Census, maps and more
IRE and NICAR has a calendar full of opportunities this year, including a spring mapping bootcamp and CAR training sessions in Denmark and London.
We're also planning to schedule several more Census workshops in various locations of the country. Stay tuned for dates and places.
The mapping bootcamp, recently added to the schedule, will have a special emphasis on mapping Census data. It will be held May 4-6, in Columbia, Mo., at the Missouri School of Journalism.
Sessions by Andy Lehren of Dateline NBC and Jennifer LaFleur of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch will include thematic mapping, overlaying, spatial analysis and address geocoding. Participants are asked to have a basic understanding of database managers.
More information, including registration forms, is available at www.ire.org/training/may4map.html.
Also in May, IRE and NICAR will sponsor the Advanced Bootcamp on Statistics at the University of North Carolina-Chapel. See page twenty-two for more about this seminar.
In June, the IRE National Conference in Chicago will include a full-day of panels dedicated to computer-assisted reporting topics. The conference runs June 14-17. More information is available at www.ire.org/chicago/index.html.
And make sure to mark your calendars for the NICAR National Conference in Philadelphia, Oct. 11-14.
For European journalists, IRE and NICAR will offer CAR training at two conferences.
In April, IRE and other European journalism organizations will hold the Global Journalism Conference in Copenhagen. The conference, April 26-29, will include hands-on CAR training and panels on the latest reporting issues. More information is available at www.ire.org/training/denmark/2000conf/
IRE and NICAR will also offer CAR training at NetMedia, a journalism conference July 4-6 in London.
Finally, the usual lineup of NICAR Bootcamps are on schedule in Columbia, Mo. Seats are still available for the May, July and August sessions. More information is available at www.ire.org/training/bootcamps.html