Planning is under way for the 2004 Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference in Cincinnati, scheduled for March 12-14.

Panels and workshops will address campaign finance, census, military, federal contracts, international data, environment, local government, business, sports, health, education and much more.

For CAR beginners, special panels will be coordinated with hands-on classes. A special "Start to Finish" track will focus on broadcast needs and issues. Special pre-conference workshops will be offered March 11 for advanced CAR users.

Hands-on classes will cover basic to advanced skills in spreadsheets, database managers, the Internet, mapping, statistics, social network analysis, SQL and more.

For more information, registration and the latest schedule, visit www.ire.org/cincy04.