{
  "id": "2003-marchapril-key-data-resources-for-covering-conflict",
  "slug": "2003-marchapril-key-data-resources-for-covering-conflict",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2003-marchapril-key-data-resources-for-covering-conflict.html",
  "year": 2003,
  "month": "March/April",
  "monthNum": 3,
  "headline": "Key data, resources for covering conflict",
  "kicker": "SPOTLIGHT: CAR FOR WARTIME",
  "author_name": "Brant Houston",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "IRE",
  "summary": "A guide to organizing databases and resources for covering war-related stories, with focus on military and security data sources including Census Bureau information and Defense Department deployment records.",
  "keywords": [
    "databases",
    "military",
    "resources"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Data & Databases",
    "Journalism & Newsroom"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "Internet",
    "World Wide Web",
    "Adobe Acrobat"
  ],
  "full_text": "Databases and resources abound for covering war-related stories, but organizing them in a useful way can be a challenge. At IRE's recent Annual Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference in Charlotte, several speakers slotted the resources into these categories.\n\nMilitary and security\n\nThe U.S. Census Bureau has an enormous amount of data on the military, veterans, educational background of military and so on. Summary File 3 of the Census 2000 release is jam-packed with information. You can use American Factfinder (http://factfinder.census.gov) to zero in on what you need.\nNational Guard and reserves deployment data can be obtained from the Defense Department DefenseLink Web site in Adobe Acrobat format at www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2003/d20030409ngr.pdf. Check the DefenseLink news releases section for updated lists.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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