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  "id": "2003-marchapril-kbs-boot-camp",
  "slug": "2003-marchapril-kbs-boot-camp",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2003-marchapril-kbs-boot-camp.html",
  "year": 2003,
  "month": "March/April",
  "monthNum": 3,
  "headline": "KBS boot camp",
  "kicker": "Bits & Bytes",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "Journalists from Korea's national broadcasting service attended a computer-assisted reporting boot camp at the University of Missouri, learning data analysis and spreadsheet skills to apply in their newsrooms. IRE and NICAR offer specialized CAR training programs for news organizations worldwide.",
  "keywords": [
    "journalists",
    "training",
    "data"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "spreadsheet",
    "Internet"
  ],
  "full_text": "Journalists come from all over the world to learn computer-assisted reporting in boot camps sponsored by IRE and NICAR. In November, visiting journalists from Korea came to the University of Missouri School of Journalism to learn CAR. For a week the reporters from the Korean Broadcasting System, South Korea's national broadcasting service, learned the basics of spreadsheets, database managers and importing data from the Internet, and returned home eager to apply their new skills.\n\nIRE and NICAR can arrange similar specialized training for news organizations, inside or outside the United States. For more information, contact Ron Nixon, IRE and NICAR training director, ron@ire.org or 410-995-0343.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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