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  "slug": "2004-november-changes-for-the-database-library",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2004-november-changes-for-the-database-library.html",
  "year": 2004,
  "month": "November",
  "monthNum": 11,
  "headline": "Changes for the Database Library",
  "kicker": "INSIDE NICAR",
  "author_name": "David Herzog",
  "author_title": "NICAR and Missouri School of Journalism",
  "affiliation": "IRE and NICAR",
  "summary": "The IRE and NICAR Database Library introduces its new staff members, including several master's students and visiting journalists specializing in investigative reporting, data analysis, and digital journalism. The organization also highlights recent departures of staff members who have moved on to positions at major news organizations.",
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  "full_text": "The new staff at the IRE and NICAR Database Library is settling in, so it's a good time to introduce our talented roster of data analysts. Brian Hamman is a first-year master's student focusing on new media and investigative journalism. He spent the previous two years at Washington Uni- versity in St. Louis working on digital archives projects. Catherine Rentz Pernot is a first-year master's student specializing in news reporting. She's currently reporting for the Columbia Missourian. Before joining IRE and NICAR, she analyzed business and government finances in Houston. Megan Clarke returns to the Database Library as a second-year master's stu- dent. She also reports for KOMU-Co- lumbia and produces special projects for Missouri Public Radio and KMOX radio in St. Louis. Byung C. (Peter) Lee is a visiting jour- nalist and scholar from South Korea, where he is working on a doctorate in journalism. He also is an award-win- ning reporter for the Busan Daily News in Busan and is interested in covering crime, poverty and the environment. Matt Wynn is a junior and worked at a weekly newspaper in Omaha, where he covered municipal government and spot news. Last summer he worked at the Omaha World-Herald, where he worked on special sections, spot news and investigative stories. We've also had some departures from the Database Library. Master's student Christina Caron left at the end of the summer to take the Kaplan Fellowship, working with ABC News in Washington, D.C. Jaimi Dowdell recently received her master's degree and, after filling in as acting director of the Resource Center, is continuing her work for IRE. Beth Kopine has joined IRE as director of the Resource Center. Dowdell and recent master's recipient Aaron Kessler shared a byline with Mark Morris of The Kansas City Star for an article in the newspaper about a Colum- bia-based Islamic charity whose assets have been frozen by the U.S. govern- ment. Dowdell used social network analysis software to visualize the government's allegations of how the charity helped support Osama bin Laden and other terrorists. Kessler is a former IRE Resource Center staff member. Holly Hacker received her master's de- gree and now is the higher education reporter for The Dallas Morning News. Andrea Lorenz, departs the Database Library in January for The Kansas City Star, where she will work on her master's degree professional project. Tim Ragones also received a master's degree and is reporting for WSAZ- Charleston, W. Va. It's great to work with such enthusias- tic and bright journalists. We hope you can get to know the new staff as they assist you. Our Annual Computer-Assisted Report- ing Conference is coming up soon (March 16-20 in Hollywood, Calif.) and we'd like your ideas for panels, panelists and dem- onstrations. So please send any ideas to confideas@ire.org. Remember to in- clude your contact information. Contact David Herzog by e-mail at dherzog@nicar.org.",
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