{
  "id": "2004-june-using-car-to-cover-the-vote",
  "slug": "2004-june-using-car-to-cover-the-vote",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2004-june-using-car-to-cover-the-vote.html",
  "year": 2004,
  "month": "June",
  "monthNum": 6,
  "headline": "Using CAR to cover the vote",
  "kicker": "SPOTLIGHT: ELECTIONS",
  "author_name": "Megan Clarke",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "IRE and NICAR",
  "summary": "Journalists are preparing to use computer-assisted reporting (CAR) techniques like spreadsheets, database analysis, and mapping to provide deeper coverage of the 2004 election beyond standard campaign finance reporting.",
  "keywords": [
    "election",
    "reporting",
    "analysis"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Government & Politics",
    "Data & Databases"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "spreadsheet"
  ],
  "full_text": "It's that time again. Election 2004 is big news already and many newsrooms are preparing to use computer-assisted reporting for stories that go beyond the basics of who-donated-how-much campaign finance coverage.\n\nTo get you thinking how you can use CAR between now and election day, here are several examples of how journalists have used spreadsheets, database analysis and mapping to report on voters and election results.\n\nSt. Paul Pioneer Press CAR Editor Janet Roberts reported on how particular precincts and types of voters can\n\nIf the last presidential election is a precursor, then 2004 promises to be interesting and full of opportunities for new CAR techniques and stories.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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  "html_url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2004-june-using-car-to-cover-the-vote.html",
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