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  "id": "1997-january-nashcar-97",
  "slug": "1997-january-nashcar-97",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1997-january-nashcar-97.html",
  "year": 1997,
  "month": "January",
  "monthNum": 1,
  "headline": "NashCAR '97",
  "kicker": "The National Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "The schedule and panel descriptions for the 1997 National Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference, featuring hands-on training and expert-led sessions on diverse CAR topics.",
  "keywords": [
    "NashCAR",
    "conference",
    "journalism training"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "spreadsheet",
    "9-track tape",
    "World Wide Web",
    "Internet",
    "Intranet"
  ],
  "full_text": "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.",
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    "extracted_at": "",
    "verified": true
  },
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