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  "id": "1995-may-not-every-college-offers-car-knowledge",
  "slug": "1995-may-not-every-college-offers-car-knowledge",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1995-may-not-every-college-offers-car-knowledge.html",
  "year": 1995,
  "month": "May",
  "monthNum": 5,
  "headline": "Not every college offers CAR knowledge",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "assistant communications professor",
  "affiliation": "West Virginia Wesleyan College",
  "summary": "Many university journalism programs have not adopted computer-assisted reporting education despite its proven benefits, facing obstacles like equipment costs, institutional resistance, and a shortage of qualified instructors.",
  "keywords": [
    "journalism",
    "technology",
    "education"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Education"
  ],
  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "Not every college offers CAR knowledge\n\nDespite advances in newsrooms, many university journalism programs have not yet introduced computer-assisted reporting. In a 1993 survey, less than a third taught on-line searching, and even fewer dealt with databases.\n\nKevin Lee, an assistant communications professor at West Virginia Wesleyan College, conducted a blind survey of more than a dozen experts, asking how to change the situation. The participants included Elliot Jaspin at Cox Newspapers; Penny Loeb at U.S. News & World Report; Steve Ross at Columbia University; and Shawn McIntosh, Dallas Morning News.\n\nThe results are that schools would enhance their reputations, and students would be better journalists, if more universities taught computer-assisted reporting. The hurdles include getting and maintaining good equipment, resistance from school officials, and a lack of qualified teachers.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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