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  "id": "1995-september-uplink-update",
  "slug": "1995-september-uplink-update",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1995-september-uplink-update.html",
  "year": 1995,
  "month": "September",
  "monthNum": 9,
  "headline": "Uplink update",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "An investigative series exposes the misuse of a court database, unveiling illegal practices such as the jailing of poor individuals and secret cash deals to avoid convictions in Ohio.",
  "keywords": [
    "justice",
    "database",
    "corruption"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Technology",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "Internet",
    "World Wide Web",
    "Windows"
  ],
  "full_text": "This is a big month for computer-assisted reporting. NICAR, IRE and the Cleveland Plain Dealer host the annual conference for computer-assisted reporting. The event will show journalists how to do everything from handling data to trolling the Internet to running complex analysis. For those who miss it, you can rebound by getting tapes and handouts of the sessions. Information on how to do that is on the back of this issue. In addition, NICAR is growing. It is expanding with a new minority training program. Plus it is running a World Wide site. Visit NICAR at http://www.nicar.org. This edition of Uplink shows how reporters are using computers to probe everything from court houses to roller coasters. Dan Keating of the Miami Herald reviews the much-hyped Windows 95. And there is a look at some of the expanding federal government on-line offerings.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "pre-v2",
    "extracted_at": "",
    "verified": true
  },
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