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NICAR and the Associated Press offer specialized journalism training through on-the-road sessions, national conferences, and intensive week-long bootcamps covering data analysis, spreadsheet building, and computer-assisted reporting techniques. Training is available at various locations with costs varying by program and participant type.

NICAR and, where indicated, The Associated Press provide specialized training in your newsroom. Learn to transfer data from government newsroom PCs. Build spreadsheets for insightful stories on the beat. Comprehend documents with database managers. Navigate the Internet and on-line databases.

Cost varies. For information, call Lisa Barnes at (573) 882-8969, or to register, call the numbers below.

Note: 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.

York, Pa., York Daily Record - 28. Closed. PNPA, Harrisburg, Pa. - Jan. 29. San Diego, Calif., San Diego Tribune and SPJ - Feb. 19-22, 1997. Open to all. (619) 293-1261 Washington, D.C., Newsday, Feb. 17-20. Closed. Palm Beach, Calif., Palm Beach Post March 25-27.

Conferences

NICAR 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.

NashCAR, NICAR National Conference, Nashville, Tenn.-March 6-9. 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. IRE National Conference, Phoenix, Ariz., June 12-15.

Bootcamps

Bootcamps are week-long, intensive training sessions offered at 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. Tuition ranges from $500-$1,000 depending on circulation or market size. For information, call Wendy Charron at (573) 882-0684.

Jan. 24-26. Intermediate Bootcamp concentrating on data clean-up and more. For details, call (573) 882-0684. May 4-9. 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. *May 18-23. Regular Bootcamp on general computer-assisted reporting. For details, call (573) 882-0684 NEW Aug. 10-15. Regular Bootcamp on general computer-assisted reporting. For details, call (573) 882-0684