{
  "id": "2004-june-discovering-car-again-and-again",
  "slug": "2004-june-discovering-car-again-and-again",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2004-june-discovering-car-again-and-again.html",
  "year": 2004,
  "month": "June",
  "monthNum": 6,
  "headline": "Discovering CAR, again and again",
  "kicker": "INSIDE NICAR",
  "author_name": "David Herzog",
  "author_title": "Editor",
  "affiliation": "NICAR",
  "summary": "The article highlights the growing adoption of computer-assisted reporting (CAR) among journalists across various media outlets, emphasizing the learning opportunities and excitement generated at the IRE Annual Conference's CAR day in Atlanta.",
  "keywords": [
    "journalism",
    "reporting",
    "data"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "One of the benefits of putting Uplink together six times a year is getting to see all the great stories journalists are doing using computer-assisted reporting on the beats and on the big projects.\n\nThere's so much going on and so much to get excited about as journalists discover the power (and even fun) of analyzing data for news stories.\n\nAs this issue of Uplink goes to the printer, hundreds of journalists from television, newspapers, magazines - you name it - will be gathering in Atlanta the day before the IRE Annual Conference officially begins to pick up CAR tips and story ideas.\n\nAside from the informative panels, the optional CAR day provides a great place for newcomers to hang out with the longtime CAR jockeys and pick up the tricks of the trade.\n\nIt's always edifying to see the informal learning that goes on during the CAR day, and how many of the newcomers leave for their newsrooms back home, excited about the possibilities.\n\nThen, as those journalists use CAR in their reporting and turn out some fantastic stories, all of us get to discover the power of computer-assisted reporting all over again.\n\nContact David Herzog by e-mail at dherzog@nicar.org.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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