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  "id": "1996-september-get-your-training",
  "slug": "1996-september-get-your-training",
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  "year": 1996,
  "month": "September",
  "monthNum": 9,
  "headline": "Get your training",
  "kicker": "Seminars, bootcamps, conferences",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "NICAR and The Associated Press",
  "summary": "NICAR and the Associated Press offer specialized training programs in computer-assisted journalism across multiple cities and conferences, teaching reporters to use databases, spreadsheets, and online tools for investigative reporting.",
  "keywords": [
    "training",
    "journalism",
    "databases"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Technology",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "spreadsheet",
    "Internet"
  ],
  "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\nRichmond, Va., AP - Oct. 3-4, 1996. Open to all. (804) 643-6646.\nKansas City, Mo., AP - Oct. 7-8, 1996. Open to all. All spots filled.\nKeene, N.H., Keene State College - Nov. 7-9, 1996. Open to all.\nKiplinger Seminar, Columbus, Ohio - Nov. 8, 1996. Closed.\nAllentown, Pa., Allentown Call - Nov. 12-13, 1996. Closed.\nNew Brunswick, N.J., AP - Nov. 15-16, 1996. Open to all. (609) 392-3622.\nWashington, D.C., Washington Post - Dec. 9-10, 1996. Closed.\nWashington, D.C. - Medill School of Journalism - Dec. 12-14, 1996. Open to all. (573) 882-0684\nMilwaukee, Wisc., Milwaukee Journal - Jan. 20-22, 1997. Closed.\nYork, Pa., York Daily Record - Jan. 27-28, 1997. Closed.\nSan Diego, Calif., San Diego Tribune and SPJ - Feb. 19-21, 1997. SPJ Day open to all. (619) 293-1261\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 Wendy Charron at (573) 882-0684.\n\nRTNDA (Radio and Television News Directors Association), Los Angeles - Oct. 9-13, 1996.\nSEJ (Society for Environmental Journalists), St. Louis, Mo. - Oct. 17-20, 1996.\nMulticultural Management Program - NICAR, Columbia, Mo. - Oct. 13-18, 1996.\nIRE/NICAR Student Regional Conference, Syracuse, N.Y. - Nov. 9-10, 1996. Cost is: IRE member $10 for conference. Non IRE Member, professional rate $50 for conference (includes $40 IRE membership fee). Non IRE member, student rate $35 for conference (includes $25 student membership fee). Syracuse students, $5 to attend conference. Additional $25 fee for Sunday computer training.\nMinority Regional Conference, Richmond, Va., - Nov. 15-17, 1996. Open to minorities.\nMinority Regional Conference, Dallas, Texas - Dec. 7-10, 1996. Open to minorities.\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\nIRE National Conference, Phoenix, Ariz., June 12-15, 1997.\n\nBootcamps\n\nBootcamps are week-long, intensive training sessions offered NICAR's headquarters at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Mo. As 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. Cost varies. For information, call Wendy Charron at (573) 882-0684.\n\nJan. 5-11, 1997. Waiting list only.\nJan. Intermediate Bootcamp\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\"\nMay 18-23, 1997.",
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