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  "slug": "2004-july-august-new-training-director-making-mark",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2004-july-august-new-training-director-making-mark.html",
  "year": 2004,
  "month": "July-August",
  "monthNum": 7,
  "headline": "New training director making mark",
  "kicker": "INSIDE NICAR",
  "author_name": "David Herzog",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "NICAR and Missouri School of Journalism",
  "summary": "David Donald has joined IRE and NICAR as training director, bringing extensive newsroom experience in computer-assisted reporting and investigative journalism. He is available to conduct customized training workshops and seminars for news organizations.",
  "keywords": [
    "training",
    "journalism",
    "reporting"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "SPSS"
  ],
  "full_text": "David Donald is the newest member of the team at IRE and NICAR. As the training director, he's been on the road during the past few months. Maybe you've seen him this year at the annual computer-assisted reporting and investigative reporting conferences, at a Better Watchdog Workshop or another training event.\n\nDonald joined IRE and NICAR early this year and brings a wealth of experience from the newsroom. He oversaw the CAR and research program at the Savannah Morning News in Georgia, where he was precision editor. Before that, he covered education and served on the newspaper's projects team.\n\nHe was the lead organizer of IRE's regional conference in Savannah in 2002, and many of you have seen him speak on panels at the Annual CAR Conferences, sharing his knowledge of statistics, SPSS, surveys and building a CAR program. Donald also brings his experience teaching in high school and university classrooms to his work for IRE and NICAR.\n\nIf you'd like to arrange on-the-road training - anything - from an open workshop to a private seminar at your news organization - contact him at ddonald@ire.org.",
  "provenance": {
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
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