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  "id": "1994-october-uplink-update",
  "slug": "1994-october-uplink-update",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1994-october-uplink-update.html",
  "year": 1994,
  "month": "October",
  "monthNum": 10,
  "headline": "Uplink update",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "This month's Uplink newsletter showcases diverse applications of computer-assisted reporting (CAR) in journalism, including aviation data analysis, science reporting, voter fraud investigation, and government computer oversight.",
  "keywords": [
    "journalism",
    "reporting",
    "computers"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "This month's Uplink offers a potpourri of information that reflects the wide range of uses for computer-assisted reporting in journalism.\n\nIn addition to the cover story on aviation data, Gwen Carleton's piece explores the use of CAR in science journalism; Paul D'Ambrosio of the Asbury Park Press writes about exposing voter fraud; and David Bloom of the Los Angeles Daily News gives advice (in part one of two) about how your mastery of computer lingo allows you to cover government mishandling of computers and computer contracts.\n\nNext month we plan to report on the leading experts at CAR TREK, this year's national conference on computer-assisted reporting.\n\nIn the meantime, don't forget to send us your clips and tips.",
  "provenance": {
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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