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  "id": "1995-december-cover-campaigns-better",
  "slug": "1995-december-cover-campaigns-better",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1995-december-cover-campaigns-better.html",
  "year": 1995,
  "month": "December",
  "monthNum": 12,
  "headline": "Cover campaigns better",
  "kicker": "Workshop programs",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
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  "summary": "IRE, NICAR, and the University of Maryland are sponsoring a Campaign Coverage Workshop on January 20-21, 1996, offering comprehensive training in covering federal, state, and local elections with sessions on online coverage, candidate profiling, databases, and polling.",
  "keywords": [
    "campaign",
    "workshop",
    "journalism"
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  "topics": [
    "Government & Politics",
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Journalism & Newsroom"
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  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "To register for the Campaign Coverage Workshop, call IRE at (314) 882-2042. The price for IRE or SPJ members is $96. The price for non-members is $136. The price for students who are not IRE members is $121. The price for international reporters who are not members is $151. For all those who are not members, the registration fee includes IRE membership. You may register by phone using a Visa or Master Card. The conference is at the Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Hotel rooms are available there. The rates are $74 for single occupancy, and $89 for double occupancy. Call the hotel at either (800) 727-8622 or (301) 985-7300.\n\nGet a jump start on the 1996 presidential election with a weekend of comprehensive training in covering federal, state and local campaigns. Investigative Reporters and Editors, the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting and the University of Maryland, with support from Gannett News Service, are sponsors of the conference Jan. 20-21 at the University of Maryland in College Park. Here is the preliminary program:\n\nSaturday, January 20:\n\n9-10 a.m. Plenary session and overview: Combining Issues Coverage, Candidate Profiles and the High-Tech Campaign\nRosemary Armao, IRE\nBrant Houston, NICAR\nChris Callahan, University of Maryland\n10-11 a.m. On-line Campaign Coverage Lessons\nNora Paul, Poynter Institute\nBill Loving, Minneapolis Star-Tribune\n11 a.m.-noon Michael Dickerson of the FEC tells how to get the data you need to cover campaigns\nNoon-1 p.m. Lunch with Gene Roberts, managing editor, New York Times\n1-2 p.m. (Concurrent Sessions)\nA. Getting Through the Spin\nGloria Borger or Steve Roberts, U.S. News & World Report\nGlenn Totten, political consultant\nSteve Geimann, SPJ president-elect\nB. Writing Issue Stories into a Must Read\nJim Neff, Ohio State University\nJill Abramson, Wall Street Journal\n2-3 p.m. (Partly Concurrent Sessions)\nDeveloping Campaign (\"Off-line\") Sources\nJohn King, The Associated Press\n2-4 p.m. Building your own Campaign Database\nDavid Morris, The Associated Press\nThe Center for Responsive Politics\n3-4 p.m. (Concurrent Sessions)\nA. Backgrounding and profiling candidates\nDavid Maraniss, Washington Post\nB. Polls and Focus Groups\nEvans Witt, The Associated Press\n\nHands-on CAR sessions will run at 10-noon, 1-3 p.m. and 3-5 p.m. While we've given each of these two-hour time slots, we expect them to run closer to 90 minutes, which will keep down interference with lectures and workshops.\n\nSunday, January 21\n\n9-10 a.m. (Concurrent Sessions)\nA. On-line Campaign Coverage Lessons\nMargot Williams, Washington Post\nWendell Cochran, American University\nB. Dissection of TV Campaign Ads\nTodd Purdum, New York Times\n10-11 a.m. Polls and Focus Groups Repeat Session\nEvans Witt, The Associated Press\n10 a.m.-noon (Two Concurrent Sessions)\nA. Covering Virginia State Elections:\nLise Olsen, Virginian-Pilot\nPeter Baker, Washington Post\nB. Covering Maryland State Elections:\nFrazier Smith, Baltimore Sun\n11 a.m.-noon Stories from the Data\nBrooks Jackson, CNN\nJonathan Salant, Congressional Quarterly\nSara Fritz, Los Angeles Times\nNoon-1 p.m. Lunch with Doug Bailey, American Political Network Inc.\n1-2 p.m. (Concurrent Sessions)\nA. Opposition Researchers\nB. Campaign Finance\nDwight Morris, consultant\nChris Schmitt, San Jose Mercury News\nCenter for Public Integrity\n2-4 p.m. What are the Big Issues that will make Headlines in Campaign 96?\nBob Schieffer, CBS\nJack Germond, Baltimore Sun\nLee Thornton, Howard University\n4-5 p.m. What's Wrong with Campaign Coverage?\nRem Reider and Carl Sessions Stepp, University of Maryland\nHands-on CAR sessions will run at 10-noon, 1-3 p.m. and 3-5 p.m.",
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