Indiana CAR Audio Tapes
Audio tapes from the sessions at Indiana CAR are now available for ordering. For more information or a downloadable order form, point your browser to www.ire.org/resources/nicar/conferences/indianalaudio.html
Audio tapes from the IRE National Conference in New Orleans are also available from Sound Images, which can be reached at (303) 649-1811. For more information, point your browser to www.ire.org/resources/conferences/neworleans1audio.html.
Campaign Finance Information Center
Campaign finance data from 13 states is freely downloadable from the CFIC at www.campaignfinance.org. We also have links to thirteen online search engines hosted by other non-profits and state boards of election. We will soon release our "universal" online search engine so you can type in a contributor from your state and see where else they are giving.
The more inclusive this database, the better for everyone. So, if you have state or local campaign data you want included, contact CFIC Coordinator Jack Dolan at jack@nicar.org or (573) 884-1802. The CFIC credits everyone who contributes data.
Subscribe Online
You can now subscribe to Uplink online. Point your browser to www.ire.org/resources/nicar/uplink
Database Library welcomes
The Database Library recently welcomed two new members to its staff: Jason Grotto and Dawn Fallik, both incoming graduate students at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Grotto, born and raised in Chicago, started his journalism career at the small independent monthly Catalyst: Voices of Chicago School Reform. He helped launch and then directed Catalyst's Web site. Fallik, a 1992 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been a reporter for The Record in Troy, N.Y., and the Associated Press in Philadelphia, Omaha and Baltimore. She has won state and national awards for investigative reporting, spot news and column writing.
Risky Behavior Workshops
The next Risky Behavior Workshop will take place Sept. 11-13 in Kansas City. Join IRE and NICAR for a special workshop focusing on reporting about lifestyles and health. For more information, see the Web site at www.ire.org.
Relevant health Web site links and sample data sets used at the January 1998 Risky Behavior Workshop in St. Louis are now available online at www.ire.org/resources/conferences/traininglotr/healthcare-9801/links.html. The data comes in two formats: *.SAV, which is compatible with SPSS, and *.DBF. The data include demographics on AIDS, health care coverage, and seat belt usage, and survey questions used by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.