for the traditional optional day on Thursday, June 16, will focus on online databases and computer-assisted reporting for daily and beat stories. The NICAR staff will be there in force, running a demonstration room, helping with panels, and providing advice.