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  "slug": "1997-decemberjanuary-get-your-training",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1997-decemberjanuary-get-your-training.html",
  "year": 1997,
  "month": "December/January",
  "monthNum": 12,
  "headline": "Get your training",
  "kicker": "Seminars, boot camps, conferences",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "IRE and NICAR",
  "summary": "NICAR and IRE offer various computer-assisted reporting training opportunities including workshops, boot camps, and conferences throughout 1998 at different locations. Interested journalists can contact organizers or visit websites to register for hands-on sessions ranging from one-day demonstrations to week-long intensive training.",
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  "topics": [
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  "technologies": [
    "spreadsheet",
    "Internet",
    "World Wide Web"
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  "full_text": "Get your training\n\nCheck out the NICAR Web site at www.nicar.org to find out times and dates for upcoming on-the-road training and boot camps.\n\nWorkshops\n\nIRE and NICAR can also bring road-tested workshops to sites around the country. We match regional public records experts and experienced reporters with our own trainers for unique seminars ranging from one-day demonstrations and panels on regional public records laws to three-day hands-on sessions on computer-assisted reporting or advanced techniques for data-intensive beats.\n\nDon't wait for someone else to organize a computer-assisted reporting workshop in your area. IRE and NICAR depend on members, news organizations, journalism schools and other journalism organizations to help us bring our seminars to you. Contact Sarah Cohen at (301) 942-2199 or e-mail her at sarah@nicar.org\n\nJanuary 23-25, 1998 - St. Louis, Mo. Risky Behavior Workshop on health care databases and issues\n\nBoot Camps\n\nBoot Camps 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 online 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 Katy Fanning at (573) 882-0684. January 4-9, 1998 - Columbia, Mo. NICAR Regular Boot Camp January 9-11, 1998 - Columbia, Mo. NICAR Advanced Boot Camp May 10-15, 1998 - Chapel Hill, NC NICAR Advanced Boot Camp\n\nMay 17-22, 1998 - Columbia, Mo. NICAR Regular Boot Camp July 12-17, 1998 - Columbia, Mo. NICAR Regular Boot Camp August 9-14, 1998 - Columbia, Mo. NICAR Regular Boot Camp\n\nConferences\n\nNICAR will offer training at the following professional conferences, including the IRE and NICAR national conferences. These conferences feature practical tips and story ideas shared by prize-winning journalists in quick-hit sessions. Keep up with our conference schedule through our Web site, at www.ire.org. Costs vary. For more information or to register, call Lisa Barnes at (573) 882-8969.\n\nJanuary 31-February 1998 - Washington, D.C. IRE Regional Conference March 5-8, 1998 - Indianapolis, Ind. NICAR National Conference March 27-29, 1998 - New York, N.Y. IRE Regional Conference June 4-7, 1998 - New Orleans, La. IRE National Conference\n\nJournalism Conference Tour\n\nIRE and NICAR will be appearing at several upcoming conferences of other journalism organizations. IRE and NICAR will participate in panels and provides hands-on computer-assisted reporting training. For more information on these conferences, contact the organization sponsoring or check out the www.reporter.org Web site.\n\nJuly 24-27, 1998 - Miami, Fla. On-the-road training for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Convention '98\n\nJuly 29-August 3, 1998 - Washington, D.C. On-the-road training for the National Association of Black Journalists Convention '98\n\nAugust 5-8, 1998 - Chicago, Ill. On-the-road training for the Asian American Journalists Association Convention '98",
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