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  "id": "1994-september-train-with-best-in-car",
  "slug": "1994-september-train-with-best-in-car",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1994-september-train-with-best-in-car.html",
  "year": 1994,
  "month": "September",
  "monthNum": 9,
  "headline": "Train with best in CAR",
  "kicker": "Panels range from beginning to expert",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "Panels range from beginning to expert",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "CAR Trek, a four-day computer-assisted reporting conference in Silicon Valley from October 6-9, offers panels and hands-on training from pioneering journalists and top CAR practitioners, with registration at $150.",
  "keywords": [
    "conference",
    "reporting",
    "training"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Technology",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "Internet"
  ],
  "full_text": "If you can attend just one computer-assisted reporting event this year, make it to CAR Trek in the Silicon Valley, Oct. 6-9. The people who pioneered these reporting techniques, the top practitioners of the craft, and the best instructors of CAR will talk and teach for four intense days of panels and hands-on training at the Westin Hotel (800-228-3000 or 408-986-0700 for reservations) in Santa Clara. Registration is $150. Call IRE at 314-882-2042 for details. CAR panels will range across every kind of computer-assisted reporting. Hands-on training will cover beginning and advanced topics, including the Internet. You'll be able to snag speakers for one-on-ones in the hallways and in the computer demonstration room where you can go into greater detail about what interests you. Sponsored by IRE/NICAR and the San Jose Mercury News, the conference also will showcase a host of vendors showing off their databases and online wares. CAR Trek has a terrific team of journalists from newspapers and broadcast. You may have e-mailed them or talked to them on the phone - now come and meet them.\n\nConference registration is $150. Call IRE at (314) 882-2042 for details and forms.\n\nHere's a partial line-up\n\nScott Anderson, Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel\nDave Armstrong, Boston Globe\nAdam Berliant, Tacoma News Tribune\nNeill Borowski, Philadelphia Inquirer\nTom Boyer, Virginian-Pilot & Ledger-Star\nJames Brown, Indiana University\nRon Campbell, Orange County Register\nPete Carey, San Jose Mercury News\nMorgan Cartwright, Contra Costa Times\nWilliam Casey, Washington Post\nRose Ciotta, Buffalo News\nRussell Clemings, Fresno Bee\nWendell Cochran, American University\nSarah Cohen, Tampa Tribune\nAlan Cox, WCCO-TV\nTom Curran, New York Newsday\nDave Davis, Cleveland Plain Dealer\nBill Dedman, Associated Press\nJames Derk, Evansville Courier\nDavid Dietz, San Francisco Chronicle\nSteve Doig, Miami Herald\nJacqueline Doubinis, National Library on Money and Politics\nJohn Freed, New York Times\nDan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News\nRich Gordon, Miami Herald\nTom Heslin, Providence Journal Bulletin\nElliot Jaspin, Cox Newspapers\nTom Johnson, San Francisco State University\nGeorge Jordan, New York Newsday\nJillian Kaskey, Money Magazine\nJeff Kummer, St. Paul Pioneer Press\nJennifer LaFleur, NICAR\nGeorge Landau, St. Louis Post Dispatch\nAlan Levin, Hartford Courant\nPenny Loeb, US News & World Report\nBeth Marchak, Cleveland Plain Dealer\nCarla Marinucci, San Francisco Examiner\nRich Mauer, Anchorage Daily News\nShawn McIntosh, Dallas Morning News\nTed Mellnik, Charlotte Observer\nPhilip Meyer, University of North Carolina\nTom Moore, Congressional Quarterly\nDwight Morris, Los Angeles Times\nRichard Mullins, NICAR/University of Missouri\nCarol Napolitano, Munster Times\nRichard O'Reilly, Los Angeles Times\nPeter Overby, Common Cause Magazine\nBob Paynter, Akron Beacon Journal\nTom Philp, Sacramento Bee\nBob Port, St. Petersburg Times\nMatt Reavy, NICAR\nGreg Reeves, Kansas City Star\nNeil Reisner, Bergen Record\nKenton Robinson, Hartford Courant\nRichard Robertson, Arizona Republic\nSteve Ross, Columbia University\nRicardo Sandoval, Center for Investigative Reporting\nAnne Saul, Gannett Newspapers\nJon Schmid, Raleigh News & Observer\nChris Schmitt, San Jose Mercury News\nDavid Stoeffler, Wisconsin State Journal\nHai Strauss, Atlanta Journal & Constitution\nDanny Sullivan, Orange County Register\nDrew Sullivan, NICAR\nScott Thurm, San Jose Mercury News\nLisa Van Asch, Raleigh News & Observer\nPatrick Weiland, Eye to Eye, CBS\nDan Woods, Raleigh News & Observer\nKevin Woodward, Santa Cruz County Sentinel",
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