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  "slug": "1997-november-get-your-training",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1997-november-get-your-training.html",
  "year": 1997,
  "month": "November",
  "monthNum": 11,
  "headline": "Get your training",
  "kicker": "Seminars, boot camps, conferences",
  "author_name": "",
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  "affiliation": "NICAR",
  "summary": "NICAR offers various training programs including newsroom seminars, workshops, boot camps, and conferences to teach journalists computer-assisted reporting skills and data analysis techniques.",
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  "technologies": [
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    "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\nNewsroom Seminars\n\nNICAR provides 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 online databases. Cost varies. For information, call Lisa Barnes at (573) 882-8969. December 3, 5 and 8, 1997 - Columbia, Mo. On-the-road training for the Bureau of National Affairs December 15-17, 1997 - Chicago, Ill. On-the-road training for The Chicago Tribune\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. Don'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 December 11-13, 1997 - Washington, D.C. Computer-Assisted Reporting Workshop Sponsored by NICAR and the Medill School of Journalism January 23-25, 1998 - St. Louis, Mo. NICAR Health Care Workshop May 10-15, 1998 - Chapel Hill, N.C. NICAR Advanced Stats and Maps Workshop\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. 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 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. For 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 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. January 31-February 1, 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",
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