IRE and NICAR has numerous training opportunities in the coming months for journalists who want to learn computer-assisted reporting and data analysis for reporting on Census 2000. For a complete list of training events visit www.ire.org/training/otr.html.
Here are a few of the many training highlights:
The Jan. 5-10 computer-assisted reporting boot camp in Columbia, Mo., provides hands-on training in how to use spreadsheets and database managers to analyze data for high impact stories.
The Jan. 11-12 Census reporting workshop in Columbia, Mo., will offer a track for beginners and another for journalists with intermediate census reporting skills. Paul Overberg of USA Today and Steve Doig of Arizona State University will lead the classes. Hands-on sessions are included.
A Feb. 21 census workshop at Arizona State University in Tempe is intended to help beginners learn how to find stories in the data that's already been released from Census 2000. It offers a good introduction for beat reporters, graphic artists or assignment editors who need a focused, concrete introduction to demographic data and computer-assisted reporting.