Learn more than 50 ways to use computers in the newsroom at NashCAR '97, March 6-9 in Nashville, Tenn. This year's National Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference is sponsored by IRE, NICAR and The Tennessean. Break-out sessions on special topics will be held in siderooms and speakers will give presentations on problem-solving, software, hardware, and data analysis in a demonstration room. Training will include classes in spreadsheets, database managers, mapping, nine-track tapes, creating World Wide Web pages, and surfing the Internet.
There will be up to six hours of hands-on training offered to registrants on a first-come, first-served basis and one-on-one work critiques for the first 50. Panels include themes such as: Finding people and sources with on-line techniques; Using spreadsheets to cover local government; Making data accessible through Intranets; Data nightmares and how to avoid them; and Using CAR for international reporting.
Sunday is a morning of workshops for database editors, news librarians, managers, and broadcasters.