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  "id": "1996-december-get-your-training",
  "slug": "1996-december-get-your-training",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1996-december-get-your-training.html",
  "year": 1996,
  "month": "December",
  "monthNum": 12,
  "headline": "Get your training",
  "kicker": "Seminars, bootcamps, conferences",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "NICAR",
  "summary": "NICAR and The Associated Press offer specialized journalism training in data analysis, spreadsheet building, and database management at various locations and conferences throughout 1997. Training options include on-the-road sessions, bootcamps, and seminars at professional conferences with varying costs and registration requirements.",
  "keywords": [
    "training",
    "journalism",
    "database"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "Internet",
    "PC",
    "spreadsheet"
  ],
  "full_text": "NICAR and, where indicated, The Associated Press provide specialized training in your newsroom. Learn to transfer data from government files into newsroom PCs. Build spreadsheets for insightful stories on the beat. Comprehend documents with database managers. Navigate the Internet and on-line databases.\n\nCost varies. For information, call Lisa Barnes at (573) 882-8969, or to register, call the numbers below.\n\nNote: In the following list, \"Open to all\" means any journalist may sign up. \"Closed\" means the session is open only to members of the host organization.\n\nSan Francisco, CA., San Francisco Bay Guardian-Jan. 17, 1997\nAAN West Convention - Jan. 17-18, 1997\nMilwaukee, Wisc., Milwaukee Journal Jan. 21-23, 1997. Closed.\nYork, Pa., York Daily Record - Jan. 27-28, 1997. Closed.\nSan Diego, Calif., San Diego Tribune and SPJ - Feb. 19-22, 1997. Open to all. (619) 293-1261\nPalm Beach, CA., Palm Beach Post March 1997.\n\nConferences\n\nNICAR will offer training and seminars at the following professional conferences, including the IRE and NICAR national conferences. Costs vary. For information or to register, call Lisa Barnes at (573) 882-8969.\n\nMinority Regional Conference, Richmond, Va.- Nov. 15-17, 1996. Open to minorities.\nMinority Regional Conference, Dallas, Texas - Dec. 7-8, 1996. Open to minorities.\n\nNashCAR, NICAR National Conference, Nashville, Tenn.-March 3-9, 1997. Costs are: IRE member, $150 for entire conference. Non IRE member, $190 for entire conference, including IRE membership. Renewal member, $190 for entire conference, including IRE renewal. Students, $125 for conference, including student membership. Late fee is $15 for registrations not postmarked by Feb. 14, 1997\n\nIRE National Conference, Phoenix, Ariz., June 12-15, 1997.\n\nBootcamps\n\nBootcamps are week-long, intensive training sessions offered at NICAR's headquarters at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Mo.\n\nAs with on-the-road training, you will learn to transfer data from government files into newsroom PCs, build spreadsheets for stories on the beat, comprehend documents with database managers, and navigate the 'Net and on-line databases but you'll be drilled all day, every day for a full week. Tuition ranges from $500-$1,000 depending on circulation or market size.\n\nFor information, call Wendy Charron at (573) 882-0684.\n\nJan. 5-11, 1997. Waiting list only.\nJan. 24-26, 1997. Intermediate Bootcamp concentrating on data clean-up and more. For details, call (573) 882-0684.\nMay 4-9, 1997. Advanced Bootcamp concentrating on stats and maps at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill with Philip Meyer, author of The New Precision Journalism. The seminar is held in Chapel Hill. For details, call (573) 882-0684.\n*May 18-23, 1997. Regular Bootcamp on general computer-assisted reporting. For details, call (573) 882-0684.",
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